AcerTravelmate4150LMi

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Hardware Specifications

  • Intel Pentium M 715 (1.5 Ghz, 2 MB Cache)
  • 512 MB Memory
  • 15" XGA TFT Screen (1024x768)
  • 60 GB PATA Hard Drive on Intel 82801FBM (ICH6) SATA Controller

  • Intel 915GM graphic controller OR NVIDIA GeForce Go 6200 (TurboCache) with 128 MB shared memory

  • DVD/DVD-RW Drive
  • 56K Modem ITU V.92
  • LAN: Broadcom BCM4401-B0
  • WLAN: Intel PRO/Intel 2200BG (802.11b/g)
  • PCMCIA
  • Bluetooth (not in all models!)
  • IEEE-1394
  • MS/MS PRO/MMC/SD/SM/xD-Picture Card reader (6 in 1)
  • Audio: AC'97

Current Issues

Installing Breezy

The TM4150 has IDE drives (DVD and HDD) on an Intel ICH6 SATA Controller, which can work in combined mode (IDE and SATA). This caused a lot of troubles for installing Ubuntu Hoary and Breezy on it, because the DVD drive wasn't recognized (neither Live CD not Install CD did work). The solution was to install Warty and then upgrade to Breezy.

Also, DMA on both DVD and HDD drives couldn't be enabled because the kernel was using the generic IDE driver. The kernel had to be patched and rebuild in order to get DMA working. There were two solutions, see [http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?s=&postid=1756151 this thread] on linuxquestions.org about that if you are interested.

I haven't been able to boot on Breezy's 2.6.12 kernel (problem with pivot root...), so I stuck with Hoary's 2.6.10 patched kernel (I haven't got the time to find an issue).

These problems have been solved in Dapper!

Installing Dapper/Edgy/Feisty

Steps to install Dapper, Edgy or Feisty on this laptop:

  • Insert the install CD, boot on it;
  • Install the system, reboot at the end of the installation process;
  • Enjoy!

Don't need to pass any extra parameter to kernel for installation. All goes fine.

HDD and DVD drives

HDD

DVD

Breezy

/dev/hdc

/dev/hdd

Dapper

/dev/sda

/dev/scd0

Edgy

/dev/sda

/dev/scd0

Feisty

/dev/sda

/dev/scd0

Hardware details

in Breezy?

in Dapper?

in Edgy?

in Feisty?

Installation works?

No

Yes

Untested

Yes

Hardware Information

Device

Works?

Bug #

in Breezy?

in Dapper?

in Edgy?

in Feisty?

Screen & Monitors (Intel 915GM)

Screen

Untested

Yes

Yes

Yes

Correct resolution?

Untested

Yes, at 1024x768

Yes, at 1024x768

Yes, at 1024x768

Correct refresh rate?

Untested

Yes, at 60 Hz

Yes, at 60 Hz

Yes, at 60 Hz

3D Acceleration

Untested

Yes

Yes

Yes

External monitor works?

Untested

Yes

Untested

Untested

External monitor - mirrors

Untested

Untested

Untested

Untested

External monitor - extend desktop

Untested

Untested

Untested

Untested

TV Out

Untested

Untested

Yes

Untested

Screen & Monitors (nVidia GeForce Go 6200)

Screen

Yes (nv and nvidia)

Untested

Untested

Untested

Correct resolution?

Yes, at 1024x768

Untested

Untested

Untested

Correct refresh rate?

Yes, at 60 Hz

Untested

Untested

Untested

3D Acceleration

Yes, with nvidia

Untested

Untested

Untested

External monitor works?

Untested

Untested

Untested

Untested

External monitor - mirrors

Untested

Untested

Untested

Untested

External monitor - extend desktop

Untested

Untested

Untested

Untested

TV Out

Yes

Untested

Untested

Untested

Power Management

Battery detected?

Untested

Yes

Yes

Yes

Hibernates?

Untested

Yes

Yes

Yes

Sleep

Untested

Yes but partially broken

Yes

Yes

Dim monitor on battery

Untested

Yes

Yes

Untested

Blank monitor on inactivity

Yes

Yes

Yes

Untested

Lid Close

Untested

Yes

Yes

Yes

Cpu frequency scaling

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Sound

Sound works?

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Correct volume?

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Hardware volume switch

Yes

Yes

Yes

Untested

Headphone jack

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Mic jack

Yes

Yes

Yes

Untested

Networking

Wired NIC

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Wireless NIC

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

PCMCIA NIC

Untested

Untested

Untested

Untested

Firewire

Untested

Untested

Untested

Untested

Modem

Untested

Untested

Untested

Untested

Infrared

Untested

Untested

No

No

Touchpad & Mice

Touchpad

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Touchpad - Doubletap = double click

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Touchpad - Scroll down side

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

External mouse - USB

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Additional Hardware

CD/DVD drive

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

PCMCIA cards

Untested

Untested

Yes

Yes

Card reader(s)

Untested

Untested*

Untested*

No*

Function and other keys

Fn key

Operation

Keycode

Works?

Bug #

in Breezy?

in Dapper?

in Edgy?

in Feisty?

+ F1

Help

No

No

No

Untested

+ F2

Acer eSettings

No

No

No

Untested

+ F3

Acer ePower Management

No

No

No

Untested

+ F4

Sleep

Untested

Yes

Yes

Yes

+ F5

Toggle External Monitor

Untested

Yes

Untested

Untested

+ F6

LCD On/Off

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

+ F7

Toggle Touchpad

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

+ F8

Mute

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

+ F11

Num Lock

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

+ F12

Scroll Lock

Untested

Untested

Untested

Untested

+ DOWN

Volume -

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

+ UP

Volume +

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

+ LEFT

LCD Brightness Down

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

+ RIGHT

LCD Brightness Up

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

+ .

Numpad .

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

+ M

Numpad 0

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

+ J

Numpad 1

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

+ K

Numpad 2

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

+ L

Numpad 3

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

+ U

Numpad 4

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

+ I

Numpad 5

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

+ O

Numpad 6

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

+ 7

Numpad 7

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

+ 8

Numpad 8

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

+ 9

Numpad 8

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

+ ;

Numpad +

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

+ P

Numpad -

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

+ 0

Numpad *

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

+ /

Numpad /

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

+ Return

Numpad Enter

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Other special keys

Key

Operation

Keycode

Works?

Bug #

in Breezy?

in Dapper?

in Edgy?

in Feisty?

Acer eManager

Acer eManager (user programmable)

No

No

No

Untested

Mail

Launch email client (user programmable)

No

No

No

Untested

Browser

Launch Web Browser (user programmable)

No

No

No

Untested

P

User Programmable Key

No

No

No

Untested

Notes

Sleep and Hibernate

The machine enters sleep mode correctly but has some troubles to wake up (seems fixed in Edgy). User has to switch screen (Fn+F5) in order to get the screen back [intel 915GM]. Also sometimes the computer fails to wake up (too often for an everyday use of the sleep mode).

Hibernate seems to work fine. Just add resume=/dev/sdaX in your grub config where sdaX is your swap partition, like that: 

title           Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.15-21-386
root            (hd0,6)
kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-21-386 root=/dev/sda7 ro quiet splash resume=/dev/sda6
initrd          /boot/initrd.img-2.6.15-21-386
savedefault
boot

Card reader

SD under Feisty does not work. No other cards tested. dmesg does not show any hotplug event. Therefore I assume, there is no cardreader kernel module available.

The card reader can take xD-Picture, MS, MS PRO, MMC, SD and SM cards. The xD-Picture card is not supported (and will probably not be supported for some time, since it's a proprietary format). Other cards haven't been tested.

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