[SOLVED?] Re: Feedback on Acer laptop w. Linux

[Boaz Rymland]

Hi all,


So I made the move and bought it. Here are my findings:


*Maker + Model:* Acer 5738ZG. That's a little upgraded in comparison to 
the original model suggested - with 4GB RAM and NVIDIA GPU. The rest of 
the specs are the same.

*Distro Installed: *Ubuntu 9.04, amd64.*
*

*Wifi:* worked out of the box (atheros).

*Touchpad:* Worked out of the box, but disabling it and then trying to 
enable it - it is not enabled, until X (or was it machine?) restart. 
Anybody got a link for a solution?

*Card Reader:* Worked out of the box, at least with SD card (didn't try 
other types).

*X: *This laptop model is equipped with NVIDIA G105M chipset. I didn't 
work out of the box: ubuntu installed its latest nvidia drivers but 
those were too old to know this card. When vesa or some other default 
driver was used, X run, but not in optimal resolution and no 
acceleration. I battled it too much apparently and all you need to do is 
install the latest drivers from nvidia (185), skipping the ubuntu repos 
driver, and use a nice(?) xorg.conf I've found on the web (for laptops 
with my GPU/screen specs).

*Power management:* with the nvidia driver mentioned above used, power 
management worked perfectly. I configured my laptop to do as I wish upon 
lead closing (for AC/battery) and it works smoothly. CPU Scaling was 
also perfectly supported.

*Bluetooth? *not on this model.  just ordered a tiny BT USB dongle. Hope 
that it works... .

*WebCam:* not working out of the box. Haven't really tried setting it up 
yet.

*Sound:* worked out of the box.

*Anything else? *mail me for questions... .


Boaz.


Boaz Rymland wrote:

> Hi all,
>
>
> Can anyone provide feedback on the following Acer laptop, or any other 
> Acer Linux based laptops? (Interestingly, searching for "linux" word 
> in laptop section in zap.co.il shows almost exclusively only Acer 
> results: http://zap.co.il/models.aspx?sog=C-PCLaptop&keyword=linux). 
> In specific - how well all hardware goodies work in linux - power 
> management/scaling, wifi, bluetooth, card reader, X, etc etc...
>
>
> The model is *Acer Aspire AS5738Z-422G25MN*. It comes with Intel Dual 
> Core T4200 and Intel GMA 4500.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Boaz.
>
>
>
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