Acer Aspire 5613ZNWLMI. Optimizing it for linux.
Yesterday my girlfriend and I bought a new laptop in Ho Chi Minh City, even if we know that in Vietnam the Windows License is not paid or included in most of the laptops we preferred to buy a Linux loaded Laptop and the best Prize/Quality we could find was an ACER ASPIRE 5613ZNWLMI, belonging to the ASPIRE 5610Z Series.
The system is loaded by default with a Linpus Linux. Apparently the installation on Acer is non-graphical so when we asked to the guy in the shop to run the OS to try the sound volume etc we coudn’t open a Graphical Desktop. The guy proposed us that the shop could install the Windows XP for free if we would wait a little bit, but I had better plans than let them do the partitioning, etc.
That’s the results after using Ubuntu 7.04
| Procesor: Intel Core Duo T2080 2 x 1.73GHz (1MB cache) |
| It works fine. |
| Screen: 15.4″ WXGA TFT 1280 x 800, CrystalBrite - |
| I achieved my 1280×800 resolution very easily, “sudo apt-get install 915resolution” and restart X. |
| Graphic Card: Intel Graphic Media Accelerator 950 |
| Graphic 3D Acceleration works. Graphic effects (Beryl-Compiz) works. |
| DVD RW DL |
| K3b detects IT WORKS |
| Modem |
| NO TESTED |
| Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX |
| It WORKS |
| (802.11g) WI-FI: Atheros AR5007EG |
| Since december 2007, madwifi has released a patch to make it work, so no need more Ndiswrapper. Follow this link to use the last MADWIFI patch for AR5007EG.. |
| Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller |
| It works! |
| Bluetooth |
| It works! |
| 5 in 1 Card Reader(Accepts Memory Stick (MS), Memory Stick PRO (MS PRO), MultiMediaCard (MMC), Secure Digital (SD), xD-Picture Card (xD) |
| Thks to Andrea.In order to have the 5 in 1 card reader working you need the kernel 2.6.22 which has the ENE module integrated. This kernel is used by default in Ubuntu 7.10 (Gusty gibbon). I tried the Live CD of the rc4 and when pluged my SD card in the reader an icon appeared in the desktop and I was able to explore all my photos. |
| PCMCIA |
| It works out of the box. |
| Webcam ORBICAM |
| It works fine using last versions of Kopete, also with skype works. |
| IrDa |
| No Tested |
| TouchPad and Extra Keys(Multimedia and Launch keys) |
| Working after doing this . Thks IceWeasel |
Here are the outputs for the lscpi, lsusb and dmesg commands.
NEW: I submitted my Hardware Info using the “Kubuntu Device Database”, here is the link.
