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Acer Aspire 5336
Introduction
This is a guide to running Linux with the Acer Aspire 5336 laptop. If you have the Acer Aspire 5336 and are running Linux on it please consider editing this page or adding a comment below with your compatibility details. By contributing you will help other people running this laptop or trying to make a decision on whether to buy it or not.
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Specifications
For full specifications see the Acer Aspire 5336 specifications page.
| Name | Acer Aspire 5336 |
| Processor | Intel® Celeron® processor T3500 (1 MB L2 cache, 2.10 GHz, 800 MHz FSB, 35 W),supporting Intel® 64 architecture Intel® Celeron® processor 900 (1 MB L2 cache, 2.20 GHz, 800 MHz FSB, 35 W), supporting Intel® 64 architecture |
| Screen | 15.6“ (1366×768) Widescreen |
| RAM | Up to 4GB |
| HDD | up to 640GB |
| Optical Drive | DVD+-RW |
| Graphics | Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 4500M |
| Network | 10/100/1000 Ethernet Acer InviLink™ Nplify™ 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™ Acer InviLink™ 802.11b/g Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™ |
Linux Compatibility
| Device | Compatibility | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | Works (Ubuntu based distros) | |
| Screen | Works (Ubuntu based distros) | Some Back-light Issues |
| HDD | Works (Ubuntu based distros) | |
| Optical Drive | Works (Ubuntu based distros) | |
| Graphics | Works (Ubuntu based distros) | |
| Sound | Works (Ubuntu based distros) | |
| Ethernet | Works (Ubuntu based distros) | |
| Wireless | Works (Ubuntu based distros) | |
| Bluetooth | Not Tested | |
| Modem | Not Tested | |
| USB | Works (Ubuntu based distros) | |
| Card Reader | Not Tested | |
| Webcam | Works (Ubuntu based distros) |
Notes
Back-light Issue can be fixed (on Ubuntu based distros) by using sudo setpci -s 00:02.0 F4.B=0 in the terminal upon boot (you may have to login blind and enter your password after the command, then add:
while [ true ]; sleep 1
sudo setpci -s 00:02.0 F4.B=0
done
To /etc/rc.local (at the end of the file just before the exit 0 line). You can set B= to anything from FF (total dark) to (00) full bright, B=60 is about the halfway mark. (open as root sudo pico /etc/rc.loca)
Alternatively, edit two lines in /etc/default/grub to read:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=“quiet splash acpi_backlight=vendor”
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=“acpi_osi=Linux”
Then run sudo update-gub. This will enable brightness function key (albeit in reverse function)
Summary
Using most some older distributions Linux should work out of the box however most newer releases suffer from back-light issues. Other than that Linux should work fine using.
