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| + | ====== Laptop Name ====== | ||
| + | Acer Aspire E1-522 | ||
| + | ===== Author ===== | ||
| + | Barry Coughlan | ||
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| + | ===== Introduction ===== | ||
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| + | This is a compatibility guide to running Linux with the Acer Aspire E1-522 laptop. If you have the Acer Aspire E1-522 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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| + | ===== Editing This Page ===== | ||
| + | If you would like to edit this page please first view our [[Editing Guidelines]]. | ||
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| + | ===== Specifications ===== | ||
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| + | Tested with Ubuntu 13.10. | ||
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| + | |Name|Acer Aspire E1-522| | ||
| + | |Processor|AMD Quad-Core Processor A6-5200 (2.0 GHz)| | ||
| + | |Screen|15.6" 1366x768| | ||
| + | |RAM|6GB| | ||
| + | |HDD|500GB| | ||
| + | |Optical Drive|None| | ||
| + | |Graphics|Radeon HD 8400| | ||
| + | |Network|Ethernet: Qualcomm Atheros QCA8171 \\ Wireless: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9565/AR9565 \\ No Bluetooth| | ||
| + | ===== Linux Compatibility ===== | ||
| + | ^Device^Compatibility^Comments^ | ||
| + | |Processor|Yes|| | ||
| + | |Screen|Yes|See note 2| | ||
| + | |HDD|Yes|| | ||
| + | |Graphics Chip|Yes|Only proprietary driver. See note 1.| | ||
| + | |VGA Out|Not Tested|| | ||
| + | |HDMI Port|Not Tested|| | ||
| + | |Sound|Partial|Works but acts a little quirky. No devices shown in alsamixer.| | ||
| + | |Bulti-in Microphone|Yes|| | ||
| + | |Headphone Jack|Yes|| | ||
| + | |Ethernet|Not Tested|| | ||
| + | |Wireless|Yes|| | ||
| + | |USB|Yes|| | ||
| + | |Card Reader|Yes|| | ||
| + | |Webcam|Yes|| | ||
| + | |Docking Station|Not Tested|| | ||
| + | |Touch Pad|Yes|| | ||
| + | |Suspend/Resume|Yes|| | ||
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| + | ===== Notes ===== | ||
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| + | 1. The open source Radeon drivers are not compatible with the HD-8400 chipset. You need to install the proprietary [[http://support.amd.com/en-us/download|AMD catalyst driver]]. This may stop you booting into your distro installation (I got a white screen with Ubuntu 13.10). To work around this you need to use the "nomodeset" option when booting and remove the "quiet" and "splash" options. Alternatively use the text-based installer. | ||
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| + | -->The radeon driver needs the linux headers for your kernel installed first. find your kernel with uname -r. Get your linux header name with apt-cache search linux-header. Download the radeon driver, unpack it and run in unpacked directory ./amd <tab> as super user. | ||
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| + | 2. The backlight does not work until "acpi_osi=Linux" is added to the GRUB configuration. See here for how to do this: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1613132 | ||
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| + | 3. Alsa shows the HDMI card by default, hence alsamixer appears empty. In /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf add the line: | ||
| + | options snd_hda_intel index=1 | ||
| + | to set card 1 default (check card id with aplay -l) (works with Debian, 3.16.0 kernel) | ||
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| + | 4. No audio after resume from suspend. Follow the Ubuntu help [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoundTroubleshooting#Line_Input.2FMicrophone_Troubleshooting | ||
| + | |here]] (scroll up to "Getting Alsa to work after suspend") | ||
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| + | ===== Summary ===== | ||
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| + | There are a few quirks but they can all be solved quite easily. Overall this laptop is compatible but may cause some headaches during setup because of the driver support. The sound/ALSA quirks can probably be fixed. | ||
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