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Acer Aspire One 532h
Introduction
This is a compatibility guide to running Linux with the Acer Aspire One 532h laptop.
This page is just for discussing using Linux on the Acer Aspire One 532h. For a general discussion about this laptop you can visit the Acer Aspire One 532h page on LapWik.
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Specifications
For full specifications see the Acer Aspire One 532h specifications page.
| Name | Acer Aspire One 532h |
| Processor | Intel® Atom™ processor N450 (512 KB L2 cache, 1.66 GHz, DDR2 667 MHz) |
| Screen | 10.1“ WSVGA |
| RAM | Up to 1GB |
| HDD | 160GB to 250GB |
| Optical Drive | None |
| Graphics | Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3150 |
| Network | 10/100 Ethernet Acer InviLink™ Nplify™ 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™ |
Linux Compatibility
| Device | Compatibility | |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | Works | |
| Screen | Works | |
| HDD | Works | |
| Graphics | Works | |
| Sound | Works | |
| Microphone | Not Tested | |
| Ethernet | Works | |
| Wireless | Works | Many reports (in 2009 and early 2010) of flaky behaviour: sudden disconnections until reboot. |
| Bluetooth | Not Tested | |
| Modem | Not Tested | |
| USB | Works | |
| Card Reader | FAILS | Linux (2.6.32) detects card insertion, but doesn't assign device node so can't use it. |
| Webcam | Works |
Notes
* Tested with Ubuntu 9.10 Remix * Tested with Debian Live 6.0alpha1
Summary
Nearly everything works out of the box. DSL connection work if set with pppoeconfig (nm-applet does not work properly). Microphone works after one put to zero one of the microphones channels with pavucontrol. The wireless signal was unstable until the update done from the web.
