[SOLVED]Acer Aspire V5-571 backlight problem

Hi,
I have Acer Aspire V5-571 laptop with intel HD 4000 graphics.I used to control backlight with intel driver,but after reinstalling arch there is no intel_backlight0 folder in /sys/class/backlight directory, only acpi_video0 folder.I have the lastest intel driver 2.21.2-1 and kernel version 3.7.7-1.
Thanks.
Last edited by grobar87 (2013-05-14 19:49:39)

Fixed in kernel 3.9.2-1

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Acer Aspire V5-571 will not power on

Apologies - just posted this question in Welcome Forum by mistake.Computer will not power on, was working perfectly last night when I shut down. Have tried all suggestions in Knowledge Base with no success. Any help very much appreciated. Thanks in advance.

I have had this problem twice now. My system is working just fine. I power it down and take it to work or home. I get to my destination and plug in my system and i get NO lights of any kind. It will not power up at all. I get NOTHING. My laptop is all of a month old. I pull out my screwdriver and take off the bottom cover. I check connections etc. Everthing is tight and clean. BUT note that I have touched several metal components. Did I just ground out any stray charges? I don't know. But Now after doing nothing more then looking and touching I put the case back together. Turn if over and plug everythign back in again and NOW it powers up. The second time same thing only this time it gets to the Acer screen and nothing. I power off/on and try again. Acer screen. After 2 cycles of this I swap out the power block (19V @ 3.42A acer just like the original). After 2 more cycles I swap back to the original. I try #5 and i'm getting ready to power off again when I get the floting balls wait sign and I wait.... now up until now boot up on windows 8 has always been less then a minute. This time its taken like 6 minutes to boot up. NOTE It updated to 8.1 last thursday (I HATE auto updating! it is now turned off!). So any ideas here? is this a static buildup issue? Is this a design issue? Power board or plug issue? What is the problem here Acer. I LOVE my 1st acer aspire 5210z until the screen died. So I buy the awesome new one and ACER HELP!!!!

[SOLVED] Acer Aspire One D250 LAN not detected.

Hi guys,
Cant seem to find anyone on the net that has the same problem as me, but here it goes.
I have a Acer Aspire One D250, Id really like to run linux on it. There are dozens of posts on the web explaining you need to install the drivers from the Atheros site because the output of lspci is wrong.
Well, the problem that i am having with Arch is that lspci doesnt even show my network card, and as soon as i boot, the light on the physical card turns on, but never goes off (almost like it hangs...)
Ive included the output of Arch's lspci where its not visible, and the output of the ubuntu live netbook remix where it is visible just as the wrong name.
Its almost like arch wants to load the wrong driver and then the card just freezes.... but i dont know, im not a fiull blown linux expert...
Hope someone can help me because its driving me crazy.
This is the output from the arch lspci:
# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 02)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA AHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
This is the output from the ubuntu netbook remix lspci:
lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 02)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA AHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Attansic Technology Corp. Device 1062 (rev c0)
Last edited by kirothi (2009-10-09 08:40:23)

Kernel Installed from the testing repo, now im getting the following build errors:
# make install
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.31-ARCH/build SUBDIRS=/root/atheros_ln_driver/src modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.31-ARCH'
CC [M] /root/atheros_ln_driver/src/at_main.o
/root/atheros_ln_driver/src/at_main.c: In function 'at_request_irq':
/root/atheros_ln_driver/src/at_main.c:262: warning: passing argument 2 of 'request_irq' from incompatible pointer type
include/linux/interrupt.h:116: note: expected 'irq_handler_t' but argument is of type 'void (*)(int, void *)'
/root/atheros_ln_driver/src/at_main.c: In function 'at_probe':
/root/atheros_ln_driver/src/at_main.c:343: warning: 'DMA_nnBIT_MASK' is deprecated
/root/atheros_ln_driver/src/at_main.c:344: warning: 'DMA_nnBIT_MASK' is deprecated
/root/atheros_ln_driver/src/at_main.c:347: warning: 'DMA_nnBIT_MASK' is deprecated
/root/atheros_ln_driver/src/at_main.c:348: warning: 'DMA_nnBIT_MASK' is deprecated
/root/atheros_ln_driver/src/at_main.c:392: error: 'struct net_device' has no member named 'open'
/root/atheros_ln_driver/src/at_main.c:393: error: 'struct net_device' has no member named 'stop'
/root/atheros_ln_driver/src/at_main.c:394: error: 'struct net_device' has no member named 'hard_start_xmit'
/root/atheros_ln_driver/src/at_main.c:395: error: 'struct net_device' has no member named 'get_stats'
/root/atheros_ln_driver/src/at_main.c:396: error: 'struct net_device' has no member named 'set_multicast_list'
/root/atheros_ln_driver/src/at_main.c:397: error: 'struct net_device' has no member named 'set_mac_address'
/root/atheros_ln_driver/src/at_main.c:398: error: 'struct net_device' has no member named 'change_mtu'
/root/atheros_ln_driver/src/at_main.c:399: error: 'struct net_device' has no member named 'do_ioctl'
/root/atheros_ln_driver/src/at_main.c:403: error: 'struct net_device' has no member named 'tx_timeout'
/root/atheros_ln_driver/src/at_main.c:411: error: 'struct net_device' has no member named 'vlan_rx_register'
/root/atheros_ln_driver/src/at_main.c:414: error: 'struct net_device' has no member named 'poll_controller'
/root/atheros_ln_driver/src/at_main.c: In function 'at_io_error_detected':
/root/atheros_ln_driver/src/at_main.c:834: error: 'struct net_device' has no member named 'priv'
/root/atheros_ln_driver/src/at_main.c: In function 'at_io_slot_reset':
/root/atheros_ln_driver/src/at_main.c:857: error: 'struct net_device' has no member named 'priv'
/root/atheros_ln_driver/src/at_main.c: In function 'at_io_resume':
/root/atheros_ln_driver/src/at_main.c:884: error: 'struct net_device' has no member named 'priv'
make[2]: *** [/root/atheros_ln_driver/src/at_main.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/root/atheros_ln_driver/src] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.31-ARCH'
make: *** [default] Error 2
again, no internet information available, although someone posted about editing the source file, but getting send and transmit errors once the driver was loaded into the kernel.
thanks for the help.
P.S. compiling this thing under ubuntu was no problem, and it worked instantly.

[SOLVED] Acer Aspire One - Wireless issue + Wpa_supplicant

Hi there!
I've been using arch on both my desktop and laptop for a while, with wpa_supplicant working perfectly for both of them (University 802.1x auth) I have a config file which works perfectly on the same wireless network with my laptop, but on the netbook I just can't seem to get on it. It's an Acer Aspire One - A150.
This computer uses as we know an atheros chip, which I just can't seem to get working. My laptop on the other hand uses an ipw2200 chip which works fine.
I've installed the madwifi modules, and when doing iwconfig i can see wlan0 listed. If i try to scan for wireless ap's with "iwlist wlan0 scan" it does not find anything.
Doing "wpa_supplicant -Dmadwifi -iwlan0 -c/..../wpa_supplicant.conf -dd " produces the following error
[henrik@scribble ~]$ sudo wpa_supplicant -Dmadwifi -iwlan0 -c/home/henrik/wpa_supplicant.conf -dd
Initializing interface 'wlan0' conf '/home/henrik/wpa_supplicant.conf' driver 'madwifi' ctrl_interface 'N/A' bridge 'N/A'
Configuration file '/home/henrik/wpa_supplicant.conf' -> '/home/henrik/wpa_supplicant.conf'
Reading configuration file '/home/henrik/wpa_supplicant.conf'
ctrl_interface='/var/run/wpa_supplicant'
eapol_version=1
ap_scan=1
fast_reauth=1
Line: 485 - start of a new network block
ssid - hexdump_ascii(len=7):
65 64 75 72 6f 61 6d eduroam
key_mgmt: 0x1
eap methods - hexdump(len=16): 00 00 00 00 19 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
identity - hexdump_ascii(len=21):
68 72 69 30 30 33 40 6d 61 69 6c 62 6f 78 2e 75 xXxXXX@xxxxxxx
69 74 2e 6e 6f xx.com
password - hexdump_ascii(len=8): [REMOVED]
phase2 - hexdump_ascii(len=13):
61 75 74 68 3d 4d 53 43 48 41 50 56 32 auth=MSCHAPV2
priority=10 (0xa)
Priority group 10
id=0 ssid='eduroam'
Initializing interface (2) 'wlan0'
EAPOL: SUPP_PAE entering state DISCONNECTED
EAPOL: KEY_RX entering state NO_KEY_RECEIVE
EAPOL: SUPP_BE entering state INITIALIZE
EAP: EAP entering state DISABLED
EAPOL: External notification - portEnabled=0
EAPOL: External notification - portValid=0
SIOCGIWRANGE: WE(compiled)=22 WE(source)=21 enc_capa=0xf
capabilities: key_mgmt 0xf enc 0xf
WEXT: Operstate: linkmode=1, operstate=5
ioctl[IEEE80211_IOCTL_SETPARAM]: Operation not supported
wpa_driver_madwifi_init: failed to set wpa_supplicant-based roaming
WEXT: Operstate: linkmode=0, operstate=6
Failed to initialize driver interface
Failed to add interface wlan0
Cancelling scan request
Cancelling authentication timeout
[henrik@scribble ~]$
I really hope some of you have a suggestion to what I can do to fix this, as it's really annoying only being able to use wired.
What I find wierd, is that "iwlist...scan" does not work.
Thanks in advance
-Henrik
Last edited by henrikken (2009-03-24 15:49:54)

two things:
1. Your computer should be using the ath5k driver for the ar5007 chipset that your netbook has... and
2. If the opensource approach doesn't work for you, build this driver.
p.s. (wlan0 will be renamed to ath0)
#Contributor: KJoN <[email protected]>
pkgname=madwifi-hal
pkgver=0.10.5.6
pkgrel=svn
pkgdesc="Multiband Atheros Drivers - hal 0.10.5.6 - svn"
arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
url="http://svn.madwifi-project.org"
license=('GPL')
depends=('subversion')
provides=('madwifi' 'madwifi-utils')
source=()
md5sums=()
build() {
cd $startdir/src
svn co http://svn.madwifi-project.org/madwifi/branches/$pkgname-$pkgver
cd $pkgname-$pkgver
make
make DESTDIR=$startdir/pkg install
cp $startdir/pkg/usr/local/* $startdir/pkg/usr -vR
cp $startdir/pkg/usr/share/* $startdir/pkg/usr -vR
rm $startdir/pkg/usr/{local,share} -r
errr... remember to blacklist ath5k on MODULES on your rc.conf and please, run depmod -a after installing this package.
Luck with your issue

Acer Aspire E5-571-53HX won't start properly

I was using my laptop and had the usual blue screen pop up to staten that the computer ran into am error and needed to update. Upon restarting the computer it stopped at the acer start up screen but it was disoriented and the picture was skipping. After I turned my laptop off again it only boots the fan up for a few seconds then beeps like it would when shutting g down normally. Sometimes after it shuts itself off it turns back on again but it never shows anything on the screen. I've only had the laptop for just over a week and recently installed windows 10. Is there anything that can be done?

Onixzepher,
If you can't get into the advanced options to possibly refresh/reset the system to repair itself, you can attempt to restore it to factory defaults using the ALT-F10 method.

I have an Acer Aspire v3-571, it has a black screen and power button on.

i need help! i have tried plenty of bios and the newest one i downloaded just has an update exe. in the folder, please help!

Is it a "black screen" or is the screen "dead"? There is a difference. The first means its a software issue, most likely. The second means it is a hardware issue.
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Thanks!
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[edited for privacy-please do not post personal or unique information such as but not limited to full names, email addresses, phone numbers, serial numbers, etc.]

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[Solved] Suspend to ram doesn't work correctly on Acer Aspire 5100

Hi people of the archlinux forum.
Finally I decided to change from ubuntu to archlinux because I wanted to learn more about the world of linux.:D
I have already almost completely set up my laptop, but I have a problem when suspending to ram. The problem comes out when i wake up the laptop, and the screen starts to flicker and will not go away until i restart the laptop.
This is my laptop after the suspend:
I'm using pm-utils to suspend and hibernate my laptop, and the hibernate works fine. All settings were made following the arch wiki.
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Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "X.org Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
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ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
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FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
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Load "extmod"
Load "glx"
Load "dbe"
Load "dri2"
Load "record"
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Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
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Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
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VendorName "AUO"
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#Option "SWcursor" # [<bool>]
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#Option "Dac8Bit" # [<bool>]
#Option "BusType" # [<str>]
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#Option "AGPMode" # 
#Option "AGPFastWrite" # [<bool>]
#Option "AGPSize" # 
#Option "GARTSize" # 
#Option "RingSize" # 
#Option "BufferSize" # 
#Option "EnableDepthMoves" # [<bool>]
#Option "EnablePageFlip" # [<bool>]
#Option "NoBackBuffer" # [<bool>]
#Option "DMAForXv" # [<bool>]
#Option "FBTexPercent" # 
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#Option "PCIAPERSize" # 
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#Option "IgnoreEDID" # [<bool>]
#Option "CustomEDID" # [<str>]
#Option "DisplayPriority" # [<str>]
#Option "PanelSize" # [<str>]
#Option "ForceMinDotClock" # <freq>
#Option "ColorTiling" # [<bool>]
#Option "VideoKey" # 
#Option "RageTheatreCrystal" # 
#Option "RageTheatreTunerPort" # 
#Option "RageTheatreCompositePort" # 
#Option "RageTheatreSVideoPort" # 
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#Option "RageTheatreMicrocPath" # <str>
#Option "RageTheatreMicrocType" # <str>
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#Option "SubPixelOrder" # [<str>]
#Option "ShowCache" # [<bool>]
#Option "ClockGating" # [<bool>]
#Option "VGAAccess" # [<bool>]
#Option "ReverseDDC" # [<bool>]
#Option "LVDSProbePLL" # [<bool>]
#Option "AccelMethod" # <str>
#Option "DRI" # [<bool>]
#Option "ConnectorTable" # <str>
#Option "DefaultConnectorTable" # [<bool>]
#Option "DefaultTMDSPLL" # [<bool>]
#Option "TVDACLoadDetect" # [<bool>]
#Option "ForceTVOut" # [<bool>]
#Option "TVStandard" # <str>
#Option "IgnoreLidStatus" # [<bool>]
#Option "DefaultTVDACAdj" # [<bool>]
#Option "Int10" # [<bool>]
#Option "EXAVSync" # [<bool>]
#Option "ATOMTVOut" # [<bool>]
#Option "R4xxATOM" # [<bool>]
#Option "ForceLowPowerMode" # [<bool>]
#Option "DynamicPM" # [<bool>]
#Option "NewPLL" # [<bool>]
#Option "ZaphodHeads" # <str>
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "radeon"
VendorName "ATI Technologies Inc"
BoardName "RS482 [Radeon Xpress 200M]"
BusID "PCI:1:5:0"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 1
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 4
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 8
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 15
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
I know you maybe need more info, but i don't really know what do you need... please tell me what do you need and a post it!
Sorry for my english this isn't my native languaje... Thanks you for all
Last edited by geonunez (2010-07-08 20:19:09)

I have the same problem with my Acer Aspire 5100 (video ATI Xpress1100).
xorg.conf is not used. Turning KMS off doesn`t help.
I have tried to use uswsusp, but it doesn`t help. s2ram -n output correctly identify my laptop, which means it is in "whitelist" and correct settings for this hardware is known. s2ram suspend works, but screen blinking after waking up remains the same.
[Sydorenko@SLE ~]$ sudo s2ram -n
Machine matched entry 17:
sys_vendor = 'Acer *'
sys_product = 'Aspire 5100 *'
sys_version = ''
bios_version = ''
Fixes: 0x3 S3_BIOS S3_MODE
This machine can be identified by:
sys_vendor = "Acer "
sys_product = "Aspire 5100 "
sys_version = "V3.10A"
bios_version = "V3.10A"
See http://suspend.sf.net/s2ram-support.html for details.
Last edited by SydMax (2010-06-06 16:53:50)

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Acer Aspire 3820TG Graphics problem

Hello! I just recently updated my Acer Aspire Timeline X 3920TG to windows 10. The installer reported that there should be no problems, and all seemed well, installation went painless.
However, I soon discovered some problems with the drivers for the graphics card, an AMD Radeon HD 6550M. - The card is reported as a "5000 series" card, not 6000. Some people have mentioned that it is just a rebranded 5000 card, but it has shown up as 6550M before.- The HDMI connector is not working, and as such I cannot use my TV for a second screen. Worked fine before installing windows 10, but not now.- Civ 5 does not start with DX9 any more. DX 11 works fine.
- Way of the Samurai 4 has started lagging seriously. Not much framedrop, but everything is in slow motion, and it responds very slowly to controls. Again, worked fine in windows 7. I have googled for solutions, reinstalled drivers, killed all drivers and tried to reinstall both directly from AMD, Acer and Microsofts update service, but to no avail. Please help. Is this a lost cause or is there a solution?

Too bad. I took the plunge to downgrade again to windows 7, which was as easy as upgrading to 10, thankfully. Gotta give them credit for that at least.
Works perfectly in 7, so I guess I'll have to live with this until I upgrade to a newer laptop. =/

Acer Aspire Switch 10 e keyboard dock problem

Hi. I have this brand new Acer Aspire Switch 10 E which I just bought last month. I'm now having problems with the keyboard and the dock as when I connect the tablet/screen to the dock, the keyboard is not detected. It recognizeswhen I dock the tablet but it doesn't detect te hard drive nor the keyboard. Sometime, after a long while, it detects the keyboard and the hard drive but only for a few seconds then it disappears again. Other times, it just flips continually from working and then not working. The problem is so sudden. I would jokingly note that whenever I search for solutions to the keyboard problem, it very briefly fixes itself. On a serious note however, I do not know what causes this malfunction nor do I know what fixes it. As stated above, the problem is so sudden. I have been very, very careful with the use of my laptop including in the removal and docking of the tablet. I have inspected the docking pins, and physically, they look perfectly fine. The problem occurs even the tablet has been connected and left undisturbed for continuous periods of time. This has led me to believe that the problem could be software based and not hardware. I am also open to the possibility that it could be heat affecting the docking pins (heat can cause connection issues and this isn't the first time I have encountered one, nor the second) but like I said, the docking pins work perfectly and remain constantly in contact witch each other. As I have postulated that the problem is software based, I have gone through the hassles of searching for possibble drivers for the dock/keyboard. Unfortunately, (this might be due to the Aspire Switch 10 E being a fairly new model) there were no keyboard drivers on the Acer support page for the Aspire Switch 10 E. In my search, I encountered a video for the Aspire Switch 10 keyboard to fix the problem, a driver update for the Switch 10, NOT the Switch 10 E. I have tried the solution and it still does not work. I am not a fan of forums and if I am, I am usually just a reader kind of person. But in the light of recent events and the fact that there are virtually NO questions or posts about this brand new model of laptop, specfically the Aspire Switch 10 E, I have taken the responsibility of raising this question in the hopes that a knowledgeable person may provide assistance and that the others of my kind (the Aspire Switch 10 E users) may be enlightened as well. I would sincerely appreciate the assistance. God bless. TL;DR: Aspire Switch 10 E detects docking but keyboard and hard drive are inconsistently not working. Help. Reposted this topic on the laptops forum because I realized I posted the first one in desktops.

Hi, I have a similar problem. Sometimes after waking or after removing or reataching the keyboard it becomes unresponsive. But if I then restart the computer it is fine. I think, in my case at least, it can not be due to just a bad connection, as otherwise restarting it would not change anything. Also, I don't think it is something that has been fixed as it is quite a recent purchase and I have recently updated windows and drivers. The whole reason for choosing this pc was the ease with which it converts between tablet and laptop mode so any advice would be very welcome. Thanks,Tom

[Solved] NVidia Drivers on an Acer Aspire 7520

I'll keep it short and simple. I got this laptop, an Acer Aspire 7520.
Everything works. Except the graphics in Arch.
I've had to fall back on using nouveau instead of the nvidia driver - maybe it is or isn't better, but I can't get the nvidia one to work.
When installing Arch, when the time comes to test X, is fails with the error that it can't load the .ko module. Can be reproduced also by trying to run 'modprobe nvidia' as root.
Given that my attempts to try and put up with Vista just came to a stop with it's rather poor excuse for a network manager being incapable of getting an IP address from the DHCP server, I'd like to get this sorted.
Oh, almost forgot. The laptop is 64-bit capable - but with approx 2GB of RAM, even though it's a dual core, the benefits of running a 64-bit OS on it probably wouldn't show up. So it's a 32-bit Arch instead.
Besides, Arch64 is a pest when it comes to stuff not made for x86_64.
Anyway.
That's the problem. Is there a fix for this, which doesn't involve using a different driver?
Thanks,
Grem.
Last edited by Gremnon (2010-08-08 22:37:23)

This is what is currently in the 10-monitor.conf file:
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nouveau"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1440x900_60"
EndSubSection
EndSection
To change it to nvidia, I'm unfortunately at a loss for what to put in exactly.
'uname -r' returns:
2.6.24-ARCH
I use the stock kernel. I haven't felt adventurous enough to try making my own custom one yet, which is one of the reasons I went off Gentoo. They can claim it's easy all they like, my only attempt on Gentoo didn't work in the slightest.
Anyway.
Unless I'm looking in the wrong place, running 'tail /var/log/dmesg.log' both before and after modprobe shows absolutely no difference at all. Nothing is added to it in the slightest.

Acer Aspire 5750 Problems in Error.log

Hello,
I installed Arch on a Acer Aspire 5750 with:
i3-2330M CPU @ 2.20GHz
4 GB Ram
and Arch runs very well!
But by every boot of Arch I got this errors:
1: /usr/sbin/crond[469]: (CRON) INFO (Syslog will be used instead of sendmail.): Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
But I do not ever install sendmail ...
2: kernel: [ 6.146484] sdhci-pci 0000:02:00.1: Invalid iomem size. You may experience problems.
3: kernel: [ 6.194110] [drm:intel_dsm_platform_mux_info] *ERROR* MUX INFO call failed
4: kernel: [ 7.260867] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Invalid ROM contents
5: kernel: [ 15.228768] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: 0xD518: i2c wr fail: -6
and I got a wlan error, but my wlan works very well.
My Arch runs well with this errors... I think this errors are not so bad, but I want to boot arch very fast and with this error messages I need 50 seconds...
The other Problem:
In the Wiki I read something about fgetty and agetty... I replaces agetty with fgetty in /etc/inittab and I installed fgetty via yaourt But I still got an fgetty error:
init: cannot execute "/sbin/fgetty"
But the /sbin/fgetty is there...
Can someone help me with this problems?
Thanks!

1: /usr/sbin/crond[469]: (CRON) INFO (Syslog will be used instead of sendmail.): Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
But I do not ever install sendmail ...
That is just telling you that syslog will be used instead of sendmail, because there is no sendmail program to use on the system.
2: kernel: [ 6.146484] sdhci-pci 0000:02:00.1: Invalid iomem size. You may experience problems.
Does your sd card reader work properly? I use to get that error before I noticed it did not work. I fixed it by adding this to modprobe.conf
options sdhci debug_quirks=0x40
Not really sure on the other two as I try to avoid nouveau use personally and have never seen that intel related error on mine either and have not done fgetty on my systems.
Hope that gets you some place
Last edited by vwyodajl (2012-02-20 19:09:34)

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