Hello,
Yesterday I got a new Acer 5740 with core i5, 3 GB RAM, 320 GB HDD and all the regular things. It was the linux model. Ubuntu 10.04 64 bit was installed on it. The live CD itself showed all devices working, including wireless. There was one bug during live session. Every time the wireless was connected, the touch pad would go dead. This problem did not appear post installation. The devices working are...
Display .... gives full 1366 x 768 resolution. Sound .... After increasing levels and un-muting (maybe) it plays with decent Acer type sound levels. Touch pad ... Works fine. Bluetooth .... Linked with my mobile. Did not try any transfers. Wireless .... Works like butter. Used it in the live session itself for installation. Sound up / down .... Works from the dedicated keys. Brightness up /down does NOT work inspite of adding acpi_osi="Linux" to the grub parameters. Camera.....The gnome package camerama does not detect the video device but cheese does it flawlessly giving bright, crisp and colourfull images. Available in apt. camerama out, cheese in. Bluetooth and Wireless on / off buttons work.
ubuntu-restricted-extras installs the non-free stuff including flash player for firefox. Remember.... it is the 64 bit OS.
One bug that exists is that when changing desktop backgrounds, after selecting a second or third image choice, the machine freezes and has to be forced shut down. So I set my image once and lay off.
Overall a 'works out of the box' experience.
Could you please share the cost of the laptop. And no graphics card right? I'm also planning on the Acer model, so more interested.
Thank you.
Sanket Shah Sent from my Android™ Spica
On 28 Jul 2010 21:20, "Rony Bill" gnulinuxist@gmail.com wrote:
Hello,
Yesterday I got a new Acer 5740 with core i5, 3 GB RAM, 320 GB HDD and all the regular things. It was the linux model. Ubuntu 10.04 64 bit was installed on it. The live CD itself showed all devices working, including wireless. There was one bug during live session. Every time the wireless was connected, the touch pad would go dead. This problem did not appear post installation. The devices working are...
Display .... gives full 1366 x 768 resolution. Sound .... After increasing levels and un-muting (maybe) it plays with decent Acer type sound levels. Touch pad ... Works fine. Bluetooth .... Linked with my mobile. Did not try any transfers. Wireless .... Works like butter. Used it in the live session itself for installation. Sound up / down .... Works from the dedicated keys. Brightness up /down does NOT work inspite of adding acpi_osi="Linux" to the grub parameters. Camera.....The gnome package camerama does not detect the video device but cheese does it flawlessly giving bright, crisp and colourfull images. Available in apt. camerama out, cheese in. Bluetooth and Wireless on / off buttons work.
ubuntu-restricted-extras installs the non-free stuff including flash player for firefox. Remember.... it is the 64 bit OS.
One bug that exists is that when changing desktop backgrounds, after selecting a second or third image choice, the machine freezes and has to be forced shut down. So I set my image once and lay off.
Overall a 'works out of the box' experience.
-- Regards,
Rony. GNU/Linux No Viruses No Spyware Only Freedom. -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
On Wednesday 28 July 2010 09:33 PM, Sanket Shah wrote:
Could you please share the cost of the laptop. And no graphics card right? I'm also planning on the Acer model, so more interested.
The cost is less than 35K. Graphics appears to be 128 bit though I am not very sure of the make. In the BIOS it showed this 128 MB as the graphics memory. Did not pay much attention to that though. I bought it assuming no extra graphics card.
Also please try to post your reply below the original post and trim what is not necessary. Thanks in anticipation.
On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 9:19 PM, Rony Bill gnulinuxist@gmail.com wrote:
One bug that exists is that when changing desktop backgrounds, after selecting a second or third image choice, the machine freezes and has to be forced shut down. So I set my image once and lay off.
Overall a 'works out of the box' experience.
it comes with ATI Mobility Radeon?
get the proprietary drivers "fglrx", hope it helps you. free drivers for ati cards are installed by default, most of the time free drivers work fine. but fglrx is sometimes better when you install fglrx, it will break plymouth consistency, Check out for workaround for plymouth: http://idyllictux.wordpress.com/2010/04/26/lucidubuntu-10-04-high-resolution...
On Wednesday 28 July 2010 10:03 PM, Revant Nandgaonkar wrote:
On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 9:19 PM, Rony Billgnulinuxist@gmail.com wrote:
One bug that exists is that when changing desktop backgrounds, after selecting a second or third image choice, the machine freezes and has to be forced shut down. So I set my image once and lay off.
Overall a 'works out of the box' experience.
it comes with ATI Mobility Radeon?
get the proprietary drivers "fglrx", hope it helps you. free drivers for ati cards are installed by default, most of the time free drivers work fine. but fglrx is sometimes better when you install fglrx, it will break plymouth consistency, Check out for workaround for plymouth: http://idyllictux.wordpress.com/2010/04/26/lucidubuntu-10-04-high-resolution...
I will look it up. Thanks.
On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 10:34 PM, Rony gnulinuxist@gmail.com wrote:
I will look it up. Thanks.
On my Acer 5545, the graphics chip /cpu, memory, hdd size - i.e. all details are on a sticker right below the keypad.
-- Arun Khan
On Thursday 29 July 2010 10:31 AM, Arun Khan wrote:
On my Acer 5545, the graphics chip /cpu, memory, hdd size - i.e. all details are on a sticker right below the keypad.
Yeah :-) It did not have anything special. I checked again, it only mentions Intel HD graphics.
On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 6:28 PM, Rony gnulinuxist@gmail.com wrote:
Yeah :-) It did not have anything special. I checked again, it only mentions Intel HD graphics.
ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx has some known issues "Intel 8xx X freezes/crashes" https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LucidLynx/ReleaseNotes
Workaround here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Bugs/Lucidi8xxFreezes
Revant
On Thursday 29 July 2010 07:00 PM, Revant Nandgaonkar wrote:
ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx has some known issues "Intel 8xx X freezes/crashes" https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LucidLynx/ReleaseNotes
Workaround here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Bugs/Lucidi8xxFreezes
Thanks for the link. In my Ubuntu 10.04 Desktop pc, I tried out the initial commans with option A. It made changes as I can see smaller text font before GUI starts and I can switch easily between console and X in my pc. However the problem of display crashing is still there and what I am observing over the weeks is that it happens 99 percent when I compose mails in Thunderbird 3+. This is the third time I am trying to complete this mail. I hope I can send it before the display crashes again. I will look up the net if it is some Thunderbird bug.
On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 6:28 PM, Rony gnulinuxist@gmail.com wrote:
On Thursday 29 July 2010 10:31 AM, Arun Khan wrote:
On my Acer 5545, the graphics chip /cpu, memory, hdd size - i.e. all details are on a sticker right below the keypad.
Yeah :-) It did not have anything special. I checked again, it only mentions Intel HD graphics.
Then it would be the graphics GPU bundled with the Intel chipset.
-- Arun Khan
On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 9:19 PM, Rony Bill gnulinuxist@gmail.com wrote:
Hello,
Yesterday I got a new Acer 5740 with core i5, 3 GB RAM, 320 GB HDD
What is the shipped OS in it ?? linux based ??
On Wednesday 28 July 2010 11:20 PM, Narendra Sisodiya wrote:
On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 9:19 PM, Rony Billgnulinuxist@gmail.com wrote:
Hello,
Yesterday I got a new Acer 5740 with core i5, 3 GB RAM, 320 GB HDD
What is the shipped OS in it ?? linux based ??
Linpus command line.
On Wednesday 28 July 2010 21:19:50 Rony Bill wrote:
One bug that exists is that when changing desktop backgrounds, after selecting a second or third image choice, the machine freezes and has to be forced shut down. So I set my image once and lay off.
Afaik it's a radeon driver bug and is resolved in the latest kernel. Repeatedly switching between X and console also triggers the bug (black screen, locked keyboard). However ssh will work.
On Thursday 29 July 2010 09:19 PM, jtd wrote:
On Wednesday 28 July 2010 21:19:50 Rony Bill wrote:
One bug that exists is that when changing desktop backgrounds, after selecting a second or third image choice, the machine freezes and has to be forced shut down. So I set my image once and lay off.
Afaik it's a radeon driver bug and is resolved in the latest kernel. Repeatedly switching between X and console also triggers the bug (black screen, locked keyboard). However ssh will work.
I am able to switch between X and console. I had updated the installation and will check the bug again.
On Thursday 29 July 2010 23:00:09 Rony wrote:
On Thursday 29 July 2010 09:19 PM, jtd wrote:
On Wednesday 28 July 2010 21:19:50 Rony Bill wrote:
One bug that exists is that when changing desktop backgrounds, after selecting a second or third image choice, the machine freezes and has to be forced shut down. So I set my image once and lay off.
Afaik it's a radeon driver bug and is resolved in the latest kernel. Repeatedly switching between X and console also triggers the bug (black screen, locked keyboard). However ssh will work.
I am able to switch between X and console. I had updated the installation and will check the bug again.
Your 2nd post suggests that the agp is not radeon, in which case the bug would be something different.
On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 11:59 PM, jtd jtd@mtnl.net.in wrote:
Your 2nd post suggests that the agp is not radeon, in which case the bug would be something different.
FWIW - My observation - lappies with Intel CPUs the GPU is typically from Intel and a few have NVidia whereas those with AMD CPU typically have the ATI (part of AMD) GPU and few have the NVidia GPU.
The OP has already disclosed that his GPU is from the Intel family.
I have an Acer 5542 with ATI Radeon HD 4200 and I have experienced the console lock - no ssh access as well but that is yet another problem :)
-- Arun Khan
On Friday 30 July 2010 00:09:06 Arun Khan wrote:
On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 11:59 PM, jtd jtd@mtnl.net.in wrote:
Your 2nd post suggests that the agp is not radeon, in which case the bug would be something different.
FWIW - My observation - lappies with Intel CPUs the GPU is typically from Intel and a few have NVidia whereas those with AMD CPU typically have the ATI (part of AMD) GPU and few have the NVidia GPU.
True. I havent seen an Intel mobo with a radeon on board.
The OP has already disclosed that his GPU is from the Intel family.
I have an Acer 5542 with ATI Radeon HD 4200 and I have experienced the console lock - no ssh access as well but that is yet another problem
I have a mobo with hd4200. Switching X<>console will freeze the display. But ssh works, as does everything else. Firing up an X app reports no errors. Killing X and restarting does not restore the display. Afaik one has to reboot to restore display. Google said it was an agp kernel bug. Distro was Lucid.
Hello,
Yesterday I got a new Acer 5740 with core i5, 3 GB RAM, 320 GB HDD and all the regular things. It was the linux model. Ubuntu 10.04 64 bit was installed on it. The live CD itself showed all devices working, including
I purchased a Lenovo G550 around 3 months back. Lucid works flawlessly! Another 'works out of the box' experience :).
Also i managed to install Meego on a lenovo netbook recently. Apart from wireless drivers, everthing worked perfectly.
On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 11:03 PM, Rahul Jayaraman rahul@moqshh.com wrote:
Hello,
Yesterday I got a new Acer 5740 with core i5, 3 GB RAM, 320 GB HDD and all the regular things. It was the linux model. Ubuntu 10.04 64 bit was installed on it. The live CD itself showed all devices working, including
I purchased a Lenovo G550 around 3 months back. Lucid works flawlessly! Another 'works out of the box' experience :).
Also i managed to install Meego on a lenovo netbook recently. Apart from wireless drivers, everthing worked perfectly.
Doesn't all this info (tested & verified combos) belong somewhere on the glug-bom wiki? Easwar?
Regards, Mohan S N
On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 8:33 AM, Rahul Jayaraman rahul@moqshh.com wrote:
Hello,
Yesterday I got a new Acer 5740 with core i5, 3 GB RAM, 320 GB HDD and
all
the regular things. It was the linux model. Ubuntu 10.04 64 bit was installed on it. The live CD itself showed all devices working, including
I purchased a Lenovo G550 around 3 months back. Lucid works flawlessly! Another 'works out of the box' experience :).
Also i managed to install Meego on a lenovo netbook recently. Apart from wireless drivers, everthing worked perfectly.
Please make a entry here http://lug-iitd.org/List_of_laptop_with_preinstalled_GNU-Linux_in_India & http://lug-iitd.org/Articles/My_laptop_is_working_fine_with_linux
On Friday 30 July 2010 08:33 AM, Rahul Jayaraman wrote:
I purchased a Lenovo G550 around 3 months back. Lucid works flawlessly! Another 'works out of the box' experience :).
Also i managed to install Meego on a lenovo netbook recently. Apart from wireless drivers, everthing worked perfectly.
If you could expand the installation report it would be very useful for everyone.
On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 8:27 AM, Rony gnulinuxist@gmail.com wrote:
On Friday 30 July 2010 08:33 AM, Rahul Jayaraman wrote:
I purchased a Lenovo G550 around 3 months back. Lucid works flawlessly! Another 'works out of the box' experience :).
Also i managed to install Meego on a lenovo netbook recently. Apart from wireless drivers, everthing worked perfectly.
If you could expand the installation report it would be very useful for everyone.
And if you wish, you could add details to the page I created here on the GLUG-Bom wiki
http://db.glug-bom.org/wiki/index.php/What_works_and_what_doesn%27t
Regards, Easwar Registered Linux user #442065
On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 1:41 AM, Easwar Hariharan meindian523@gmail.comwrote:
On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 8:27 AM, Rony gnulinuxist@gmail.com wrote:
On Friday 30 July 2010 08:33 AM, Rahul Jayaraman wrote:
I purchased a Lenovo G550 around 3 months back. Lucid works flawlessly! Another 'works out of the box' experience :).
Also i managed to install Meego on a lenovo netbook recently. Apart
from
wireless drivers, everthing worked perfectly.
If you could expand the installation report it would be very useful for everyone.
And if you wish, you could add details to the page I created here on the GLUG-Bom wiki
http://db.glug-bom.org/wiki/index.php/What_works_and_what_doesn%27t
I already manage such pages - I have already given links too , Yet you have created new pages just for the sake for ilugbom wiki - #ridiculous
I know. Consider the page a mirror. AFAIK, ILUG-Bom members would more likely have an account on the ILUG-Bom wiki than on the ILUG-D wiki.
Regards, Easwar Registered Linux user #442065
On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 5:11 AM, Easwar Hariharan meindian523@gmail.comwrote:
I know. Consider the page a mirror. AFAIK, ILUG-Bom members would more likely have an account on the ILUG-Bom wiki than on the ILUG-D wiki.
Well account is not a problem. Wiki always take 2 minute to setup your account. You can always use a your full name " Easwar Hariharan" as username. You can set Firefox to remember your password. Reuse and support existing effort is under FOSS philosophy. I can't force anyone. You have full freedom for all constructive and destructive works
PS: If you go to LUG@IITD wiki then you will find that there are 55000+ page hit till now.
On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 1:41 AM, Easwar Hariharan meindian523@gmail.comwrote:
And if you wish, you could add details to the page I created here on the GLUG-Bom wiki
http://db.glug-bom.org/wiki/index.php/What_works_and_what_doesn%27t
Easwar, thanks for putting up the notes in our wiki.
On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 4:27 PM, Rony Bill gnulinuxist@gmail.com wrote:
On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 1:41 AM, Easwar Hariharan <meindian523@gmail.com
wrote:
And if you wish, you could add details to the page I created here on the GLUG-Bom wiki
http://db.glug-bom.org/wiki/index.php/What_works_and_what_doesn%27t
Easwar, thanks for putting up the notes in our wiki.
No problem.
Regards, Easwar Registered Linux user #442065
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