Installing Ubuntu on Acer Aspire 1363 WLMi
March 20, 2005Installing Ubuntu Hoary on Acer Aspire 1363 WLMi
Last updated: 20/03/05
General hardware specifications of Acer Aspire 1363 WLMi:
| Hardware components | Status under Linux | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Sempron 3000+ | Works. | No special procedure required during installation. |
| 512MB RAM | Works | No special procedure required during installation. |
| GeForce FX Go 5200 | Works |
Use the closed-source driver provided by NVidia for performance and display reasons. It is located in the universe-repository:
Install by: apt-get install nvidia-glx |
| 15.4 WXGA TFT-Display | Works |
Simply generated an appropriate modeline with the videogen-tool.
\"1280x800\" 80.36 1280 1320 1520 1640 800 802 804 842 |
| 60GB IDE-Harddisk and SlimType DVDRW SOSW-852S | Works | No special procedure required during installation. |
| 4 x USB 2.0 Controller | Works | No special procedure required during installation. |
| 1 x IEEE1394-Controller | Works | No special procedure required during installation. |
| AC97 audio controller | Works | No special procedure required during installation. |
| AC97 WinModem | Not tested. | |
| VIA Rhine-II network-adapter | Works | No special procedure required during installation. |
| Linksys IPN 2220 WLAN-Adapter (IEEE 802.11g) | Works |
Works by using ndiswrapper (http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net) and installing the appropriate window$-driver from ftp://ftp.support.acereuro.com/notebook/aspire_1360/driver/80211g.zip. Remember to add ndiswrapper to your “/etc/modules”. |
This laptop is operating under kernel version 2.6.10-5.
Distribution-specific notes
Why use Ubuntu
Ubuntu (http://www.ubuntulinux.org) is Debian made easy. It’s free (as in speech and in beer) and backed by Canonical Ltd., a company
providing professional support for Linux. To my mind, one of the most important advantages regarding Ubuntu is focus:
- on one tool per task (e.g. Evolution / Firefox / GAIM)
- on ease of use
- on desktop operation.
Obtaining Ubuntu
Just get the installation-image from http://source.rfc822.org/pub/mirror/releases.ubuntu.com/5.04/hoary-preview-install-i386.iso.
Setting up additional features for Ubuntu
Setting up the Synaptic touchpad
Just modify your /etc/X11/xorg.conf to match the following:
Section \"InputDevice\"
Identifier \"Synaptics Touchpad\"
Driver \"synaptics\"
Option \"SendCoreEvents\" \"true\"
Option \"Device\" \"/dev/psaux\"
Option \"Protocol\" \"auto-dev\"
Option \"LeftEdge\" \"1700\"
Option \"RightEdge\" \"5300\"
Option \"TopEdge\" \"1700\"
Option \"BottomEdge\" \"4200\"
Option \"FingerLow\" \"25\"
Option \"FingerHigh\" \"30\"
Option \"MaxTapTime\" \"180\"
Option \"MaxTapMove\" \"220\"
Option \"VertScrollDelta\" \"100\"
Option \"MinSpeed\" \"0.06\"
Option \"MaxSpeed\" \"0.12\"
Option \"AccelFactor\" \"0.0010\"
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Contact information
- EMail: tommy”underscore”vossy”at”web”dot”de
