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Acer Aspire 7552G
Introduction
This is a guide to running Linux with the Acer Aspire 7552G laptop.
This page is just for discussing using Linux on the Acer Aspire 7552G. For a general discussion about this laptop you can visit the Acer Aspire 7552G page on LapWik.
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Specifications
For full specifications see the Acer Aspire 7552G specifications page.
| Name | Acer Aspire 7552G |
| Processor | AMD Phenom™ II Quad-Core Mobile Processor N930 (2MB L2 cache, 2.0GHz) |
| Screen | 17.3” 1600×900 Widescreen |
| RAM | Up to 12GB |
| HDD | up to 500GB |
| Optical Drive | DVD+-RW Blu-ray |
| Graphics | ATI Mobility Radeon™ 5650 graphics |
| Network | 10/100/1000 Ethernet Acer® InviLink Nplify 802.11b/g/n |
Linux Compatibility
| Device | Compatibility | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | Works | |
| Screen | Works | |
| HDD | Works | |
| Optical Drive | Works | |
| Graphics | Works | |
| Sound | Works | |
| Ethernet | Works | |
| Wireless | Works | Right-click network manager, enable wireless. If greyed out, Alt+F3 then enable 10.04 |
| Bluetooth | Not Tested | |
| Modem | Not Tested | |
| USB | Works | |
| Card Reader | Not Tested | |
| Webcam | Not Tested |
Notes
FGLRX drivers for 3D hardware acceleration are available on ati/amd website. Extract the .zip then in terminal sudo ./name_of_driver_executable. Will work on restart(one of the few things requiring restart besides kernel upgrade :D)
Summary
You can enter a summary of how well the Acer Aspire 7552G works with Linux here.
Discussion
It look like everthing was working on ubuntu 10.04 64 bit only Fn+F3 (enable wifi) doesnt work, but still you can enable it by right clicking on the conection icon in panel.
I'm still learning ubuntu so I didnt notice it at the first time :)
By the way in my opinion Ubuntu as operating system suits better for this computer than windows 7.
Fedora 14, 64bit
all (but wifi) works out of the box
I'm only running into issues on the linux distro it self to compile the madwifi kernel modules,
and it seems to be a kernel version issue 2.6.35.6-45.fc14, looking for that patch then I will add the solution here and on my blog
found this useful for enabling WiFi.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1378485
Was able to enable and connect after following this thread.
The only problem i discovered running ubuntu 10 is concerning the wi-fi that doesn't work.
If someone knows a way to activate it, please post here.
thanks.
I have same problem on ubuntu 10.04 64 bit.
I also noticed black screen with computer freezing when you click restart after ubuntu instalation.
Now I'm looking for solution for wifi…