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Acer TravelMate 4740
Introduction
This is a compaitibiltiy guide to running Linux with the Acer TravelMate 4740 laptop.
This page is just for discussing using Linux on the Acer TravelMate 4740. For a general discussion about this laptop you can visit the Acer TravelMate 4740 page on LapWik.
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Specifications
For full specifications see the Acer TravelMate 4740 specifications page.
| Name | Acer TravelMate 4740 |
| Processor | Intel® Core™ i3-350M Mobile Processor (3MB Intel® Smart Cache, 2.26GHz) |
| Screen | 14” (1366×768) Widescreen |
| RAM | Up to 4GB |
| HDD | up to 500GB |
| Optical Drive | DVD+-RW |
| Graphics | Intel® HD 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 | |
| Bluetooth | Not Tested | |
| Modem | Not Tested | |
| USB | Works | |
| Card Reader | Not Tested | |
| Webcam | Not Working |
Notes
The webcam does not seem to work, no solution for this yet.
Summary
You can enter a summary of how well the Acer TravelMate 4740 works with Linux here.
Discussion
I am having the same problem Rinwan is having….I am also unable to use the webcam of the laptop..
plz reinstall Cheese ..or see http://live.gnome.org/Cheese
In my case Ubuntu 10.4 (LTS) , opensuse 11.3 is working but i got error in Mandriva
I want to try Mandriva free 2010 ………..but is not working on my Lapi…
Now Mandriva free 2010 is working after reseting hardware clock….
I have installed Ubuntu 10.04 on this machine and all seems to be working fine except webcan. Am not able to find the webcam driver as of now…