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Acer TravelMate 5760
Introduction
This is a guide to running Linux with the Acer TravelMate 5760 laptop.
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Specifications
For full specifications see the Acer TravelMate 5760 specifications page.
| Name | Acer TravelMate 5760 |
| Processor | Intel® CoreTM i5-2410M/i5-2520M/i5-2540M processor (3 MB L3 cache, 2.30/2.50/2.60 GHz with Turbo Boost up to 2.90/3.20/3.30 GHz, DDR3 1333 MHz, 35 W) Intel® CoreTM i3-2310M processor (3 MB L3 cache, 2.10 GHz, DDR3 1333 MHz, 35 W) |
| Screen | 15.6” (1366×768) Widescreen |
| RAM | Up to 8GB |
| HDD | up to 750GB |
| Optical Drive | DVD+-RW |
| Graphics | Intel® HD Graphics 3000 |
| Network | 10/100/1000 Ethernet Intel Centrino® Advanced-N 6205, 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Acer InviLink™ Nplify™ 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™ Acer InviLink™ 802.11b/g Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™ |
Linux Compatibility
tested on openSuSE 11.4, Ubuntu 12.04
| Device | Compatibility | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | yes | |
| Screen | yes | |
| HDD | yes | |
| Optical Drive | yes | |
| Graphics | yes | |
| Sound | yes | intern speakers don't mute when earphone plugged in |
| Ethernet | Not out of the box | Yes, out of box on Ubuntu 12.04 |
| Wireless | yes | |
| Bluetooth | Not Tested | |
| Modem | - | |
| USB | yes | |
| Card Reader | Not out of the box | Crash with XD-Card |
| Webcam | yes |
Notes
Ethernet Driver from http://www.belobog2.0fees.net/AR81Family-linux-v1.0.1.14/
CardReader Driver from http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=15&PFid=25&Level=4&Conn=3&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false#2
Ubuntu 12.04 - everything working right out of box with one issue (no brightness adjustment)
Summary
recommendable, if You don't need extern speakers (with ubuntu 12.04 speakers works fine)
Discussion
Acer 5760 (Xubuntu 12.04 64bit, Ubuntu 11.10 64bit)
Processor yes i3 2330M 35W (2.2GHz) DDR3 1333Mhz
Screen Not out of the box
Brightness control issue (FN+arrow doesn't work) to solve this problem add line: acpi_osi= in /boot/grub/grub.cfg
#example
export linux_gfx_mode
if [ “$linux_gfx_mode” != “text” ]; then load_video; fi
menuentry 'Xubuntu 12.04 x64, Linux 3.2.0-23-generic' –class ubuntu –class gnu-linux –class gnu –class os {
recordfail
gfxmode $linux_gfx_mode
insmod gzio
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos5)'
search –no-floppy –fs-uuid –set=root fb9c2378-4525-3473-8j80-bge3ba3262kl
linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-23-generic root=UUID=fa9d2348-3885-4397-8a12- bce5ba3262dc ro acpi_osi=
initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-23-generic
HDD yes (WD 500GB)
Optical Drive yes (DVD-RW)
Graphics yes (HD3000)
Sound yes (Xubuntu 12.04 LTS)
intern speakers don't mute when earphone plugged in (Ubuntu 11.10)
Ethernet Yes
Wireless yes
Bluetooth Not Tested
USB yes
Card Reader not tested
Webcam yes