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This is a guide to running Linux with the Acer Aspire S3 951 laptop.
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| Name | Acer Aspire S3 951 |
| Processor | Intel® Core™ i7-2637M processor (4 MB L3 cache, 1.70 GHz with Turbo Boost up to 2.80 GHz, DDR3 1333 MHz, 17 W), supporting Intel® 64 architecture, Intel® Smart Cache Intel® Core™ i5-2467M processor (3 MB L3 cache, 1.60 GHz with Turbo Boost up to 2.30 GHz, DDR3 1333 MHz, 17 W), supporting Intel® 64 architecture, Intel® Smart Cache Intel® Core™ i3-2367M processor (3 MB L3 cache, 1.40 GHz, DDR3 1333 MHz, 17 W), supporting Intel® 64 architecture, Intel® Smart Cache |
| Screen | 13.3” (1366×768) Widescreen |
| RAM | 4GB |
| HDD | 320GB + 20ssd |
| Optical Drive | None |
| Graphics | Intel HD Graphics 3000 |
| Network | No Ethernet Atheros AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter |
| Device | Compatibility | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | Works | |
| Screen | Works | |
| HDD | Works | |
| Graphics | Works | |
| Sound | Works | |
| Wireless | Works | |
| Bluetooth | Not Tested | |
| USB | Works | |
| Card Reader | Works | |
| Webcam | Works |
make usb with http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/ and boot
press F2 while booting and change boot order
(make sure that the USB stick is at the top of the boot order)
Guide for usb installation of ubuntu is here https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick
I make partitions like those !
sda1 100MB /boot
sda2 310GB /home
sda3 9GB swap
sdb1 20GB /
boot loader on sda
do not mark install update while install if you have problems with wifi speed !
explained down how to fix wifi
The brightness adjustment (FN+ left/right arrow)
open a terminal window and type :
you can use your favorite editor
sudo nano /etc/default/grub
This will open the grub configuration file.
You've got to modify the line:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash pcie_aspm=force i915.semaphores=1 acpi_backlight=vendor elevator=noop"
Save and close
sudo update-grub
If you are connected on wireless and its slow then:
$sudo -s #echo "options ath9k nohwcrypt=1" > /etc/modprobe.d/ath9k.conf
Or in live mode:
#ifconfig wlan0 down #rmmod -f ath9k #modprobe ath9k nohwcrypt=1
if wlan is not up then
#ifconfig wlan1 up
if you get random freezes try in the BIOS configuration to put Network boot on top of the boot priority list
Discussion
everything worked straight out of the box with Ubuntu 11.10, but Im having the same problem with the touchpad (over sensitivity).
TouchPad does not work properly. It is super sensitive, tap to click cannot be turned off, and its always on (while typing). Working through the standard elantech touchpad solutions has not yielded a solution yet.