This is a compatibility guide to running Linux with the Acer Aspire Timeline 5810T laptop.
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| Name | Acer Aspire Timeline 5810T |
| Processor | Intel® Centrino® mobile processor technology, featuring Intel® Core™2 Solo processor with 3 MB L2 cache |
| Screen | 15.6” 1366 x 768 Widescreen |
| RAM | Up to 4GB |
| HDD | Up to 500GB |
| Optical Drive | DVD+-RW |
| Graphics | Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 4330 |
| Network | 10/100/1000 Ethernet Intel® Wireless WiFi Link 5100 (dual-band quad-mode 802.11a/b/g/Draft-N) |
| Device | Compatibility | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | works | cpu frequency scaling works as well |
| Screen | works | |
| HDD | works | |
| Optical Drive | works | |
| Graphics | works | 3D works with i915 module |
| Sound | works | use model=acer on snd_hda_intel module |
| Ethernet | works | |
| Wireless | works | use ath9k module |
| Bluetooth | Not Tested | |
| Modem | Not Tested | |
| USB | works | |
| Card Reader | works | |
| Webcam | works | use uvc module |
Everything is working fine. Expect about 4-6 hours in performance mode, 6-8 hours in powersave mode.
Discussion
I have a question. I screwed up my optical drive on this laptop and I don't need it, but in original Windows is possibility to turn it off to save battery. Is this possibility in Linux to? I want to install Debian.
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This page states that the ath9k module should be used for wireless, but Ubuntu 9.10 (for me, anyway) uses iwlcore/agn (makes sense as it's an intel wireless device, yes?) which works, but cuts out a fair bit. Loading the ath9k module doesn't seem to allow use of the wireless.
Hola, yo he tenido los mismos problemas, hasta ahora el distro que mejor se ha instalado en mi laptop 5810T es el linux mint 8. Me gustaria instalar Debian, pero no me reconoce la tarjeta de wlan. Por favor, si alguien puede ayudarme se lo agradezco.
My experiences with Ubuntu 9.10 on my new Acer 5810t (=intel gma 4500 only):
Everything worked out of the box (lan/wlan/disks/screen/sound/etc), except:
- brightness screen buttons (alt+cursorright/left) show the popup window but this does not influence the screen at all.
- battery 100% charged - +/- 4 hours to go (maybe better after a some charges…)
Noise:
fan is running all the time, but can hardly be heard (I am working in a 100% silent room). Laptop stays very cool.
Roboertu, can you set the brightness using the panel applet or from Power Management window?
The brightness control doesn't work at all in Ubuntu 9.04 for Acer 5810T.
Planning purchasing the notebook /installing Karmic. Any input using Karmic with this notebook and eventual specific settings are welcome (I have subscribe to the comments)
What about ACPI: the FN Keys + Volume / + Brightness do they wotb?
I have 5810TG. Debian 5.0 –> 5.03 Lenny. Ethernet and Wi-Fi wont work from the box on kernel 2.6.26-2. On 2.6.30 work well.
Atheros http://partner.atheros.com/Download.aspx?id=103 driver solve first problem. Now I need iwl5100 driver to Wi-Fi.
For using ATI graphic I shutdown integrated Intel graphic in windows, because ATI not activated by default, and after it Linux accept ATI driver. Works well.
Good laptop. But some little things making me evil at first time :)
I purchase the same compute but I wasn't able to install any distribution due to the net install I choose and the problem with ethernet card.
Please stan would you tell us which distribution did you use?
In opensuse 11.1 the wireless is detected correctly out of the box but neither the eth0 nor the grphics works.
Saluti
I installed ubuntu 9.04 but the led of Ethernet not lighting and net not working otherwise vista working well can you tell me how can i solve this problem?
I installed ubuntu9.04 but the Ethernet not working the led not lighting how can i solve this problem otherwise the vista working well
Hi there,
thanks a lot for this template. Could you please post your xorg.conf ?
Thanks,
Alex