Questions about Acer Incorporated (a Chinese based multinational) equipment including desktop and laptop PCs, tablet computers, servers, storage devices, displays, smartphones and peripherals.
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Error: “Fixing recursive fault, but reboot is needed” need to put acpi off
I having trouble with a Acer Aspire 2010. Whenever I boot, just one moment after grub I get the error "Fixing recursive fault, but reboot is needed". So I searched for it, and I found this workaround: ...
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How use “Color” and ICC profiles to calibrate screen?
I just installed Ubuntu 12.04 LTS in an Aspire 5250-BZ699, and I would like to calibrate the screen - but I don't' know how to use "Color" and how to apply the ICC profiles. Is there a tutorial to do ...
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How do I prevent my screen from freezing after booting successfully on Acer Aspire 5520G laptop?
I own an Acer Aspire 5520G and just installed Ubuntu 12.10 alongside Win7 Ultimate. Both are 32bit. I am able to boot into either via GRUB. However, I am facing two problems:
The computer often ...
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No enable mobile broadband option
I just migrated from Wubi to actual dual booting Ubuntu and Windows 7 my machine is an Aspire 4750G.
When I had (Wubi) Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64-bit the network applet included the "enable mobile ...
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Installation Problems Acer 4750G Ubuntu 12.04 Dual Boot
I've been playing with Ubuntu the past few weeks via WUBI and finally decided to give it its own space in my HDD through dual booting via separate partitions.
After installation, the system could ...
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Junk display while installing 12.04 (only with core i3 3220 CPU)
I am from Acer India.
I'm getting a junk display while installing Ubuntu 12.04 64/32-bit edition. We can do the installation by following the onscreen instructions, but after the installation once ...
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Why does my Acer 4310 run so slowly with Ubuntu 12.04 when it was lightening fast with Ubuntu 10.?
Since I have installed Ubuntu 12.04 on my Acer 4310 laptop I have noticed that the system freezes on occasions and the screen showing the program I am running shows a grey colour. I have done a clean ...
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Acer Aspire One KAV60 Webcam
i'm having troubles to getting work the webcam of one netbook, the model is "Acer Aspire One" and in the bottom the model no. is KAV60.
I install luvcview package like says in this guide but it's not ...
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Dual Montiors, One Stuck at 640x480
I have a dual monitor setup using the ViewSonic below as my primary and the Acer as my secondary. I'm assuming that the Acer does not send the EDID so it's not picking up on the correct native ...
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Atheros AR9485 12.04 wifi problem not solved by hwcrypt
Following a routine update to Ubuntu 12.04, my wireless no longer works - it is constantly seeking a connection but not accepting my password.
This has been documented elsewhere, with a fix involving ...
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v12.10 on acer Aspire boot problem
I have installed ubuntu 12.10 on my Acer Aspire d270 using a PenDrive USB installer. It is installed alongside Windows 7. The installation completed and gave a "Successful" message when it finished. ...
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I have no sound in Acer Acpire TimelineX with Nvidia Optumis. Geforce 450M CUDA
I have Windows 7 installed on my laptop and today I have just installed Xubuntu. I had several problems with this system.
My laptop worked reaaally slow so i had to switch from unity 3d into 2d. It ...
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Driver / Module brcm80211 missing
I'm user of Xubuntu 12.04 on an AOD270 Netbook.
It has a built-in chipset for the wifi connection Broadcom 4313 14a4:4727, which I'm trying to get to work in both normal and monitor mode.
I got it ...
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Acer Aspire microphone issue
I have got an Acer Aspire 7750G: More info
It has been running Ubuntu since I bought the laptop (12.10 as of now), but a few updates ago, I lost my microphone.
It doesn't recognise the internal mic ...
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Acer card reader not recognized in 12.04
I have Acer desktop with a Acer OEM 15-in-1 card reader (P/N CR 10400.002)
dmesg shows the following:
[ 3.708337] usb 3-2: new full-speed USB device number 3 using ohci_hcd
[ 4.144027] usb ...
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Installing Ubuntu on an acer aspire one 722 (AMD C60)
I've been an apple and windows-user all my life, and now I bought me an netbook (acer one aspire 722) and wanted to install Ubuntu (I have no experiance with any linux systems at all). I read a lot of ...
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CPU Fan not working on acer 4755G i3 ubuntu 12.10
Hope you can help me, I'm new to ubuntu and install this 12.10 version on my acer laptop. The problem is I always got high temperature and maybe because my CPU fan is not working. Tried to install ...
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cannot change screen brightness on acer 7741z-4433
On this laptop, you change the screen brightness by holding the Fn button and pressing the left or right keys. The brightness meter appears in the corner of the screen but it does nothing. Any ideas?
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Ubuntu 12.04 volume control not showing
I installed ubuntu 12.04 and everything was fine and working. Recently when I start my computer the sound controller in top bar is not working. If I click on volume control icon on top bar it doesn't ...
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Bluetooth not working on Acer 3820tg
After upgrading to 12.04 (it was done by a complete reinstallation), bluetooth doesn't work anymore. Before (I think it was Ubuntu 11.04), I just followed instructions on this page and copied ...
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Why aren't my catalyst drivers working after installation?
I have a net-book laptop. It's an Acer Aspire one 722. It's a very good laptop and I know it can play HD on web. It could in Windows but only after installing the graphics drivers. Because the ...
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Acer 722 internal mic keeps turning off
Hi we have 200 AcerAspireOne 722 for student use running Ubuntu 12.04
I can get the internal mic to work but when on battery power I can't get the mic to be ready on start up. The user has to toggle ...
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How do I get HDMI out working on an Acer AC700 HDMI?
I have installed Ubuntu on my Acer AC700 (Chromebook) using both the Cr-48 method and the script method both of which I think are the same. The only thing that does not work is HDMI out. I assume this ...
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Ubuntu, uTouch and Acer touchpad help
On windows, my touchpad is able to handle more than one finger on it. It is useful because of gestures such as pinch-to-zoom, two finger scrolling, rotate, etc. Unfortunately I don't have that kind of ...
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Lubuntu 12.04 i386 does not boot on Acer TravelMate4050
I am an absolute beginner with Linux/Lubuntu. Lubuntu 12.04 is installed from CD on my Acer TravelMate4050 (windows removed). After memory test, I see GNU GRUB 1.99. After selecting Ubuntu using Linux ...
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Fan heavily works in Ubuntu 12.04
I had Ubuntu 11.04 on my Acer 1410, and everything was working smoothly. I made a fresh installation of 12.04. Now the fan works heavily (noisy) all the time, even when no software is open. Here is ...
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Can not install on Acer Aspire timelineX 4820TG
I can not install Ubuntu 13.04 on my Acer Aspire timelineX 4820TG. It shows an error about the Graphic card and it will not go to anywhere else..
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How do I install Ubuntu 13.04 on a new partition?
I ask this question because at the moment I can't even seem to load my live USB (which has the iso I downloaded from the Ubuntu website) because I don't know which key(s) to press to log into boot ...
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Acer crystal eye webcam stopped working
I'm not sure what went wrong, or what I did. But one day it suddenly wasn't working.
In Cheese Webcam Booth it shows a black screen. The little camera light next to the webcam isn't switched on.
In ...
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Enabling bluetooth, WiFi turns off
When enabling bluetooth, WiFi turns off automatically, also happens in reverse.
In that way I can't have both devices on.
Using:
Ubuntu 13.04 x64
Acer TravelMate 8372
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Problem with wifi in acer aspire v3-551
I have a problem with my notebook acer aspire v3-551. It works with Ubuntu 13.04. The problem is that wifi connection always falling down. It goes randomly.
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Acer Aspire One D270 screen crash at wake up
Yesterday I installed installed ubuntu 12.04 on my Acer aspire one D270-1838.
Everything worked ok, except I couldn't adjust brightness, I fixed it changing:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet ...
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Dual Monitor Setup
I am wanting to have two monitors. I have a AMD Radeon X1300. I am using a Dell and a Acer. The Dell is my main and the Acer my secondary. When I plug in the Acer, the resolution of the Dell is ...
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Acer Aspire 7730G Sound 2.1
After installing Ubuntu I have sound only from the right speaker + subwoofer
There is a chance to fix it?
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Ubuntu 13.04 boots oddly?
By default, Ubuntu 13.04 is supposed to boot graphically, correct? My Ubuntu install boots up half graphical and half verbosely.
Also, I have to reboot twice in order to boot, meaning I press the ...
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sound, network, video and touchpad not working after fresh install
I'm a Mint user, trying to switch to Ubuntu now.
I've tried installing both 12.4 and 13.4 on my Acer Aspire 5742g and run into following problems:
Ubuntu 13.04 live USB works with no sound (network, ...
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Synaptics Touchpad is not working on ubuntu 12.04
My touchpad wasn't working and I found that code,
sudo modprobe -r psmouse && sudo modprobe psmouse proto=imps
But now, when I close and open touchpad from disable/enable button, the ...
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How to install Ubuntu as a dualboot with Windows 8 on Acer B113
I have an Acer B113 with Windows 8 installed. The problem is that when I try to boot the USB with Ubuntu or Xubuntu, the computer only restarts (flipping the Acer screen and black display). When I ...
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Installing Drivers from the Intel Website
Alright, I need to know how to install the Drivers from the Intel Website, I have tried running the Shell files but they launch as a text file would, so I am quite lost
The computer in which the ...
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How to get compiz working on Acer ApireONE ZA3?
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Using GNOME and not Unity) n00b here on an Acer AspireONE ZA3. I have installed compiz and it is not working. My resolution looks fine but all of the settings in compiz won't take ...
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Getting Ubuntu Sound Card Drivers working on an Acer AspireONE ZA3?
I am a (fairly) new Ubuntu user and a decently savvy PC user whom is using an Acer AspireONE ZA3 netbook running Ubuntu Desktop 12.04 LTS with GNOME and not Unity.
After installing, I am having ...
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Video Drivers for Acer Aspire One D255
I need to find a way to change the video resolution on my Acer One D255, in Ubuntu 12.10. It is currently set at 1024 x 600 which is causing problems with dialog boxes, etc. I would like to be able to ...
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Set a EXTERNAL (HP LE1851W Monitor) display resolution of 1366x768
How can I set a EXTERNAL (HP LE1851W Monitor) display resolution of 1366x768 in a Acer Aspire One ZG5. The only resolutions available are 1280x768 and 800x600.
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Acer one: how do I enable the SD-Card readers?
I hcon I usecon I usecon I usecon I useave installed Ubuntu 12.10 and it runs. However neither the Storage Expansion slot nor the SD-Card slot are working.
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Help Adjusting Britness on Acer Aspire M5-581T-6807 Via the Function keys
I have opened terminal and tried the following commands.
sudo nano /etc/default/grub
I entered my password.
Found
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
and change it to say
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Old Acer Aspire E700 Desktop - Unable to Install Ubuntu 12.04
I've been struggling to install Ubuntu 12.04 LTS from Disk/USB. I've got the fear that my hardware isn't up to it. I get [Errno 5] Input/Output Error reports... Obvs. I've tried installing straight ...
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Ubuntu installs on Acer Predator with errors
I keep trying to install Ubuntu Desktop onto my Acer Predator using Windows Installer, but I get the following error message:
pwconv: fail to change mode of/etc/password to 0600.
Shadow passwords ...
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Ubuntu performance is not good with my Acer laptop
I have Acer Aspire 5741 (4GB RAM, Core i5, 500GB HDD, Intel HD Graphics)
I use Ubuntu 64bit 12.04, before it i used 11.10. Also i have tested 12.10. I have same problem and it is not about OS version. ...
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scrolling on Elantech touchpad on Acer aspire 5750G
I have acer asprire 5750G and using Ubuntu 12.04 but my touchpad scrolling not work in addigonal drivers not faund my touchpad ( Elantech ) How can I fix this ?
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acer aspire one overheating
my friend asked me to install linux on her Acer Aspire One netbook, which I did (it was Linux Mint 14 xfce)
unfortunately after the install i've started experiencing serious overheating (sensors ...
