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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Graphic crash after Ubuntu 12.04 minor update [duplicate]
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How to fix “The system is running in low-graphics mode” error?
My problem came after doing a normal packages update in 12.04 and then reboot to never been able to boot ...
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How can I completely disable internal Mic and Webcam
I want to disable the internal Microphone on my laptop and the internal Webcam completely that they're no longer selectable, and no longer available?
I will only use my external Webcam, and my ...
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How do I get an Acer Aspire One D270 working?
I was planning to buy Acer Aspire One D270 within a few days and as everybody installs linux on their netbook I was also planning to do that.
Now, my question is how is Acer's hardware compatibility ...
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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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Acer Aspire One 722 broadcom 4313 wifi
I had an Acer Aspire One 722 with the Atheros Wifi card and it worked fine on 11.04. So we bought 200 of them for our school. However these all came with the Broadcom BCM4313 wireless card and there ...
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Ubuntu is so SLOW [closed]
I installed Ubuntu (12.4, I think) on my Acer Aspire One netbook because Win7 was so slow and I'd heard great things about Ubuntu. Win7 was slow but Ubuntu is glacial, every program takes an age to ...
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which linux distribution on my netbook
I have an Acer Aspire One netbook and I want run Linux on it, but I don't know which distribution I should choose. It has a 1.66 GHz Intel Atom processor and about 1 GB RAM, so it shouldn't be too ...
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ACER 3935 upgrade to 12.04 -> integrated Mic (drivers) not working
Since updating to 12.04, the integrated mic is not behaving well. I can not use it with skype to begin with.
the mic is not visible in settings>sound>input (there is nothing)
however I am able to use ...
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How do I fix a “Wireless is disabled by hardware switch” error?
I just updated to Ubuntu 12.04 from 11.10 but soon after updating I was disappointed to see that
Wireless is disabled by hardware switch.
I can not click the button 'Enable wireless' which is ...
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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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Acer Aspire heats up in Ubuntu 10.10
I have an Acer Aspire 4820TG. It heats up in Ubuntu while remains cool in Windows 7. Consequently, the battery backup in Ubuntu is very low.
Why is it so? I have ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650 ...
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Backlight problems with 12.04 on my Acer Aspire 4736z
How can I fix a bug that wouldn't let me turn the backlight on after it turns off automatically when I close the lid or when powersave settings kick in?
I also can't adjust the brightness of the ...
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Unity 3D not Working on Acer D270 w/ Intel GMA 3600
I recently bought myself an Acer Aspire One D270 with the GMA 3600 graphics chipset thinking I would get some lovely graphics. However, I am stuck using Unity 2D and I cant figure out how to enable ...
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Switching from Mac OSX Lion Theme back to 12.04 easily
So I was thinking about installing a Mac OSX Lion theme onto my ubuntu 12.04 computer (just for fun). I have never installed a theme before but I have watched videos and know in general how it is done ...
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No Sound in 12.04 on Acer TimelineX 3830TG
When i first installed ubuntu 12.04 everything worked fine. All of a sudden my sound has stopped working!!
This has happened before [like 2 days ago], however the next day it started working again. ...
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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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Acer Aspire 4741G is overheating
My laptop is Acer Aspire 4741G:
CPU: Intel Core i5 460M(2,53GHz)
6 Gb RAM (Kingston DDR3 2gb+4gb)
320 Gb HDD
NVIDIA Ge Force GT 420M (1 Gb)
Tried Ubuntu 10.04, 10.10, 11.10, 12.04, here are the ...
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How can I set a display resolution of 1366x768 in a Acer Aspire One ZG5?
How can I set a display resolution of 1366x768 in a Acer Aspire One ZG5 within Ubuntu 12.04? The only resolutions available are 1280x768 and 800x600.
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Installing Ubuntu on acer aspire 5551-2450
I'm trying to install ubuntu 12.04 on my acer aspire 5551-2450 laptop from a bootable usb drive. I have the usb drive all ready to go but when I boot into it - it just hangs on the install. All I ...
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Lubuntu power settings (xfce4-power-manager) won't dim-screen to save power
this is my first post - I've not been able to find any other people with the same problem!
I'm using Lubuntu 12.04 on an Acer AspireOne Happy2 netbook (Intel Atom n570) having grown quite frustrated ...
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Alsamixer: howto disable auto-mute mode
I've tried do undo this but not able to get it disabled. My sound settings need to be redone every boot up as well, but asking that question as well would get neg. feedback.
How to get microphone ...
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Touchpad not working on Acer Travelmate 4740 after applying recent updates in Ubuntu 12.04
My touchpad stopped working on my Acer Travelmate 4740 after I've applied updates through the Update Manager on Precise Pangolin. It is working when on the (LightDM) login screen, but not after ...
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How to get microphone to work on acer aspire one 722
I have an acer aspire 722, I recently went to use gmail/talk as well as empathy and realized that the microphone does not work. I checked the sound settings, adjusted microphone level, did a mic test ...
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External Mic not working but Internal Mic works on an Acer Aspiron AO722
My Acer Aspiron AO722 netbook give me a lot of problems.
My Internal microphone is working, when I connect an external microphone(headset) it still take input from internal one. In sound settings I ...
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Only half of screen used and mouse artifacts displayed
This may be a duplicate, but I have not found a solution as yet.
When I boot the computer, only the bottom half of the login screen is displayed on the top portion of the computer screen. Dragging the ...
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Xubuntu 12.04 + Acer Aspire 4540 - Misconfigured function keys?
I've recently upgraded to Xubuntu 12.04 (yay), but for some reason my notebook's function keys are apparently misconfigured. When I hit Fn + "Volume down", for example, the "Volume indicator dialog" ...
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How to control Brightness
I didn't install anything myself, but only Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on an Acer 4741g.
I use Fn+left/right to change the brightness, but failed.
How can I control the brightness levels?
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wireless impossible with WEP [closed]
L.S.
With no encription I have no problems with the connection to the router (Netgear MR 314)
With WEP encription Windows and Android are functioning well, but Ubuntu rejects the key.
I used several ...
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12.04 boots to blackscreen
Just installed Ubuntu 12.04, but when i'm trying to boot desktop in normal mode screen turns black, just black (like turned off), but when I'm trying to boot in secure mode top half of screen start ...
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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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Unable to connect to wireless internet on an Acer Iconia W500 with an Atheros AR9285
I'm using an Acer Iconia W500, and immediately after upgrading from 11.10 to 12.04, it is unable to access the internet. It was able to access the internet just fine before the upgrade. It seems to be ...
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12.04 Freezing Up [closed]
I'm using a new AO722 (acer aspire), new usb and ubuntu is booting into both the desktop and the installer but after a minute everything freezes. I checked the md5sum, using the 32bit iso. Not sure of ...
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Bluetooth (Atheros AR5BBU22) not working
Bluetooth can't see devices. In Windows 7 working properly.
Ubuntu 12.04 and 11.10
lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux ...
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Cannot change brightness on an Acer Aspire 5745-dg [closed]
I have an acer aspire 5745dg laptop and i have also a very serious problem!!
My brightness is always at maximun and I cannot change it with the fn keys or from the power management and my battery ...
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How to enable plymouth bootscreen animation?
My netbook, running Lucid, can't display bootscreen animation. I want to know how to enable it.
My netbook is Acer Aspire One D260. Intel Atom N450, 1GB RAM and GMA 3150.
I know a tool called rcconf ...
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Brightness keys adjust brightness too many times
Every time I hit a brightness key on my laptop's keyboard, it adjusts the brightness by three steps instead of one. How can I fix it so that it only adjusts one step at a time?
I am using an Acer ...
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Acer Aspire One 722 Touchpad Too Sensitive After Upgrade
I just recently got an AO722 and installed Ubuntu 11.10. I was aware of some of the problems with the net-book so I set about tweaking things accordingly.
I followed many of the instructions here ...
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Acer Extensa 5620 - Graphic unknown!
I install Ubuntu 12.04 Beta 2, I found out the my graphic driver is "Unknown" and experience is "Standard". Please help me know how to install my graphic driver.
as per my laptop specs: Mobile Intel ...
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ubuntu 12.04 acer display not proper 16:9
I try to install ubuntu 12.04 lts edition on acer latptop 4752G with core i5 and geforce 610m 1 gb video driver.
But when i try for additional hard ware , no nvdia driver is loaded there.
What could ...
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Acer Aspire 8951G Nvidia Optimus and HDMI issues
After loooong searches it seems that linux users are pretty much screwed when it comes to Optimus.
Does anyone know of a workaround other than trying to flash the BIOS with the hack that will show an ...
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Which version of ubuntu is compatible with ACER Aspire 5732Z?
I have an ACER Aspire 5732Z Laptop, and 6 days ago I have installed Ubuntu 11.10 on my laptop, But I found black screen in login. I have tried a lot of ways to solve this problem, but there is no way. ...
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Acer Aspire installation of Ubuntu as the one and only OS
I am quite sick of a Win7 limited edition that was pre-installed on my Acer Aspire One 533. I want to have Ubuntu as the only OS on this little thing.
I have tested Ubuntu on a pretty unstable ...
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Does ubuntu work on an Acer TravelMate 5742Z?
I have an Acer TravelMate 5742Z, and I would like to install Ubuntu on it. Could someone please explain the following:
Where are the drivers for my computer (Acer TravelMate 5742Z)? And if they don't ...
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How do I get Dolby Advance Audio Virtual Surround Sound Working?
I have Dolby Surround Sound Speakers on my ACER laptop. Is there a way to get them working with Dolby Advance Audio Virtual Surround Sound? In Windows 7 it works and sounds amazing. how do I get this ...
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fn + arrow keys don't adjust actual brightness on an Acer Aspire 5740
I have an Aspire 5740 with an Intel Core i3, and Fn + arrow keys still call up the brightness adjuster, but have no effect on actually changing the brightness. The slider moves, but the brightness ...
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Adjust brightness and contrast on an Acer Aspire as5750?
I have an acer aspire as5750. With the intel hd 3000 graphics.
When i use the adjustment function keys the dial moves but it doesn't translate to the screen diming. Same with the dial in linux ...
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How do I know which graphics card is being used in a hybrid system?
I have an Acer Aspire 5935G. It comes with hybrid grahics solution from Nvidia. It has two graphic cards; Nvidia GeForce 130GT M (discrete) and Intel mobile graphics series 4. I have just installed ...
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Wifi stopped working on Acer Aspire 3680 using 11.10
A while ago the WiFi on my Acer Aspire 3680 just stopped working. The switch is on and it can see my network, but it will not connect. It has an Atheros AR2413 802.11bg NIC.
rfkill shows there are no ...
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Which release should I use for an ACER Aspire 1640 laptop?
I have an Acer Aspire 1640 laptop with the following specs:
Processor: Intel Centrino 1.7 cache 2MB
RAM: 1 GB
Hard disk: 60 GB
Which Ubuntu release should I use? I am new to Linux.
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screen turns off on boot
So im dual booting windows 7 and ubuntu 11.10 using wubi, and when i turn on my computer it takes me to the boot manager screen and i pick ubuntu. After that it takes me to purple screen and askes me ...
