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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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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Automatic Mute Speakers When Headphones are Unplugged
I listen to music almost any time I am on my computer. I often accidentally unplug my headphones. This has resulted in disturbing others around me. Does any one know of a way to mute the speakers (and ...
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Hibernation causes crashing on an Acer Aspire [closed]
Hibernation worked perfectly fine in 11.04. Ever since I upgraded to 11.10, my laptop (Acer Aspire) keeps crashing when it's hibernating. I have no clue why. Any ideas?
At first it seemed to only ...
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New computer hangs on shutdown/reboot, how to troubleshoot?
My system is working perfectly but it freezes during shutdown/reboot/suspend/hibernate: All windows and the menu bar disappear but the desktop wallpaper remains. It doesn't even show the shutdown ...
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Error “fixing recursive fault but reboot is needed”
I am trying to install ubuntu for the first time. (long time windows user, first time linux!)
Version = 11.04 Hardware = Acer Travelmate 4050
I can boot from USB or CD and it loads fine
I have ...
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Can't adjust brightness on my laptop
I'm having difficulty in adjusting brightness on my Acer Aspire 4740:
Screen 14.1-inch glossy LED-backlit, 1366x768 res
CPU Intel Core i5-430M 2.26-GHz
RAM 1GB DDR3
HDD 320GB
Graphics ...
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Can't find ALL wireless networks, just my neighbours
Been playing with live discs since 10.10 but now have gone ahead and dual booted.
I have a Acer 5742z with a Nplify 802.11b/g/n wireless connection.
The install went well and drivers seem to be ...
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Acer Aspire 1551 Will Not Wake After Suspend
I have an Acer Aspire 1551-5448 Netbook that is running Ubuntu 10.10 64bit Desktop.
I'm loving making the move to Ubuntu but my major stopping point is waking the laptop from a suspend/hibernate ...
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Laptop screen doesn't work after standby - hit or miss
I have an Acer Aspire 5750 and if i let my computer sit for 4hrs - 48 hrs, when i open up the laptop lid, my screen is black. The computer is still on, but it won't wake up.
I use Ctrl-Alt-L to lock ...
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How to Disable touchpad while typing on Aspire One
I want to disable the touchpad while I type on my Aspire one netbook. If I issue the command syndaemon the synaptics driver is not detected:
Unable to find a synaptics device
So, I added the ...
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I can't install on Acer Aspire One 722
I can't install ubuntu 11.04 on acer aspire one 722, this netbook using AMD A50M Fusion Chipset and ATI Radeon HD 6250 Graphics with 256MB of dedicated system memory.
Anyone can help me?
edit : ok I ...
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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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Ubuntu 12.10 - WiFi keeps disconnecting (using a Proxy)
I just installed Ubuntu 12.10 on my Acer Aspire One Netbook and everything works excellent except for the WiFi.
When I click on a network I get connected but only for about one minute and then it ...
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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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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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Multitouch on Acer Aspire 4740
How can I enable multi touch in Ubuntu 10.10 for my Acer Aspire 4740 notebook ?
Screen 14.1-inch glossy LED-backlit
1366x768 res
CPU Intel Core i5-430m 2.26GHz
RAM 1GB DDR3
HDD 320GB
Graphics ...
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How to make Ubuntu detect my system jack as speakers so I can have 5.1 sound?
I have an Acer 5738G with Ubuntu 12.04, I modified the configurations to have 5.1 sound. It works, but my problem is that only my laptop speakers are detected as speakers in sound settings, when I ...
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Plymouth and GRUB do not show at all [closed]
I am using Ubuntu 11.04 64-bit as my only OS on my desktop computer, which used to only run Ubuntu 10.04 LTS until I had the time to upgrade it with a fresh install. It uses integrated NVIDIA graphics ...
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Bluetooth and card reader not working on Acer Aspire 255
I have installed ubuntu 10.10 on a new aspire d255 with atom N550 with 2.6.37 kernel that i had to install in order to use the inbuilt card reader.
There is another issue: I am not able to make ...
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Blank screen when installing on an Acer Aspire 4750Z [closed]
I just got a new Acer Aspire 4750Z Laptop
I am trying to install Ubuntu in it.
I downloaded the latest Ubuntu 11.04 64 bit and created a Startup Disk using a USB.
I get to the menu to select ...
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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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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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Screen Brightness not adjustable for Acer Aspire S3
First of all, thank you very much for providing this useful forum.
Too bad for me, there is no support for the Acer Aspire S3 yet (just came out in October)
Short Description of the Problem:
I cannot ...
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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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Acer Aspire One D257 Laptop doesn't restart
i have Ubuntu 11.10 installed with windows 8 on my Aspire one D257. It restarts with Windows, not with this one.
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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 can I use $ and euro buttons
I have Acer Aspire 5930
There are two buttons, which I an't use now: $ and €
When I push button nothing is happen
How can I use it?
On Windows I use program Launch Manager for it (from acer.com)
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No external microphone Acer AO722
The ACER AO722 comes with an external mic input, and this input is not recognised by Alsa mixer or Sound (in System Settings). There are various comments on this problem, but no real solutions. For ...
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Why does my radeon driver crash when booting?
I am trying to install Natty on an Acer Aspire 5810T laptop. Everything works fine once booted, but the laptop will only boot one out of three times. The other times it hangs at a black screen with an ...
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Acer Aspire One D255 touchpad movement & clicking issues
After installing Ubuntu 11.10 I've got this problem. My cursor always moves to the upper right-hand corner where the power cog is every time I touch my touchpad even in 1/10 second. After that,I can ...
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Acer TravelMate 220 doesn't resume
My computer (Acer TravelMate 220) likes sleeping so much that I can't wake it up. I'm using Ubuntu 11.10 (installed Nov 2011). Based on similar questions posted, it seems to have been an issue in ...
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Fan runs constantly on an Acer Aspire s3
I have a new Acer Aspire S3 notebook and problems with the fan. After installing Ubuntu 11.10 (but also with the Xubuntu live-disc) the fan is running constantly. Is there any possibility to:
Stop ...
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Acer Aspire One and Kernel 2.6.35-25 Freeze [closed]
I'm having a problem with an Acer Aspire One netbook after the latest kernel upgrade. Basically, doing anything relating to an external monitor locks the trackpad, and in some cases, the keyboard as ...
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Wubi keeps freezing. REISUB doesn't work. Any safe, easily undoable alternatives?
I ran the installation for Wubi from ubuntu.com on my Acer Aspire One 722. It works fine every now and then, but more often than not the OS freezes. Every time it freezes I attempt the REISUB method, ...
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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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Acer Aspire One sometimes freezes on startup [closed]
I have an Acer Aspire One with a dual core AMD 1GHZ processor and 2GB of ram.
I have Ubuntu 11.10 installed (full install, not wubi). I had this problem when I was using wubi, and I thought a full ...
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Acer Aspire 5740 (model MS2286), do I have bluetooth?
I have an Acer Aspire 5740 laptop and it has a hardware button for enabling and disabling bluetooth next to the button for toggling wifi. But when I go to System->Preferences->Bluetooth it says "No ...
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Is there a way to change the screen resolution?
I have an Acer Aspire one, with screen resolution of 1024x600. Standard monitor resolution that is closest to this is 1024x768. Is there a way to "compress" a programs output to the screen (assuming ...
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Keyboard freezes / stuck if a key pressed repeatedly
I use Acer 4530.
This problem has happened long since Ubuntu 10.10 and now that I use 11.04 dual booted with Linux Mint 10. Everytime I press one key repeatedly, like when I read a long article in a ...
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Hard drive clicking noise on Acer AO722
I'm running Ubuntu 11.10 on an Acer Aspire One 722. Whenever I'm on battery power I get a clicking sound from my hard drive every 5 seconds or so (this does not happen when the laptop is plugged in). ...
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recovery partition question
I have an Acer Aspire 4739 and want to install Ubuntu but I was wondering what happens to the recovery partition if I ever wanted to go back to windows? I don't have a boot disk that laptop only have ...
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Acer V3-771 Touchpad detected as ps/2 generic mouse
I have a brand new Acer V3-771G. I can use my Touchpad fine but I can't scroll with it, because its detected as a PS/2 generic mouse:
xinput list
⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 ...
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Inconsistent mouse X events for Acer T231H multitouch monitor
Looks like a bug
OK, I believe this is a bug in the xorg evdev driver, but as ubuntu-bug for precise so kindly asked me to work this trough the support channels, I first went ant reported this here. ...
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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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ASPM default enabled on kernel 3?
I would like to know if "pcie_aspm=force" is already enabled on kernel 3 or if it will be only for kernel 3.3 like the Phoronix website says. I would like to know because i want to enable it on my ...
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Trackpad/Touchpad not responding on an Acer Aspire 5333-2880. How can I get it to work again?
Im a new Ubuntu user, well new to Unix actually even if usually work with MacOS I had never really looked into it.
I installed Ubuntu on my laptop a few days ago and so far everything was going well, ...
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How do I get the microphone working on an Acer ZG8?
Microphone is not working. Any (quick) fix?
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC272X Analog [ALC272X Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice ...
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How to disable a touchpad on an Acer Travelmate 6492?
I think it's broken because it starts working in the same way when i install their drivers in windows. It's an acer travelmate 6492.
I want to disable it because i think that is broken, however i'm ...
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Fan control on Acer Aspire One D255 netbook
I have Ubuntu netbook edition on my Acer Aspire One D255 netbook and I notice that I always hear the fan working at 100% despite the actual temperature.
I run the sensors command its only at 13c, ...
