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A range of netbook computers manufactured by Acer

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Installing mesa-utils messes up video driver info

After I installed mesa-utils in order to get rid of the "Unknown Driver" message (see here) I got contradicting info about which driver is actually being used. "System Settings" says: Gallium 0.4 on ...
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impossible to make ubuntu go to sleep when battery is low

I have a bit of a problem with my acer aspire one 725 (Ubuntu 16.04) when the battery gets low. At first, I get a message at 10% battery (as expected), and everything is working fine. When my battery ...
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wifi not working... driver issues

I'm trying to run Lubuntu 14.04 from a USB boot disk but not getting any wireless network access. I've looked through this forum and it seems to be a fairly common issue but haven't been able to find ...
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Screen darkens, greys out, and freezes when running sofware centre or update manager

I'm running Ubuntu 15.04 on an acer aspire one 522 netbook. I do have a problem that a month of searching this Q&A Site still hasn't answered. Launching the Ubuntu or Lubuntu software centre or ...
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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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Acer laptop brightness and sound(Dolby Home theater) issues

My small problem on my Acer laptop (ASPIRE series), is that the sound seems low and sounds like a crashed-like sound. OS: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Model: Aspire 4736Z. Here it is @DavidFoster Please click ...
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How do I install ubuntu on an Acer Aspire 10?

How do I install ubuntu on an Acer Aspire 10 which has windows 8.1 at the moment. The drive is unbootable in my bios, and I really need a working operating system.
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Cannot play media on Acer Aspire One AO751h

I am having problems with playing media on my Acer Aspire One AO751h on Linux. All media is laggy and jumpy, even MP3s and XVid-encoded video. I know that the laptop IS capable of at least playing ...
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aod255 netbook wireless connection legitimation problem

Following problem: I tried to install ubuntu 14.04 lts on an Acer Aspire One D255 because the pre-installed windows 7 starter was running annoyingly slow. ubuntu is way faster, but now I got a new ...
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Acer Aspire One 725

I recently got an Acer Aspire One 725 and I want to install Ubuntu on it. I tried Ubuntu 13.10 32-bit and 64-bit, but I got a lot of errors, and it is running a little slowly. Has anyone tried to ...
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elf header smaller than expected

I have an aspire one laptop with Ubuntu on it (installed by a friend). It worked fine and I loved it! One day I tried to boot my laptop and the message on the screen was: Elf header smaller than ...
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Acer Aspire One 725 unstable WiFi connection

I installed 12.10 on an Acer Aspire One 725. There were intermittent problems with the WiFi disconnecting and connecting again and again. I thought this might be an issue with 12.10. So I installed ...
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12.10 on Acer Apsire One D255

Has anyone successfully run 12.10 on an Acer aspire one D255 (I have upgraded to 2GB ram)? 12.10 kept crashing after 2 to 5 minutes on mine, so I reloaded 12.04 which works great.
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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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