AcerAspire5315-2492

Current Issues

Wireless needed patch to get working. There are at least two methods to get it to work:

Proprietary wireless driver

This procedure must be repeated every time the kernel gets updated. The wireless quality is better using the proprietary driver.

http://madwifi.org/ticket/1192

0. Connect to wired network and install build-essential (sudo apt-get install build-essential)
1. wget http: / /snapshots.madwifi.org/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r3835-20080801.tar.gz

Note: alternative link: http://eeedora.googlecode.com/svn-history/r138/trunk/generate-rpms/madwifi/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r3835-20080801.tar.gz

2. tar -zxvf madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r3835-20080801.tar.gz
3. cd madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r3835-20080801
4. sudo make
5. sudo make install
6. System -> Administration -> Hardware Drivers -> Uncheck both hal and Atheros support
7. sudo vi /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist -> blacklist ndiswrapper (Do this if you had tried ndiswrapper)

Free/Libre driver

(As of 2008/10/16, Hardy's updated kernel supports the native linux driver for this device, but you need to blacklist the ath_pci module for the nonfree driver in the restricted-modules package so that they do not conflict. You only need to do this once, but the free driver works very well, but not as well as the non-free one.)

For Intrepid (currently not release 2008-10-13), adding

"blacklist ath_pci" to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist

and rebooting results in working wireless. The Ath9k driver is the completely FOSS driver for the wireless chip and it works almost as well as the proprietary madwifi driver. Bug report: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24/+bug/182489

Wireless caveat

The LED doesn't light up when I press the wireless button. If you press it, you may dissable wireless without knowing it. If you power off and then power on (not reboot), wireless should be on. I may have wasted my time trying to "fix" the wireless when I merely disabled it by pressing a button I didn't think did anything...

System Info

system-manufacturer: ACER

system-product-name: ASPIRE 5315-2492 (5715Z/5315 Series)

system-version:

Hardware details

Screen & Monitors

Device

Works?

Bug #

in Ubuntu 6.06 LTS

in Gutsy

in Hardy (current development)

Screen

Untested

Works

Correct resolution?

Untested

YES

Correct refresh rate?

Untested

NO

YES

3D Acceleration

Untested

Untested

YES

External monitor works?

Untested

Untested

Untested

External monitor - mirrors

Untested

Untested

Untested

External monitor - extend desktop

Untested

Untested

Untested

Power Management

Battery detected?

Untested

YES

Hibernates?

Untested

YES

Suspend

Untested

YES

Dim monitor on battery

YES

Blank monitor on inactivity

YES

Lid Close

Untested

Untested

YES

Cpu frequency scaling

Untested

Untested

YES

Sound

Sound works?

Untested

YES

Correct volume?

Untested

YES

Hardware volume switch

Untested

YES

Headphone jack

Untested

YES

Mic jack

Untested

Networking

Wired NIC

Untested

YES

Wireless NIC

Untested

YES

PCMCIA NIC

Untested

Untested

Untested

Firewire

Untested

Untested

Untested

Bluetooth

Untested

Untested

Untested

Modem

Untested

Untested

Untested

Infrared

Untested

Untested

Untested

Touchpad & Mice

Touchpad

Untested

YES

Touchpad - Doubletap = double click

Untested

YES

YES

Touchpad - Scroll down side

Untested

YES

YES

External mouse - USB

Untested

YES

YES

External mouse - Serial

Untested

Untested

Untested

Docking Station/Port Replicator

AC through replicator

Untested

Untested

Untested

USB

Untested

Untested

Untested

Serial

Untested

Untested

Untested

Parallel

Untested

Untested

Untested

External Monitor - VGA

Untested

Untested

Untested

External Monitor - DVI

Untested

Untested

Untested

Modem

Untested

Untested

Untested

NIC

Untested

Untested

Untested

PS/2

Untested

Untested

Untested

Additional Hardware

Fingerprint reader

Untested

Untested

Untested

CD/DVD drive

Untested

YES

PCMCIA cards

Untested

Untested

Untested

Parallel Ports

Untested

Untested

Untested

Card reader(s)

Untested

Untested

Untested

Function and other keys

Fn key

Operation

Keycode

Works?

Bug #

in Ubuntu 6.06 LTS

in Gutsy

in Hardy (current development)

+ Space

Untested

Untested

Untested

+ Esc

Untested

Untested

Untested

+ F1

Untested

Untested

Untested

+ F2

Untested

Untested

Untested

+ F3

Untested

Untested

Untested

+ F4

Hibernate

Untested

Untested

+ F5

Untested

Untested

Untested

+ F6

Untested

Untested

Untested

+ F7

Untested

Untested

Untested

+ F8

MUTE

Untested

Untested

+ F9

Untested

Untested

Untested

+ F10

Untested

Untested

Untested

+ F11

Untested

Untested

Untested

+ F12

Untested

Untested

Untested

Other special keys

Key

Operation

Keycode

Works?

Bug #

in Ubuntu 6.06 LTS

in Gutsy

in Hardy (current development)

Windows key + E

open all workspace

Untested

Notes

I installed Ubuntu from a USB flash drive. The installation took six minutes to complete!


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LaptopTestingTeam/AcerAspire5315-2492 (last edited 2009-03-22 15:04:07 by masqi3)