AcerAspire4710

  • Contact: Pham Thanh Nam
  • Make: Acer
  • Brand : Aspire
  • Model: 4710

Current Issues

No driver for MS/xD card reader.

Voice support limitation in modem driver.

System Info

bios-version:V1.14
system-manufacturer:Acer
system-product-name:Aspire 4710
system-version:0100

Hardware details

Hardy

Intrepid

Jaunty

Installation works?

Yes

Yes

Yes

Hardware Information

Device

Works?

Hardy

Intrepid

Jaunty

Screen & Monitors

Screen

Yes

Yes

Yes

Correct resolution (1280x800)?

Yes

Yes

Yes

Correct refresh rate (60Hz)?

Yes

Yes

Yes

3D Acceleration

Yes

Yes

Yes

External monitor works?

Problems (See below)

Yes

Untested

External monitor - mirrors

Problems (See below)

Yes

Untested

External monitor - extend desktop

Problems (See below)

Yes

Untested

Power Management

Battery detected?

Yes

Yes

Yes

Hibernate

Yes

Yes

Yes

Sleep

Yes

Yes

Yes

Lid Close

Yes

Yes

Yes

Power Button

Yes

Yes

Yes

CPU frequency scaling

Yes

Yes

Yes

Sound (need a little configuration, see notes below)

Sound works?

Yes

Yes

Yes

Headphone jack

Yes

Yes

Yes

Headphone jack sense

See below

See below

See below

Microphone jack

Yes

Yes

Yes

Line-In jack

Untested

Yes

Untested

Internal microphone

Yes

Yes

Yes

Volume Wheel

Yes

Yes

Yes

Networking

Wired NIC

Yes

Yes

Yes

Wireless NIC

Yes (See below)

Yes (See below)

Yes (See below)

Firewire

Untested

Untested

Untested

Bluetooth

None (though bluetooth key exists)

Modem

Partially (See below)

Partially (See below)

Partially (See below)

Touchpad

Touchpad

Yes

Yes

Yes

Touchpad - Doubletap = double click

Yes

Yes

Yes

Touchpad - Scroll emulation

Yes

Yes

Yes

Touchpad - turned off while typing

No

No

No

Additional Hardware

AC plug detected?

Yes

Yes

Yes

USB

Yes

Yes

Yes

External Monitor - S-Video

Untested

Untested

Untested

ExpressCard

Untested

Untested

Untested

CD/DVD drive

Yes

Yes

Yes

Card reader

Partially (only SD/MMC)

Partially (only SD/MMC)

Partially (only SD/MMC)

Webcam

Yes

Yes

Yes

Function keys (see notes below for more help)

Fn key

Description

Status or Operation

Hardy

Intrepid

Jaunty

+ F1

Help

Bring up Ubuntu Help Center

Do Nothing but Customizable

Do Nothing but Customizable

+ F2

Acer eSettings

No Keycode - Need Tweak

No Keysym but Usable

No Keysym but Usable

+ F3

Acer ePowerManagement

No Keycode - Need Tweak

Activate notification from Gnome Power Manager

Activate notification from Gnome Power Manager

+ F4

Sleep

Yes

Yes

Yes

+ F5

Display toggle

No Keycode - Need Tweak

Detect all monitors and display on them

Detect all monitors and display on them

+ F6

Screen blank

Yes

Yes

Yes

+ F7

Touchpad toggle

Yes

Yes

Yes

+ F8

Speaker toggle

Yes

Yes

Yes

+ Home

Play / Pause

Yes

Yes

Yes

+ PgUp

Stop

Yes

Yes

Yes

+ PgDown

Previous Track

Yes

Yes

Yes

+ End

Next Track

Yes

Yes

Yes

+ ArrowRight

Brightness up

Yes

Yes

Yes

+ ArrowLeft

Brightness down

Yes

Yes

Yes

Other special keys (see notes below for more help)

Key

Description

Status or Operation

Hardy

Intrepid

Jaunty

Acer E Key

Acer Empowering Technology

Do Nothing but Customizable

Do Nothing but Customizable

Do Nothing but Customizable

Wifi

Enable / Disable Wifi

Yes (not perfect and No Keycode)

Yes (not perfect)

Yes

Wifi indicator

Wifi LED

Yes (not perfect)

Yes (not perfect)

Yes (not perfect)

Bluetooth

Useless on Windows

No Keycode - Need Tweak

Do Nothing but Customizable (Keysym regression over kernel versions)

Do Nothing but Customizable

Web

Launch Default Web Browser

Yes

Yes

Yes

Mail

Launch Default Mail Client

Yes

Yes

Yes

Euro

Euro Sign

No Keycode - Need Tweak

No Keycode - Need Tweak

No Keycode - Need Tweak

Dollar

Dollar Sign

No Keycode - Need Tweak

No Keycode - Need Tweak

No Keycode - Need Tweak

Notes

External VGA monitor

Tested with a Panasonic projector.

To use external VGA monitor in Hardy, go to System - Preferences - Screen Solution. You must type password and logout (because of modification in /etc/X11/xorg.conf). Problems may happen after stop using projector.

In Intrepid, you don't need to type password and logout. Settings are on the fly. To make clone quickly on external VGA monitor, press Fn + F5.

Sound

Sound is supported by snd-hda-intel driver. By default, all works except headphone jack sense (speaker still plays with headphone plugged in). You can control speaker volume and headphone volume separately in Gnome Volume Control (I prefer it).

To activate headphone jack sense, you can add the following line to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base (/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf for Jaunty) and reboot: 

options snd-hda-intel model=acer

Wireless

Wireless is supported by either Broadcom B43 driver or Broadcom STA driver. Broadcom STA driver gives more performance. Default kernel in Hardy (just after installing) has B43 driver only. To have STA driver in Hardy, use an updated kernel.

In Hardy and Intrepid, Wifi button only disables/enables radio signal but not turn off/on wireless network interface. This may be problem for NetworkManager (an annoying dialog asks for reattempting). In Jaunty, Wifi button turn off/on wireless interface, this behavior is better.

Wireless LED does not blink. LED is on (solid yellow) when wireless is off and LED is off when wireless is on.

Modem

Modem is supported by linuxant's hsfmodem driver (see http://www.linuxant.com/drivers/hsf/index.php). Free version only supports 14.4 kbps connection without fax. Full version supports 56 kbps with fax.

In Hardy, you can use full OEM version from Dell (see http://linux.dell.com/files/ubuntu/hardy/modem-drivers/hsf/). In Intrepid and Jaunty, there are still some ways to use full driver version without paying, but it may be illegal to write them here.

Function and special keys

Tweak for "No Keycode"

In Hardy, add following lines into /etc/init.d/rc.local before the line exit 0: 

setkeycodes e026 202 # Fn + F2
setkeycodes e027 203 # Fn + F3
setkeycodes e029 238 # Fn + F5
setkeycodes e033 219 # euro sign key
setkeycodes e034 239 # dollar sign key
setkeycodes e054 237 # bluetooth key
setkeycodes e055 218 # wifi key

In Intrepid and Jaunty, add following lines into /etc/rc.local before the line exit 0: 

setkeycodes e033 219 # euro sign key
setkeycodes e034 239 # dollar sign key

Reboot or execute directly above setkeycodes commands

Create file .Xmodmap in your home directery with following lines:

For Hardy: 

keycode 195 = EuroSign
keycode 244 = dollar

For Intrepid and Jaunty: 

keycode 227 = EuroSign
keycode 247 = dollar

Logout to make this change take effect, or execute: 

xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap

For "No Keysym" keys and "Do Nothing" keys

All keys have their keycodes in X now. You can assign actions to keys in System – Preferences – Keyboard Shortcuts

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