AcerAspire5002WLMi

Current Issues

Hardware details

in Dapper (current stable)?

in Edgy ?

in Feisty (current stable)?

Installation works?

yes

yes

yes

Hardware Information

  • Acer Aspire 5002WLMi
  • AMD Turion 64 Ml-30 processor (1MB L2 cache, 1.6 GHz)
  • 15.4" WXGA Acer CrystalBrite TFT LCD

  • SiS 760 graphics card
  • 100GB HDD
  • DVD-Dual
  • 1GB DDR
  • Modem
  • LAN
  • WLAN (Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02))

  • has a button to turn on/off the WLAN
  • has a button for a bluetooth device (it isn't present though in my laptop)

Screen & Monitors

Device

Works?

Bug #

in Dapper (current stable)?

in Edgy (current stable)?

in Feisty (current stable)?

Screen

yes

yes

yes

Correct resolution?

yes

yes

yes

Correct refresh rate?

yes

yes

yes

3D Acceleration

no

no

no

External monitor works?

yes

yes

untested

External monitor - mirrors

Untested

yes

untested

External monitor - extend desktop

Untested

Untested

untested

Power Management

Battery detected?

yes

yes

yes

Hibernates?

yes

yes

yes

Sleep

yes

yes

yes

Dim monitor on battery

no

no

untested

Blank monitor on inactivity

yes

yes

untested

Lid Close

Turns off LCD and upon opening, it asks for your password. (can be set do do other things like suspend).

yes

yes

Cpu frequency scaling

yes

yes

yes 1200MHz, 800 MHz

Sound

Sound works?

yes

yes

yes

Correct volume?

yes

yes

yes

Hardware volume switch

the Fn + Up/Down arrows control the volume

yes (Fn + Up/Down)

untested

Headphone jack

yes

yes

untested

Mic jack

Untested

yes

untested

Integrated Mic

Untested

yes

untested

Networking

Wired NIC

yes

yes

yes

Wireless NIC

needs firmware to be installed and only runs at 11Mb/s, works at 54Mb/s with ndiswrapper

yes (ndiswrapper - ok, bcm43xx not so ok but works too)

ndiswrapper needed, bcm wouldn't connect

PCMCIA NIC

Untested

Untested

untested

Modem

Untested

Untested

untested

Touchpad & Mice

Touchpad

yes

yes

yes

Touchpad - Doubletap = double click

yes

yes

yes

Touchpad - Scroll down side

after install, i had to reconfigure X.org for the scroll and back/forward buttons to function properly

yes

no

Touchpad - turned off while typing

no

no

untested

External mouse - USB

yes

yes

yes

Docking Station/Port Replicator

AC through replicator

Untested

Untested

untested

USB

Untested

Untested

untested

External Monitor - VGA

Untested

Untested

untested

Modem

Untested

Untested

untested

NIC

Untested

Untested

untested

Additional Hardware

CD/DVD drive

yes

yes

yes

PCMCIA cards

yes

yes

untested

Function and other keys

Fn key

Operation

Keycode

Works?

Bug #

in Dapper (current stable)?

in Edgy (current stable)?

in Feisty (current development)?

+ F1

brings up a help window

yes

yes

untested

+ F2

???

no

Untested

untested

+ F3

Untested

Untested

untested

+ F4

suspend or hibernate (whichever you select it to do in power management)

yes

yes

untested

+ F5

switches to external monitor???

Untested

yes

untested

+ F6

turns off/on screen backlight

yes

yes

untested

+ F7

turns off/on touchpad

yes

yes

untested

+ F8

mute/unmute sound

yes

yes

untested

+ F11

numlock

yes

yes

untested

+ F12

scroll lock

Untested

Untested

untested

+ ArrowUp

turn volume up

yes

yes

untested

+ ArrowDown

turn volume down

yes

yes

untested

+ ArrowRight

increases the displays brightness

yes

yes

untested

+ ArrowLeft

decreases the displays brightness

yes

yes

untested

+ Home

media play/pause button

yes

yes

untested

+ PgUp

media stop button

yes

yes

untested

+ PgDown

media previous button

yes

yes

untested

+ End

media next button

yes

yes

untested

Other special keys

Key

Operation

Keycode

Works?

Bug #

in Dapper (current stable)?

in Edgy (current stable)?

in Feisty (current stable)?

Dollar symbol ($)

Untested

no

no

#30562

Euro symbol (€)

Untested

no

no

#30562

Notes

There is a Howto about $ and € keys: http://personales.ya.com/sucotronic/archives/06-01-2007_06-30-2007.html but I didn't test it yet because I don't use my Acer anymore (I have 2 laptops). -- AzraelNightwalker

There is another howto on the AcerAspire5610 page - I don't know if it works.


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