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AcerAspire5920G

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Contact:
- P4man<duvel123@gmail.com>
- speps <remigillig@gmail.com>
Brand: Acer
Make : Aspire
Model: 5920G, nVidia GeForce 8600M GT, Intel 4965AGN Wifi (802.11a/b/g/Draft-N)

Current Issues

Gutsy: Ubuntu restricted drivers failed to work, X wouldnt start. Used Envy with workaround found here: http://albertomilone.com/wordpress/?p=107 . Then nVidia drivers work, deskop effects work, but not in combination with other 3D apps. Other 3D apps work with desktop effects disabled. Trying both at once results in hard freezing.

Integrated microphone doesnt work, but microphone jack with external mic does work. Neither hybernate nor standby work in either Feisty or Gutsy. uswsusp works in Gusty for hibernate but only if desktop effects are disabled. After uswsusp resume standby leds in powerbutton and front keep flashing orange.

Sound works, but in some apps, the quality is extremely poor and there is a lot of static and distortion or sound just drops for a short time. Happens in some games and in Skype.

4965AGN wifi works, but is often very slow -> high latency. Throughput seems normal.

Feisty

To boot from LiveCD
- At the boot menu press F6 for other options
- Add break=top before --, press Enter
- You will have a message like can't access tty job control turned off
- In the prompt type sudo modprobe piix && exit
- (Optional) Then you may randomly have a message about X Server not working properly, validate all messages by No, then in the prompt type sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf and find the section with Driver "nv" in it and replace nv with vesa, press Ctrl+O to save and Ctrl+X to quit, type startx in the prompt
- Now you have access to the graphical intallation if you want
Graphics Card (nVidia GeForce 8600M GT)
- Restricted drivers do not work correctly, use Envy
Wifi (Intel 4965AGN)
- Follow this guide : http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=493095
- Works perfectly (only tested WEP though)
Audio (Intel High Definition Audio (HDA))
- Follow this guide : https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HdaIntelSoundHowto
- Sound works but plugging a headphone does not mute front speakers, no solution for Virtual SurroundSound
- Internal microphone outputs to speakers but capture does not work
Other devices in progress

Hardy

Situation is a a lot better, pretty much everything worked out of box. I just had some problems with the wireless led which didn't light up, when the wireless was turned on. This solved the Problem: sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-hardy sudo rmmod iwl4965; sudo modprobe iwl4965

System Info

bios-version:v0.3505
system-manufacturer:Acer, inc.
system-product-name:Aspire 5920G
system-version:Not Applicable

Hardware details

	in Feisty (current stable)?	in Gutsy (current development)?	in Hardy
Installation works?	No (not from CD, only from USB stick)	Yes	Yes

Hardware Information
Screen & Monitors
Device	Works?			Bug #
Device	in Feisty (current stable)?	in Gutsy (current development)?	in Hardy
Screen	Yes	Yes	Yes
Correct resolution?	Yes (with binary drivers)	Yes	Yes
Correct refresh rate?	Yes	Yes	Yes
3D Acceleration	Yes (with binary drivers)	Yes (with binary drivers without desktop effects)	Yes (binary drivers)
External monitor works?	Untested	Untested	Yes
External monitor - mirrors	Untested	Untested	Yes
External monitor - extend desktop	Untested	Untested	Yes
Power Management
Battery detected?	Not properly	Yes	Yes
Hibernates?	No	No	Yes
Sleep	No	No	Yes
Dim monitor on battery	No	Yes	Yes
Blank monitor on inactivity	Yes	Yes	Yes
Lid Close	Yes	Yes	Yes
Cpu frequency scaling	Yes	Yes	Yes
Sound
Sound works?	Yes, but very poor quality in some apps	Yes, but poor quality in some apps	Yes
Correct volume?	Not by default	Not by default	Not by default (surround has to be turned on)
Hardware volume switch	Yes (switch control to Surround)	Yes (switch control to PCM)	Yes
Headphone jack	Untested	Yes	untested
Mic jack	Untested	Yes. Built in micrphone doesnt work	untested
Networking
Wired NIC	Yes	Yes	Yes
Wireless NIC	No (intel 4965AGN)	Yes	Yes
PCMCIA NIC	Untested	Untested	Untested
Firewire	Untested	Untested	Untested
Bluetooth	Yes	Yes	Untested
Modem	Untested	Untested	Untested
Infrared	Untested	Untested	Untested
Touchpad & Mice
Touchpad	Yes	Yes	Yes
Touchpad - Doubletap = double click	Yes	Yes	Yes
Touchpad - Scroll down side	No	No	Yes (gsynaptics)
Touchpad - turned off while typing	No	No	Yes
External mouse - USB	Yes	Yes	Yes
External mouse - Serial	Untested	Untested	Untested
Additional Hardware
CD/DVD drive	using ide-generic	using ide-generic
PCMCIA cards	Untested	Untested	Untested
Card reader(s)	Untested	Untested	SD works, other untested

Function and other keys
Fn key	Operation	Keycode	Works?		Bug #
Fn key	Operation	Keycode	in Feisty (current stable)?	in Gutsy (current development)?	Bug #
+ F1			Untested	Untested
+ F2			Untested	Untested
+ F3			Untested	Untested
+ F4			Untested	Untested
+ F5			Untested	Untested
+ F6	Blank Screen		Untested	Untested
+ F7			Untested	Untested
+ F8	Mute		Untested	Untested
+ F11	NumLock		Yes	Yes
+ F12	Scroll Lock		Yes	Yes
+ ArrowRight	Brightness Down		Yes	Yes
+ ArrowLeft	Brightness Up		Yes	Yes
Other special keys
Key	Operation	Keycode	Works?		Bug #
Key	Operation	Keycode	in Feisty (current stable)?	in Gutsy (current development)?	Bug #
Key			Untested	Untested
Web Browser (left side of keyboard)	Open Web Browser		Yes	Yes
E-Mail (left side of keyboard)	Open Mail Client		Yes	Yes

Notes

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+=== Hardy ===

Situation is a a lot better, pretty much everything worked out of box. I just had some problems with the wireless led which didn't light up, when the wireless was turned on.
This solved the Problem:
sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-hardy
sudo rmmod iwl4965; sudo modprobe iwl4965
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|| Installation works? || No (not from CD, only from USB stick)|| Yes||
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|| in Feisty (current stable)? || in Gutsy (current development)? ||
|| Screen || Yes || Yes || ||
|| Correct resolution? || Yes (with binary drivers) || Yes || ||
|| Correct refresh rate? || Yes || Yes || ||
|| 3D Acceleration || Yes (with binary drivers) || Yes (with binary drivers without desktop effects) || ||
|| External monitor works? || Untested || Untested || ||
|| External monitor - mirrors || Untested || Untested || ||
|| External monitor - extend desktop || Untested || Untested || ||
+||<|2> '''Device''' ||<-3> '''Works?''' || '''Bug #''' ||
|| in Feisty (current stable)? || in Gutsy (current development)? || in Hardy ||
|| Screen || Yes || Yes || Yes || ||
|| Correct resolution? || Yes (with binary drivers) || Yes || Yes || ||
|| Correct refresh rate? || Yes || Yes || Yes || ||
|| 3D Acceleration || Yes (with binary drivers) || Yes (with binary drivers without desktop effects) || Yes (binary drivers) || ||
|| External monitor works? || Untested || Untested || Yes || ||
|| External monitor - mirrors || Untested || Untested || Yes || ||
|| External monitor - extend desktop || Untested || Untested || Yes || ||
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|| Hibernates? || No || No  || ||
|| Sleep || No|| No|| ||
|| Dim monitor on battery || No || Yes || ||
|| Blank monitor on inactivity || Yes || Yes || ||
|| Lid Close || Yes || Yes || ||
|| Cpu frequency scaling || Yes || Yes || ||
+|| Battery detected? || Not properly|| Yes || Yes || ||
|| Hibernates? || No || No  || Yes || ||
|| Sleep || No|| No|| Yes || ||
|| Dim monitor on battery || No || Yes || Yes || ||
|| Blank monitor on inactivity || Yes || Yes || Yes || ||
|| Lid Close || Yes || Yes || Yes || ||
|| Cpu frequency scaling || Yes || Yes || Yes || ||
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-|| Sound works? || Yes, but very poor quality in some apps|| Yes, but poor quality in some apps || ||
|| Correct volume? || Not by default|| Not by default|| ||
|| Hardware volume switch || Yes (switch control to Surround) || Yes (switch control to PCM) || ||
|| Headphone jack || Untested|| Yes || ||
|| Mic jack || Untested || Yes. Built in micrphone doesnt work|| ||
+|| Sound works? || Yes, but very poor quality in some apps|| Yes, but poor quality in some apps || Yes || ||
|| Correct volume? || Not by default|| Not by default|| Not by default (surround has to be turned on) || ||
|| Hardware volume switch || Yes (switch control to Surround) || Yes (switch control to PCM) || Yes || ||
|| Headphone jack || Untested|| Yes || untested ||
|| Mic jack || Untested || Yes. Built in micrphone doesnt work|| untested ||
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|| Wireless NIC || No (intel 4965AGN)|| Yes || ||
|| PCMCIA NIC || Untested || Untested || ||
|| Firewire || Untested || Untested || ||
|| Bluetooth || Yes || Yes|| ||
|| Modem || Untested || Untested || ||
|| Infrared || Untested || Untested || ||
+|| Wired NIC || Yes || Yes || Yes || ||
|| Wireless NIC || No (intel 4965AGN)|| Yes || Yes || ||
|| PCMCIA NIC || Untested || Untested || Untested || ||
|| Firewire || Untested || Untested || Untested || ||
|| Bluetooth || Yes || Yes|| Untested || ||
|| Modem || Untested || Untested || Untested || ||
|| Infrared || Untested || Untested || Untested || ||
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|| Touchpad - Doubletap = double click || Yes || Yes || ||
|| Touchpad - Scroll down side || No || No || ||
|| Touchpad - turned off while typing || No || No || ||
|| External mouse - USB || Yes || Yes || ||
|| External mouse - Serial || Untested || Untested || ||
+|| Touchpad || Yes || Yes || Yes || ||
|| Touchpad - Doubletap = double click || Yes || Yes || Yes || ||
|| Touchpad - Scroll down side || No || No || Yes (gsynaptics) || ||
|| Touchpad - turned off while typing || No || No || Yes || ||
|| External mouse - USB || Yes || Yes || Yes || ||
|| External mouse - Serial || Untested || Untested || Untested || ||
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|| Card reader(s) || Untested || Untested|| ||
+|| PCMCIA cards || Untested || Untested || Untested || ||
|| Card reader(s) || Untested || Untested|| SD works, other untested || ||

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