AcerTravelMate8204WLMi

Current Issues

System Info

bios-version:v1.3319
system-manufacturer:Acer, inc.
system-product-name:TravelMate 8200
system-version:Not Applicable

Hardware details

in Dapper (current stable)?

in Edgy (current development)?

Installation works?

LiveCD Installation works

LiveCD Installation doesn't work

Hardware Information

CPU

Intel Core Duo T2500 (2×2GHz)

Memory

DDR2 2Gb

Chipset

Intel Mobile 945PM Express

Graphic chip

ATI Radeon X1600 mobility 256 MB DDR3

Sound chip

Realtek ALC883 (Intel HDA driver)

Hard drive

120GB SATA 5400 RPM with Acer Disk Anti-Shock Protection Plus

Network interface

Intel PRO/1000 (82573E)

Wireless interface

Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG

Bluetooth

Broadcom USB chipset

Memory card reader

Hyper-Palteck Flash Card Reader USB

IR Port

USB Ports

Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family)

Firewire

Port FireWire (IEEE 1394): O2 Micro, Inc.

CD/DVD Drive

ATAPI 24X DVD-ROM DVD-R-RAM CD-R/RW drive, 2048kB Cache

ExpressCard

1 slot

PCMCIA

1 slot

“Multimedia” Keys

Acer “e” key, Mail key, Web key and “P” key.

And Fn+F1/F2/F3/F4 keys.

Volume Keys

Fn+Up,Down,F8

Brightness Keys

Fn+Left,Right

Touchpad

Synaptics

PS/2 port

Smartcard Reader

Acer Bluetooth VOIP Phone

Webcam

Acer OrbiCam (USB 2.0)

Screen & Monitors

Device

Works?

Bug #

in Dapper (current stable)?

in Edgy (current development)?

Screen

out of the box

yes

Correct resolution?

yes

yes

Correct refresh rate?

60Hz

60Hz

3D Acceleration

yes

yes

External monitor works?

yes

yes

External monitor - mirrors

yes

yes

External monitor - extend desktop

yes

yes

Power Management

Battery detected?

out of the box

out of the box

Hibernates?

sometimes hang up

sometimes hang up

Sleep

Untested

Untested

Dim monitor on battery

Untested

Untested

Blank monitor on inactivity

out of the box

out of the box

Lid Close

out of the box

out of the box

Cpu frequency scaling

out of the box

out of the box

Sound

Sound works?

out of the box

out of the box

Correct volume?

out of the box

out of the box

Hardware volume switch

out of the box

out of the box

Headphone jack

out of the box

out of the box

Mic jack

out of the box

out of the box

Networking

Wired NIC

out of the box

out of the box

Wireless NIC

yes

yes

PCMCIA NIC

Untested

Untested

Firewire

Untested

Untested

Bluetooth

Untested

Untested

Modem

Untested

Untested

Infrared

Untested

Untested

Touchpad & Mice

Touchpad

out of the box

out of the box

Touchpad - Doubletap = double click

out of the box

out of the box

Touchpad - Scroll down side

Untested

Untested

Touchpad - turned off while typing

Untested

Untested

External mouse - USB

out of the box

out of the box

External mouse - Serial

Untested

Untested

Docking Station/Port Replicator

AC through replicator

Untested

Untested

USB

Untested

Untested

Serial

Untested

Untested

Parallel

Untested

Untested

External Monitor - VGA

Untested

Untested

External Monitor - DVI

Untested

Untested

Modem

Untested

Untested

NIC

Untested

Untested

PS/2

Untested

Untested

Additional Hardware

CD/DVD drive

out of the box

out of the box

PCMCIA cards

Untested

Untested

Parallel Ports

Untested

Untested

Card reader(s)

Untested

Untested

Function and other keys

Fn key

Operation

Keycode

Works?

Bug #

in Dapper (current stable)?

in Edgy (current development)?

+ F1

Mapable

probably

probably

+ F2

Mapable

probably

probably

+ F3

Mapable

probably

probably

+ F4

Mapable

probably

probably

+ F5

Activate external display

Untested

Untested

+ F6

Display Shutdown

out of the box

out of the box

+ F7

Touchpad Switch

out of the box

out of the box

+ F8

Sound Switch

out of the box

out of the box

+ ArrowUp

Volume up

out of the box

out of the box

+ ArrowDown

Volume down

out of the box

out of the box

+ ArrowRight

Brightness up

out of the box

out of the box

+ ArrowLeft

Brightness down

out of the box

out of the box

Other special keys

Key

Operation

Keycode

Works?

Bug #

in Dapper (current stable)?

in Edgy (current development)?

Acer "e" Key

Mapable

out of the box

out of the box

Mail Key

Evolution

out of the box

out of the box

Web Key

Firefox

out of the box

out of the box

P Key

Mapable

out of the box

out of the box

Notes

The one link to have all the important information: http://www.students.ncl.ac.uk/a.j.mee/blog/index.php/2006/05/10/acer-travelmate-8204wlmi-with-gentoo/

here is another one: http://fdemesmay.dyndns.org/cs/hacks/TravelMate8204WLMi.html


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