AcerTravelmate4504LMi

Current Issues

  • "Euro" and "Dollar" keys next to the arrows on Acer's keyboard are not supported out of the box

System Info

system-manufacturer : Acer
system-product-name : Travelmate 4500
system-version      : Rev 1
kernel-version      : 2.6.22-14-generic

Hardware details

Screen & Monitors

Device

Works?

Bug #

in Feisty (stable)

in Gutsy (stable)

Screen

Yes

Yes

Correct resolution?

Yes

Yes

Correct refresh rate?

Yes

Yes

3D Acceleration1

Untested

No

External monitor works?

No
No success trying to use 915resolution

Yes
With some problems (hotplug, int. and ext. resolution different, etc.)

External monitor - mirrors

Untested

Yes

External monitor - extend desktop

Untested

Yes

Power Management

Battery detected?

No

Yes

Hibernate

Untested

Yes

Suspend

Untested

Yes

Dim monitor on battery

Yes

Yes

Blank monitor on inactivity

Yes

Yes

Lid Close

Untested

No

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Cpu frequency scaling

Untested

Yes

Sound

Sound works?

Yes

Yes

Correct volume?

Yes

Yes

Headphone jack

Yes

Yes

Mic jack

Yes

Yes

Networking

Wired NIC

Yes

Yes

Wireless NIC

Yes

Yes

PCMCIA NIC

Untested

Untested

Bluetooth

Untested

Untested

Modem

Untested

Yes

Infrared

Untested

Untested

Touchpad & Mice

Touchpad

Yes

Yes

Touchpad - Doubletap = double click

Yes

Yes

Touchpad - Scroll down side

Yes

Yes

External mouse - USB

Yes

Yes

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

Yes

Yes

PCMCIA cards

Untested

Untested

Card reader(s)

No

Yes

1. 3D acceleration:

$ which glxgears | xargs strings | grep benchmark | xargs glxgears
3633 frames in 5.1 seconds = 709.369 FPS
$ glxinfo | grep rendering
direct rendering: No (LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT set)
$ lspci|grep VGA
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02)

Function and other keys

Fn key

Operation

Keycode

Works?

Bug #

in Feisty (stable)

in Gutsy (stable)

+ F1

Help browser

0x98

Yes

Yes

+ F2

Acer eSetting

0xa6

No

No

+ F3

Acer ePM

0xa7

No

No

+ F4

Sleep

0xdf

Yes

Yes

+ F5

Toggle display

?

Untested

Untested

+ F6

Backlight off

?

Yes

Yes

+ F7

Touchpad off

0xf2

Yes

Yes

+ F8

Mute

0xa0

Yes

Yes

+ F11

Num Lock

0x45

Yes

Yes

+ F12

Scroll Lock

?

Yes

Yes

+ Arrow left

Brightness -

0xef

Yes

Yes

+ Arrow right

Brightness +

?

Yes

Yes

+ Arrow up

Sound +

0xb0

Yes

Yes

+ Arrow down

Sound -

0xae

Yes

Yes

Other special keys

Key

Operation

Keycode

Works?

Bug #

in Feisty (stable)

in Gutsy (stable)

P1

User defined

0x97

Yes

Yes

e

Acer eSettings

0x9f

No

No

Globe

Launch web browser

0xb2

Yes

Yes

Context menu

Same as right click

?

Yes

Yes

Euro sign

0xb3

No

No

$

Dollar sign

0xb4

No

No

WLAN switch2

Toggle WLAN card

0xd6

Untested

Untested

1. Initally, not assigned to any operation, but can be set in System -> Preferences -> Keyboard Shortcuts
2. See related note below

Notes

Friday July, 6th 2007

  • made a fresh install of Unbuntu Feisty Fawn (v7.04)
  • in System -> Preferences -> Appearance, in Font, I selected "subpixel smoothing (LCD)"

  • in System -> Preferences -> Keyboard, in Layout Options, I added the euro sign to key '5'

  • tip: to use accentuated characters, in System -> Preferences -> Keyboard, in Layouts, set the keyboard model to "Generic 105-key (Intl) PC" and use the "US English International (with dead keys)" layout. Then type on the accent you want, release the key, and type on the letter, e.g. ^ + e = ê.

Thursday July, 12th 2007

  • in System -> Preferences > Hardware Information: submitted data into the Ubuntu Device Database

  • my submission ID is: 397ef3e1abd5ff1e1678d90ecb077d8d as returned by hwdb-gui -h

Friday, October 19th 2007

* upgraded to Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon (v7.10): this fixed the Power Manager issue introduced when upgrading from Edgy to Feisty

Tuesday, December 4th 2007

It's been a couple days since my wireless card has not been able to scan local networks. Using dmesg, I noticed that the system had recorded error messages like:

(...) ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection
(...) ipw2200: Radio Frequency Kill Switch is On:
(...) Kill switch must be turned off for wireless networking to work.

or:

(...) ipw2200: Firmware error detected.  Restarting.

I searched on the Ubuntu forums and found out that the RF switch on the front of the laptop was in cause. So I installed the Acer Hotkey driver for Linux which is found at: http://www.cakey.de/acerhk/ and I modified my ipw2200 options too.

Now the wifi works like a charm and the WLAN led is either ON or blinking when no connection is active, just as it was in Windows.

LaptopTestingTeam/Old/AcerTravelmate4504LMi (last edited 2010-02-24 14:45:18 by host58-172-dynamic)