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## Model List

Model version | Arch Linux install CD version | Hardware support | Remarks
--- | --- | --- | ---
Video | Sound | Ethernet | Wireless | Bluetooth | Power management | Modem | Other
TravelMate 2413NLC | Gimmick 0.7.2 | Intel GMA 915 driver: i810 | Intel 82801FB with internal microphone | OK | -- | -- | Suspend to RAM: Yes Disk: Yes Battery: Yes CPU frequency scaling: Yes | untested | Hot keys: untested |
Aspire 5100-3825 | 0.8 (Voodoo) | ATI Radeon Xpress 1100 | Intel | Realtek | Atheros | n/a |  | untested | Hot keys: untested |
Aspire 1501LMi | 0.9 (Don't Panic) | ATI Radeon 9600: HW acceleration only with proprietary driver | VIA: OK | Broadcom: OK | untested | none | Suspend to RAM: ?? Disk: Yes Battery: Yes CPU frequency scaling: Yes | untested | Hot keys: untested |
Travelmate 6292 | Core Dump, Overlord | Intel x3100: HW acceleration with Intel's open-source driver, ~1100 FPS in the glxgears | Intel HDA: OK (model=acer) | Broadcom BCM5787M: OK | Intel iwl4965: OK | Broadcom: OK | Suspend to RAM: ?? Disk: Ok Battery: Yes CPU frequency scaling: Yes | untested | Hot keys: untested FireWire (Texas Instruments) TSB43AB23: OK(?) | FireWire detects well but I haven't tested it yet
Aspire 5024 | 0.7.2 | ATI Radeon X700 Runs Compiz on both fglrx (catalystAUR) >= 8.02 and radeon driver | AC97: OK | Realtek: OK | Broadcom 4318 Needs acer_apci + firmware or ndiswrapper driver | N/A | Battery: Yes Suspend: Video and Wi-Fi problems CPU frequency scaling: powernow-k8 driver | untested | KeyTouch works for hot keys Volume control, etc. |
Aspire 7720 | 2009.02 | Intel i965 | ALC268: working OK | Broadcom BCM5787M (tg3): OK | Intel 3945: Needs microcode | Detected, works | Battery: Yes Suspend: Seems to work ok Hibernation: still flaky (often hangs in the middle of restoring) | With linuxant drivers, might work | Web cam driver: uvcvideo; card reader: only SD cards seem to work; special keys (Acer Arcade, direct access to browser/mail) seem to not work; volume knob at the side is seen as a multimedia key. | FireWire seems to be recognized, untested. For 64-bit, update BIOS to fix ACPI and wireless problems.
Aspire E5-573 | 2015.12 | Intel i965 | OK | OK | OK | not detected | OK | not present | ... | ...
Aspire 7730 | 2009.08 i686 & x86_64 | Intel Mobile 4 Series i810 Autoconfiguration works. Compiz OK, with indirect rendering. | ALC888 Playback & internal microphone: OK; microphone input socket: not tested `options snd-hda-intel model=laptop` added to `/etc/modprobe.d/sound.conf` to get headphone output working | OK | OK, with iwlagn | None | Suspend to RAM: OK Suspend to disk crashes on i686, OK on x86_64 CPU frequency scaling: OK (using cpufreq) | Untested | Hot keys: OK Web cam: OK HDMI: untested Card reader: untested | Problem booting install CD Solved with `ln -sf /dev/sr0 /dev/archiso` at ramfs
TravelMate 8371G (TM8371G-944G32n) | 2010.05 x86_64 | Intel GM45, works with i915. Radeon HD 4330 listed but cannot switch to it. | OK | OK, works with r8169 | OK, works with iwlagn | OK, works with btusb | s2ram works (see remarks), s2disk works, CPU scaling works, no fan control | No modem | Web cam works with uvcvideo. Card reader works. Fingerprint reader does not seem to have a driver! | Suspend to RAM only works with the `i8042.reset=1` kernel parameter. Otherwise, it fails to wake up, and ends up rebooting itself uncleanly! Generally, this Acer seems to work quite well with Arch Linux :-)
Aspire 4935 | 2009.08 x86_64 | Nvidia GeForce 9300M GS | OK, Intel HDA | OK | OK | Untested | Suspend to RAM: OK Suspend to disk: OK Frequency scaling: OK (using cpufreq) | Untested | Hot keys: OK Audio touch panel NOT working Web cam: OK HDMI: OK | By "audio touch panel" I mean the illuminated plastic hot key touch panel on the right-hand side of the keyboard.
AspireOne D255e | Archboot 2010.12-1 | Intel GMA 3150 | OK | OK, Atheros 8132 worked only with latest Archboot not official images | OK, Broadcom worked only with latest Archboot not official images | Untested | Untested | Untested | Hot keys: OK Synaptic Touchpad: OK |
Aspire 2920Z | 2009.2 | Intel Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller | OK, Intel 82801H | OK, Broadcom NetLink BCM5787M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express | OK, Broadcom BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN | n/a | Suspend to RAM: OK. Suspend to disk: OK. CPU frequency scaling: untested | Untested | Hot keys: web, mail, and wireless work. Blue e on the left: not working Synaptic touchpad: OK | Not everything worked fine on fresh installation. Requires some work.
Aspire 5735z [1] | archlinux-2014.09.03-dual | Intel GMA 4500M | OK | OK | OK | Untested | Suspend to RAM: OK. Suspend to disk: OK. CPU frequency scaling: untested | Untested | Hot keys: OK (except Bluetooth: untested) Synaptic Touchpad: OK |
TravelMate TimelineX 8473T | archlinux-2016.02.01-dual | Intel HD 3000 | OK | Untested | OK | Untested | Untested | Untested | Hot keys: Display/No Backlight/Disable Trackpad work Sound, sleep, wireless, brightness not working out of box Synaptic Touchpad: OK | Live Media boots in Gummiboot and attempts to load EFI media, even though MOBO supports legacy boot ONLY. Delete the /EFI partition on the boot media to force Grub (this may cause other problems)
Acer Aspire E1-531 | archlinux-2016.07.01-dual | Intel HD 2000 | OK | OK | OK | OK | OK(Using laptop-mode-tools) | Untested | Hot keys: Sound, sleep, wireless, brightness hotkeys(fn+f1/f2/...) not working out of box Synaptic Touchpad: OK Webcam: OK HDMI: untested |
Acer Aspire V3-572G | Current | Intel HD 5500 NVIDIA GeForce 840M working with bumblebee | OK | Realtek: OK | OK | Not tested | Suspend to RAM: Yes Disk: Yes Battery: Yes CPU frequency scaling: untested | Untested | Webcam: untested Hotkeys: OK Synaptic Touchpad: OK HDMI: OK |
Acer Nitro VN7-792G-710p | archlinux-2016.10.01-dual | Intel HD 530 Nvidia GeForce GTX 960M 2GB VRAM | OK | Realtek: OK | OK | OK | Suspend to RAM: Yes Disk: Yes Battery: Yes CPU frequency scaling: untested | Untested | Webcam: untested Hotkeys: OK Synaptic Touchpad: OK HDMI: untested
Aspire One Cloudbook 11 | archlinux-201608 | Intel HD Graphics 400 | OK, HDA-Intel | N/A | OK, Qualcomm Atheros | OK | Suspend to RAM: Yes Disk: Not tested Battery: Yes CPU frequency scaling: Ok | N/A | Webcam: Ok Hotkeys: Some Synaptic Touchpad: OK (Set to Basic in BIOS) HDMI: untested | First boot after a UEFI install will typically stop with a "No media found" message. Go into BIOS and navigate to "Select an UEFI file as trusted". Note that a Supervisor password must be set to change these parameters.

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