Acer Aspire V3-372 - ArchWiki

# Acer Aspire V3-372

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Device | Status | Modules
Intel | Working | i915
Ethernet | Working | r8168
Wireless | Working | ath10k_pci
Audio | Working | snd_hda_intel
Touchpad | Working | (see below)
Camera | Working | uvcvideo
Card Reader | Untested | rtsx_usb
Bluetooth | Working |

Information for the Acer Aspire V3-372 51EK (Core i5-6200U, 4GiB RAM, 128GB SSD).

## Devices

    # lspci

    00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Sky Lake Host Bridge/DRAM Registers (rev 08)
    00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Sky Lake Integrated Graphics (rev 07)
    00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Device 9d2f (rev 21)
    00:14.2 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Device 9d31 (rev 21)
    00:15.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Device 9d60 (rev 21)
    00:15.1 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Device 9d61 (rev 21)
    00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Device 9d3a (rev 21)
    00:17.0 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Device 9d03 (rev 21)
    00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 9d10 (rev f1)
    00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 9d14 (rev f1)
    00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 9d15 (rev f1)
    00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Device 9d48 (rev 21)
    00:1f.2 Memory controller: Intel Corporation Device 9d21 (rev 21)
    00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation Device 9d70 (rev 21)
    00:1f.4 SMBus: Intel Corporation Device 9d23 (rev 21)
    02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 15)
    03:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter (rev 32)

## Configuration

### Booting Arch Linux from USB

To disable Secure Boot, set the supervisor password in the BIOS settings. Then you should be able to boot Arch.

If you set up your installation media (USB drive) via Rufus i had the most success by using GPT as partition table (in UEFI mode).

### Video

Install the xf86-video-intel package as shown here

### Solid State Drive

For tips visit SSD.

### Touchpad

Set the touchpad to basic in the BIOS to get it working. Then enable it by pressing FN + F7.

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