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# Acer Aspire E5-575

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## Booting from Arch Linux ISO

In order to boot from the Arch Linux ISO, hit `F2` to enter UEFI settings (InsydeH20 Setup Utility rev. 5.0). Then set the supervisor password. From there you can disable Secure Boot and boot from any media.

## Configuration

### Add entries to UEFI menu

UEFI will not boot from menu entries created by efibootmgr. Instead, use bcfg in the UEFI Shell (v.2) to add an entry.

Tip: To get a UEFI Shell (v.2), boot from the Arch Linux ISO and select it from the menu.

### Use Secure Boot with trusted EFI executables

You can use Secure Boot and mark EFI executables as trusted through the UEFI settings. The executables must end with `.efi`. For example, if you use EFISTUB to boot the Linux kernel directly, you must copy `vmlinuz-linux` to `vmlinuz-linux.efi` and then mark that file as trusted in the UEFI settings.

Whenever the executable is updated, it might have to be removed from the trusted list and then re-added as trusted in the UEFI settings. It is only possible to remove all trusted entries at once, not individually.

See Secure Boot for other options.

### Function keys

Many function keys work without any need for changing settings. Suspend (`Fn+F4`), blanking the screen (`Fn+F6`), touchpad disable/enable (`Fn-F7`), and keyboard backlight disable/enable (`Fn+F9`) all work. Additionally `Fn+Del` is mapped to `Ins` correctly, as well as `Fn+12` to `Scroll Lock`.

To add functionality for brightness keys, `Fn+Left` and `Fn+Right`, append the following parameters to your kernel boot line:

    acpi_osi=Linux acpi_backlight=vendor

Other function keys are exposed as media keys and can be added as keyboard shortcuts for the desired operation.

Function Key (`Fn+`) | Media Key
--- | ---
`F3` | `XF86WLAN`
`F8` | `XF86AudioMute`
`Up` | `XF86AudioRaiseVolume`
`Down` | `XF86AudioLowerVolume`
`Home` | `XF86AudioPlay`
`Page Up` | `XF86AudioStop`
`Page Down` | `XF86AudioPrev`
`End` | `XF86AudioNext`

### Hardware video acceleration

The laptop contains a 9th generation Intel GPU (Intel HD 620) codenamed "Kaby Lake". To enable hardware video acceleration install the following packages: xf86-video-intel, libva-intel-driver, and libvdpau-va-gl. Follow the instructions on Intel graphics and Hardware video acceleration. You may need additional packages or configuration to utilize hardware acceleration for your particular application.

When enabled you will see something like the following when running `vainfo`:

    vainfo

    libva info: VA-API version 1.1.0
    libva info: va_getDriverName() returns 0
    libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/dri/i965_drv_video.so
    libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_1
    libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0
    vainfo: VA-API version: 1.1 (libva 2.1.0)
    vainfo: Driver version: Intel i965 driver for Intel(R) Kaby Lake - 2.1.0
    vainfo: Supported profile and entrypoints
          VAProfileMPEG2Simple            : VAEntrypointVLD
          VAProfileMPEG2Simple            : VAEntrypointEncSlice
          VAProfileMPEG2Main              : VAEntrypointVLD
          VAProfileMPEG2Main              : VAEntrypointEncSlice
          VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline: VAEntrypointVLD
          VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline: VAEntrypointEncSlice
          VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline: VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
          VAProfileH264Main               : VAEntrypointVLD
          VAProfileH264Main               : VAEntrypointEncSlice
          VAProfileH264Main               : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
          VAProfileH264High               : VAEntrypointVLD
          VAProfileH264High               : VAEntrypointEncSlice
          VAProfileH264High               : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
          VAProfileH264MultiviewHigh      : VAEntrypointVLD
          VAProfileH264MultiviewHigh      : VAEntrypointEncSlice
          VAProfileH264StereoHigh         : VAEntrypointVLD
          VAProfileH264StereoHigh         : VAEntrypointEncSlice
          VAProfileVC1Simple              : VAEntrypointVLD
          VAProfileVC1Main                : VAEntrypointVLD
          VAProfileVC1Advanced            : VAEntrypointVLD
          VAProfileNone                   : VAEntrypointVideoProc
          VAProfileJPEGBaseline           : VAEntrypointVLD
          VAProfileJPEGBaseline           : VAEntrypointEncPicture
          VAProfileVP8Version0_3          : VAEntrypointVLD
          VAProfileVP8Version0_3          : VAEntrypointEncSlice
          VAProfileHEVCMain               : VAEntrypointVLD
          VAProfileHEVCMain               : VAEntrypointEncSlice
          VAProfileHEVCMain10             : VAEntrypointVLD
          VAProfileHEVCMain10             : VAEntrypointEncSlice
          VAProfileVP9Profile0            : VAEntrypointVLD
          VAProfileVP9Profile0            : VAEntrypointEncSlice
          VAProfileVP9Profile2            : VAEntrypointVLD

Additionally you should see that `i965` is used for the DRI driver and `va_gl` is used for the VDPAU driver:

    grep -iE 'vdpau | dri driver' ~/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log

    [    16.124] (II) intel(0): [DRI2]   DRI driver: i965
    [    16.124] (II) intel(0): [DRI2]   VDPAU driver: va_gl

For Vulkan support install the vulkan-intel package.

## Hardware identification

    lsusb

    Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
    Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0408:a030 Quanta Computer, Inc.
    Bus 001 Device 002: ID 04ca:3015 Lite-On Technology Corp.
    Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

    lspci

    00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v6/7th Gen Core Processor Host Bridge/DRAM Registers (rev 02)
    00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation HD Graphics 620 (rev 02)
    00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP USB 3.0 xHCI Controller (rev 21)
    00:14.2 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP Thermal subsystem (rev 21)
    00:15.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP Serial IO I2C Controller #0 (rev 21)
    00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP CSME HECI #1 (rev 21)
    00:17.0 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 21)
    00:1d.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #9 (rev f1)
    00:1d.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 9d1a (rev f1)
    00:1d.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 9d1b (rev f1)
    00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Device 9d4e (rev 21)
    00:1f.2 Memory controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP PMC (rev 21)
    00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio (rev 21)
    00:1f.4 SMBus: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP SMBus (rev 21)
    02:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter (rev 31)
    03:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8411B PCI Express Card Reader (rev 01)
    03:00.1 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 12)

    lscpu

    Architecture:        x86_64
    CPU op-mode(s):      32-bit, 64-bit
    Byte Order:          Little Endian
    CPU(s):              4
    On-line CPU(s) list: 0-3
    Thread(s) per core:  2
    Core(s) per socket:  2
    Socket(s):           1
    NUMA node(s):        1
    Vendor ID:           GenuineIntel
    CPU family:          6
    Model:               142
    Model name:          Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-7100U CPU @ 2.40GHz
    Stepping:            9
    CPU MHz:             700.122
    CPU max MHz:         2400.0000
    CPU min MHz:         400.0000
    BogoMIPS:            4800.00
    Virtualization:      VT-x
    L1d cache:           32K
    L1i cache:           32K
    L2 cache:            256K
    L3 cache:            3072K
    NUMA node0 CPU(s):   0-3
    Flags:               fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc art arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl xtopology nonstop_tsc cpuid aperfmperf tsc_known_freq pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 sdbg fma cx16 xtpr pdcm pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic movbe popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx f16c rdrand lahf_lm abm 3dnowprefetch cpuid_fault epb invpcid_single pti tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid fsgsbase tsc_adjust bmi1 avx2 smep bmi2 erms invpcid mpx rdseed adx smap clflushopt intel_pt xsaveopt xsavec xgetbv1 xsaves dtherm arat pln pts hwp hwp_notify hwp_act_window hwp_epp

## Known issues

### Trusted Platform Module

You may have the following entries in your systemd journal.

    Feb 17 09:58:29 kernel: platform MSFT0101:00: failed to claim resource 1: [mem 0xfed40000-0xfed40fff]
    Feb 17 09:58:29 kernel: acpi MSFT0101:00: platform device creation failed: -16

These are related to the Trusted Platform Module (TPM), which can be safely disabled in the UEFI settings if you do not use TPM.

### Not a Dell system error

You may get the following error in your journal:

    dell_smbios: Unable to run on non-Dell system

To remove this error, blacklist the `dell_laptop` kernel module.

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