Linux on Acer 1410, 1810TZ and 1810T

hey there,
i used the script on my 1810tz, ubuntu 10.4

what went wrong?

e: k, forgot the --install :F

 

I have the same problem. Yesterday I disabled the touchpad via function keys, and now pressing Fn+F7 to enable it has no effect. What can I do?



EDIT: After some tries I just put the battery back on and the touchpad started working again... o_o

 

What about DXVA in Ubuntu and Video drivers for 4500MHD? HD Video is very slowly and much CPU time need.

 

the touchpad issue has bothered me too.. I did it liked better in ubuntu 9.10, where the xbindkeys trick worked perfectly, always.

I don't know exactly when or why it happens.. but after messing with gconf and enabling / disabling and so on the touchpad is back, a bit strange..

About DXVA.. in linux right now it only supports Mpeg2 streams, no h.264 or vc1 yet. Also, it's quite a nightmare to install and setup.

 

I can't install two-finger touchscroll or multitouch on Ubuntu 10.04

 

Hi, all!
how I can see Vcore voltage by lm-sensors?
Ubuntu 10.4+acer1810

 

Hello, I find a solution for the internal mic problem:
You have to install pavucontrol
$sudo apt-get install pavucontrol
Then go to sound&video menu - PulseAudio volume control - Input device tab: down the left volume to 0%
For skype you have to uncheck the "Allow skype to automatically adjust my mixer levels"
It works for my 1410 and a Asus 1201n

PD1: Sorry for my english, I'm from Perú and now I live in Argentina
PD2: In the Asus 1201n I have to install the linux-backports-modules-alsa package too

 

You are awesome! This works great on my 1810tz, Fedora 13, no backports modules.

 

Thanks but I'm not "awesome", I simply find a web page with the solution for the Asus and apply it in my 1410 with Ubuntu 10.04.

 

I'm trying out Peppermint ICE as an experiment. It's based on 32-bit Ubuntu 10.04 but uses a LXDE desktop. It's boots a lot faster than my 32-bit Ubuntu install and LXDE is noticeably quicker. (I've also have Peppermint One installed. I think I might like it a little better, but haven't done much with it yet.) I've mounted my Home and Opt partitions and it seems to work really well. I even did a little Flex development in Eclipse.

So here's my question. Will the power saving script work with Peppermint?

 

Hello, I got this, instlling the power saving script on ubuntu 10.04:

What's wrong?

 

Ok, first I've installed 0.4.0.2 and after last acerhdf from the website, it's 0.5.4.
I could get the script to work but I unistalled it since the temp got too high, so I prefer to have loud fan than hot pc. But now in most of new installations I get this error:

And if I go in terminal I see this:

Where am I wrong?

 

Upgraded to Ubuntu 10.10
Seems to have broken WIFI-N
Output of iwconfig:
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID ff/any
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.452 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=14 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr ff Fragment thr ff
Power Management n

Can someone post 10.04 output of iwconfig?

Update
802.11n seems to be disabled in 10.10:


Networking & WiFi

802.11n support for the iwlagn driver has been temporarily disabled. Intel is actively working to get this properly fixed up in the firmware. This workaround should be reverted once updated firmware is available. (630748)

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MaverickMeerkat/ReleaseNotes

 

Solution to enable 802.11n :

Edit /etc/modprobe.d/intel-5300-iwlagn-disable11n.conf

options iwlagn 11n_disable=1

to

options iwlagn 11n_disable=0

And restart

 

That’s what happens to me after a BIOS upgrade to v.3314. This machine is an 1810TZ running Ubuntu 10.04 and kernel 2.6.35.5. Tried to patch the acerhdf.c, then the final step ("sudo modprobe acerhdf") brought the above result.

Any ideas?

 

HI i have the same problem :
Acer 1810tz Bios 3314 Ubuntu 10.10


FATAL: Error inserting acerhdf (/lib/modules/2.6.35-22-generic/updates/acerhdf.ko): No such device

 

you can try this script, it should work.

 

No luck.

 

you should have the acerhdf.c file somewhere in /usr/src/acerhdf_kmod

can you please paste it here??

 

The only thing I have in /usr is an empty acerhdf.h file…

 

can you please do cat /usr/src/acerhdf_kmod/acerhdf.c in a terminal and paste the output?

 

As I said, I don’t have an acerhdf.c file in /usr, hence the output of this is “No such file or directory”.

 

you were and, in fact, are speaking from a acerhdf.c file in /usr, I'm talking about /usr/src/acerhdf_kmod.

Can you please do the following:

./InstallAcer_11.6_PowerSaving.sh --install acerhdf

if it doesn't work, try ./InstallAcer_11.6_PowerSaving.sh --install

Let's see if that helps.

 

I know that, and I meant there was no such file in the complete tree under /usr. Still isn’t.

Then it says: “FATAL: Error inserting acerhdf (/lib/modules/2.6.35-02063505-generic/updates/acerhdf.ko): No such device”

 

can you paste the full output when you do ./InstallAcer_11.6_PowerSaving.sh --install??

Thanks

 

Don’t worry about the locale stuff, that got messed up a while ago but has never caused any problems.

 

strange.. I don't what to do. I guess you'll have to look into the script and try to do the acerhdf part manually, sorry.

 

FYI, bios 3314 released 9/24/10.

"Fixes NumLock, CapsLock and threeG LED power leakage after EC enter deep idle."

 

Out of curiosity, I just did a 'dmesg|grep acerhdf'. It says: “Acer Aspire One Fan driver, v.0.5.24; unknown (unsupported) BIOS version Acer/Aspire 1810TZ/v1.3114, please report, aborting!”

Does this tell us anything new and interesting?

 

Installed kernel 2.6.36, now the install script works without a hitch, but dmesg shows the same error and fans are still uncontrolled.

 

do you have the packages linux-headers-generic and build-essential both installed?? Without those packages the module can't be built, could you check?

As for the dmesg thing.. no, it doesn't tell anything, just what we already knew: the module isn't being built, so the included in ubuntu one is being modprobed and that one lacks our bios. You grabbed the 2nd script I pasted, right? (couple of pages ago)

That script has worked for me, same bios here. It gets the information of your bios and patches de module accordingly

 

Seems to have worked now. Maybe I really didn’t get the right script.

Thanks a bunch, Patrick!

 

glad it worked!

 

Has anyone else played around with Lubuntu or Peppermint? I've been messing around with them for several weeks now and I'm very impressed with both distros.

Peppermint boot times are really, really, fast at 17 seconds and shutdown times are incredible at 3 seconds. Yes, I said 3 second shutdown times! Average power usage is around 9-10 watts.

Lubuntu on the other hand talks a solid 25-27 seconds to boot and 14-17 seconds to shutdown. While those times are disappointing compared to Peppermints, Lubuntu kills Peppermint with it's efficiency. Lubuntu uses LESS than 8 watts of power with wifi ON and several tabs open. As a matter of fact it's using between 7.4 watts and 7.8 watts as I type this!

Since Peppermint is based on Lubuntu it should be possible to get the best of both worlds with either one.

 

Still messing around with Lubuntu. I've seen the battery life on my AS1410 (with the 6hr/4400mAh battery) go from ~4.5 hrs to ~6.5 hours. This puts it in Windoz territory!

LXDE is light and fast but not as polished as GNOME - doing simple things like adding custom menu items is a pain - but if you want a simple, fast, effective desktop it gets the job done. One simple panel with an easy to tweak window list - icons only, flat buttons, combine similar apps, etc. - keeps everything in one place where it's easy to use and leaves the rest of the display for you applications. Perfect for out 11.6" screens. (I put my panel on top and set it up to mimic the panel I used on my stripped down UNR install. This keeps all of my system and application menus at the upper left corner of my screen. I don't understand Ubuntu's need for two panels.)

I think Peppermint might be slightly more polished, but Lubuntu has me hooked for the time being. It's not perfect - I had problems with USB installation until I figured out a workaround - but it's very promising with it's light weight and great battery life.

 

Have you managed to get internal mic in Lubuntu? I can't seem to force it to work with Skype, all I can hear is static in Skype test calls.

 

I don't use Skype but I was able to get google video to work. Have you tried playing with alsamixer? Alsamixer - ALSA wiki

I think I had to turn the mic up before it would work.

Have you noticed odd behavior with chromium and how it handles downloads in Lubuntu? If you click the download file from the browser, it downloads the file again. I have to go to the downloads folder and open the file from that location to open it. I didn't have these problems with Peppermint. I think it's a little more "finished" than Lubuntu, but I love the battery life Lubuntu gives me.

 

Found out how to fix Lubuntu so that Chrome handles downloads properly. Look here: [lubuntu] Chromium "show in folder" and downloads in Lubuntu - Ubuntu Forums

 

Hi folks!

I'm having a very weird issue with my 1810tz and Ubuntu 10.10: suspend isn't working properly. It has always worked fine, but I think one of the latest updates broke.

I've already tried reverting to an older kernel (I'm running 2.6.35-23-generic, tried 22-generic) and it didn't fix the issue.

What happens is, everytime I click suspend, it takes very long to suspend. I haven't timed it, but I think it takes minutes to do.. Also, after resume, the wireless doesn't come on automatically, it delays quite a bit to come up again.

Anybody is seeing the same issue? I has always worked fine, wether 9.10, 10.04 or 10.10 until now.

Ideas are welcome!

 

I'm having weird problems with 2.6.36 and greater and have read reports like yours.

Here is my bug concerning suspend/resume, but different than yours:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=645968

Also, on 2.6.36 and greater even before a suspend/resume the mouse trackpad does not seem to work correctly. It moves but not well.

 

I read that all you need to do is lower the left mic channel a bit with alsamixer. It's working fine with gogle chat in Lubuntu for me.

 

ouch.. so kernel 2.6.36 doens't seem to be good for our little machines!

Anyway, I fixed my problem. A week ago or so I modified my Power Saving script to include a line to set the CPU scaling governor to On Demand. I had completely forgot about that change and hadn't used suspend since.. That line was causing the pain. I've fixed that using echo ondemand > /sys/.... blablabla and now it works.

 

I couldn't install the powersaving script on my 1810tz under Ubuntu 10.10. Errors:
./InstallAcer_11.6_PowerSaving.sh: riga 356: [: =: atteso operatore unario
./InstallAcer_11.6_PowerSaving.sh: riga 376: [: =: atteso operatore unario
./InstallAcer_11.6_PowerSaving.sh: riga 391: [: =: atteso operatore unario
./InstallAcer_11.6_PowerSaving.sh: riga 399: [: troppi argomenti
What can I do???

PS Happy Holidays to everyone

 

Here is one of the problems currently filed against the kernel:

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22772

 

Hi, can you try the attached version? If it doesn't work, can you post the full output (with the command you entered)?

Thanks

 

I'm feeling really stupid, like I'm missing something that is staring me in the face:

Code:

Jan  9 16:20:16 garage kernel: [ 4934.023416] acerhdf: Acer Aspire One Fan driver, v.0.5.24
Jan  9 16:20:16 garage kernel: [ 4934.023446] acerhdf: unknown (unsupported) BIOS version Acer/Aspire 1810TZ/v1.3314, please report, aborting!

But acerhdf.c has the correct bios line:

Code:

        {"Acer", "Aspire 1810TZ", "v1.3314", 0x55, 0x58, {0x9e, 0x00} },

Any chance this is a problem with kernel 2.6.37? I just upgraded, this worked fine 1 hour ago!

 

are you using ubuntu???

 

Fedora 15 pre alpha.

 

I installed the acerhdf manually and it works fine. Thanks a lot

 

Any word on how well this works on an 1830T?