These issues are all eeerily similar to what is experienced when you try to install anything non-standard on the Asus eeePC. Madwifi, sound & microphone issues, no web cam, suspend issues, dual monitor issues etc etc. I'm guessing there are similarities with the hardware.
Have a google around the forum http://forum.eeeuser.com/ It might help. And I found wicd better for wireless network control than the standard stuff that comes with Ubuntu. - D On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 11:16 AM, Eliot Blennerhassett < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Greetings, > > I just got myself one of these things when they were on sale for $498 - > $99 cashback. > > I found a couple of things not mentioned here > http://www.hbclinux.net.nz/acer4315-804.html > after I did a "Minimal Install" of ubuntu 8.04, then upgraded to > ubuntu-desktop > > 1) I had to add this to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base to get the internal > speakers to work: > > options snd-hda-intel model=acer > > 2) To get the external screen to work independently (not cloned) add > this to /etc/X11/xorg.conf Section "Screen": > > SubSection "Display" > Virtual 1280 1600 > EndSubSection > > (Without this, the driver doesn't allocate enough memory to create the > virtual screen containing both internal and external monitors. > http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Xorg_RandR_1.2#the_Virtual_screen > ) > > Now just need to figure out how to get the toolbars off the TV and back > onto the laptop screen.. (ok, just drag them across) > > 3) Built the wireless driver according to the instructions for building > the madwifi drivers from source. However, loading the module gives an > error that the hardware version is not supported. > Currently this is academic for me as I don't have a wireless AP... > > regards > > Eliot > >
