> > From: "Daniel Escasa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [plug] Sound problem on Acer Aspire 5570 > To: "Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Technical Discussion List" > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Sabi ni tokayo noong Aug 2, 2007 2:10 AM: > > medyo off topic lang. sorry guys. Kamusta yung aspire 5570? any other > > incompatibilities? I'm entertaining the possibility of buying that model > eh. > > I suspect a FOSS OS install on it won't be as smooth as with a truly > supported notebook but you *can* get most of it to work. The main > issues might be with the peripherals -- sound (as you might've seen > :), network interface circuitry, x-in-one card reader, video. I've > tried at least two OSes on this 5570Z: the DesktopBSD 1.6RC3 I'm using > now, and BeleniX 0.6.1. BeleniX recognized both my WiFi and my wired > LAN but couldn't get a DHCP lease through the former. It didn't > recognize my sound either, and I was stuck at 1024x768. > > DtBSD, OTOH, doesn't see my wired LAN port, and started me up in > 1024x768 video. Installing 915resolution took care of the latter, and > wired LAN isn't important to me because WiFi works. Sound is OK > though. I haven't gotten 5-in-1 to work in either OS, but I haven't > really worked at it since I don't need it at the moment. > > In terms of the hardware: it's one heavy bugger. Also, it heats up > *lots* -- I once left my cell phone beside its left side, and when I > picked it up, it was noticeably hot, as if it were charging (Nokias > do that, don't they?). It's not a bad laptop, and in fact it's pretty > good for the price -- PhP49,999 or something like that. Would I buy it > if I had the budget for it? Maybe. Let's say I'd shop around. > > -- > Daniel O. Escasa > independent IT consultant and writer > contributor, Free Software Magazine (http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com) > personal blog at http://descasa.i.ph > If we choose being kind over being right, we will be right every time. >
my ubuntu @ aspire 5570 can detect wireless connection, the only problem i encounter was the sound.
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