Acer 3400LMI - User Manual

Acer 3400LMI

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Table of Contents:

  • Page 3 – Introduction; Quick reference guide; tweaks. A summary may be found in the table below
  • Page 5 – Installation; Potential pitfalls; pass the kernel option
  • Page 6 – Hard drive; Upgrading the drive; According to the
  • Page 7 – Potential problems; stalls and chokes up the system log with messages like:
  • Page 8 – Configuring Firewire
  • Page 9 – Special keys & buttons; WWW
  • Page 10 – Config; Button; Configuration procedure; Start by finding out what key­codes X already knows of. Here
  • Page 11 – Mail
  • Page 12 – Linux scan­code – key­code mapping.
  • Page 13 – Ok, now we have X key­codes for all special keys & buttons and need to
  • Page 14 – without a restart of X do:; CPU & ACPI support
  • Page 15 – CPU frequency scaling; real reason to change it.
  • Page 16 – one
  • Page 17 – This is the most (only) important setting needed in
  • Page 18 – xrandr ­q; xrandr; xrandr
  • Page 21 – Appendix
  • Page 22 – 2 Wireless NIC
  • Page 23 – Installing WLAN; wireless­tools
  • Page 24 – Get started with WLAN; functionality and get things working.
  • Page 25 – will be to request IP setting from an DHCP server (
  • Page 26 – in most distributions nowadays and is started by:; Verify installation; Make sure that you have the bluez­utils package installed:
  • Page 27 – bluetooth device is up and running:; Using a phone modem
  • Page 30 – A short explanation of the command above:; . Configure ppp to make use of it
  • Page 31 – file cannot handle; Turn on bluetooth on your phone
  • Page 32 – look similar to the one in the snapshot below.
  • Page 34 – Always Accept, otherwise just press Accept. Could it be easier?
  • Page 36 – Configuring IrDA
  • Page 38 – openobex
  • Page 39 – Even if we are running on a 64­bit platform.; Note; Installing daemon; Here are the basic steps to get the modem daemon up and running:
  • Page 41 – Potential issue; slmodemd
  • Page 42 – always; 6 References
  • Page 44 – Appendix A –
  • Page 46 – Appendix B –
  • Page 52 – Appendix C –
  • Page 54 – Appendix D –
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F8­x86_64 on the Acer Ferrari 3400LMi

F8-x86_64 on the Acer Ferrari 3400LMi

by

Sven­Göran Bergh

Table of Contents

1 Introduction....................................................................................................3

1.1 Version.....................................................................................................3
1.2 Quick reference guide..............................................................................3

2 Installation......................................................................................................5

2.1 Potential pitfalls.......................................................................................5

2.1.1 Graphical installer.............................................................................5
2.1.2 Disk size.............................................................................................5

3 Hard drive.......................................................................................................6

3.1 Upgrading the drive.................................................................................6

4 IEEE 1394 Firewire........................................................................................6

4.1 Potential problems...................................................................................7
4.2 Configuring Firewire................................................................................8
4.3 Comments................................................................................................8

5 USB.................................................................................................................9
6 5-in-1 Card reader...........................................................................................9
7 PC-card...........................................................................................................9
8 Special keys & buttons...................................................................................9

8.1 Configuration procedure........................................................................10

8.1.1 X key-codes......................................................................................10
8.1.2 Scan-codes.......................................................................................11
8.1.3 Linux key-codes...............................................................................12
8.1.4 X key-codes revisited.......................................................................13
8.1.5 Configure actions............................................................................14

9 CPU & ACPI support.....................................................................................14

9.1 Suspend..................................................................................................15
9.2 CPU frequency scaling...........................................................................15

10 Graphics......................................................................................................15

10.1 Basics...................................................................................................15

10.1.1 The radeon driver..........................................................................16
10.1.2 Simple X configuration..................................................................16

10.2 Dual-Head............................................................................................16

10.2.1 Virtual screen size.........................................................................17
10.2.2 The xrandr tool..............................................................................18
10.2.3 Fn-F5 button..................................................................................18

10.3 3D acceleration....................................................................................19

10.3.1 Simple benchmark.........................................................................20
10.3.2 Optimization..................................................................................20

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Page 5 - Installation; Potential pitfalls; pass the kernel option

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Page 6 - Hard drive; Upgrading the drive; According to the

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