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Notes from Ubuntu 11.04 install on Acer Aspire 522 - BZ499

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Maciej Kalisiak
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Maciej Kalisiak
  • C-50 Ontario processor is 64-bit, so we’ll use the 64 bit image: ubuntu-11.04-desktop-amd64.iso
  • installed image onto USB stick using: ‘sudo usb-creator-gtk’ command
  • make sure BIOS is configured to read from USB stick before HDD
  • note: ubuntu kept hanging on me (mouse cursor/throbber frozen)… from posts on Net I suspect it is due to wireless driver
  • suspend and hibernate work right out of the box with this (tested both)
  • clicking on Additional Drivers in top bar, it seems we are already using Broadcom STA wireless driver (hence could conflict with other one)
  • now able to use wifi (w/o wired plugged in) using following:
  • add in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf this line: “blacklist atl1c”
  • “sudo update-initramfs -u”
  • suspend still works
  • outstanding issues:
  • (non-proprietary) video driver has poor YouTube playback, etc.
  • after resume (from Suspend?) the Ubuntu top and left bars stop updating visually (Ubuntu One compiz component; switch to “Ubuntu Classic” in GDM and all is well)
  • attempting ATI/AMD proprietary FGLRX gfx driver install…
  • resume from suspend no longer working… can’t even ping the machine (but did not check earlier that I actually could)
  • went back to non-proprietary video drivers