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[Sean Russell <seanerussell@xxxxxxxxx>]

You know, I think that, perhaps surprisingly, the 3810T and 4810T have
significantly different hardware, and the 4810T seems to have fewer problems
under Ubuntu.  Most of you have the 3810T (the 13" model), while mine is a
4810T (the 14" model).

--- SER

On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 1:30 PM, Ol Fius <olfius@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>  Hi Rod,
>
> I've just installed Skype and have troubles with the mic. I've just looked
> into the volume control for all the settings, but I think I overseen
> someone.
> What exactly have you done to made it work with Skype (which are the
> sound-in setting in Skype) ?
> I'm running also the 64bit Jaunty.
>
> Thanks !
>
> Regards,
>
> ------------------------------
> From: rod.murphy@xxxxxxxxx
> Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:20:46 +0100
> To: acertimeline@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Acertimeline] further problems 3810t ubuntu 64
>
>
> Hi All,
>
> Greetings from Ireland.
>
> Firstly, big thanks for those responsible for setting up this list.
>
> I've recently bought a Timeline 3810T Core 2 solo SU3500 1.4Ghz with 3GB
> RAM. I'm running 64bit Jaunty (dual boot with Vista).
>
> Here's my findings so far:
>
> --- Tested and working out of the box: ---
>
> Graphics - no problems except for occasional screen flicker when screen
> brightness is low and some flickering in Compiz.
>
> Camera - no problems
>
> Soundcard - internal mic and speakers working. Did require volume control
> setup and config for skype
>
> External bluetooth (my model doesn't have internal Bluetooth) - no problems
> - Boris, I was seeing what you seemed to be seeing - and assumed it wasn't
> working. However, it doesn't work in Vista either - presing Fn+F3 shows up
> the BT icon with an X. Acer support told me some models don't have BT
> (despite being advertised as such). Does BT work for you in Vista, Boris?
>
> --- Working after applying tweaks / fixes ---
>
> HD - Install did work perfectly when I left BIOS SATA mode as AHCI.
> However, like Domenico, the drive stared acting up shortly afterwards and I
> reinstalled Jaunty with IDE turned on instead. Note: I haven't included any
> kernel options.
>
> I upgraded to 2.9.30 this morning, but haven't tested AHCI mode yet. Has
> anyone had any luck with this?
>
> The only other differences I noticed was more granualarity with the
> brightness settings.
>
> Hibernate - Only seemed to work when I set up a 4GB SWAP space.  (I remeber
> reading somewhere that linux needs at least as much swap as the machine has
> RAM to preform hibernate correctly - does anyone know if this is true?).
>
> Note, it doesn't always hibernate correctly (I've never had a linux system
> that did 100%). It gets almost all the way when shutting down and hangs.
> Pressing Ctrl-Alt-Del show a message "stopping all md devices" then restarts
> the machine (can't remember if it wakes from hibernation at this stage -
> will test).
>
> --- Not working ---
>
> Battery - ubuntu states about 4hrs life. Tho, I've have gotten nearly 5hrs
> from a full charge this morning running medium brightness and not doing
> anything too intensive.
>
> Suspend - having the same problems everyone else is describing. Would like
> to have this working.
>
> Ethernet - atheros drivers did not 'make' for me. Errors here
> http://pastebin.com/f3535dc6d
>
> Card reader - Memory Stick.
>
> -- Not tested ---
>
> External monitor (VGA or HDMI)
>
> Card reader - SD
>
> Hope we can get most things working. It's a nice little laptop and I
> couldn't face using windows on it.
>
> Let me know if anyone wants further info of any config / log files.
>
> Regards,
>
> Rod.
>
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