Acer Timeline 3810T

[quail-linux]

Hi,

I also just got this laptop last week... just because I can't wait to 9.10, I installed 9.04 and do this following instructions :

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AspireTimeline/Fixes

to solve wired LAN issue and it works like a charm.
but, when I boot 2.6.30 kernel to solve reboot and shut down issue, the wired LAN isn't detected.

and when I tried to re-install the LAN driver, I got this error :

robson@robson-laptop:~/Desktop/src$ make
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.30-020630-generic/build SUBDIRS=/home/robson/Desktop/src modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.30-020630-generic'
CC [M] /home/robson/Desktop/src/atl1c_main.o
/home/robson/Desktop/src/atl1c_main.c: In function ‘atl1c_intr’:
/home/robson/Desktop/src/atl1c_main.c:1635: error: expected expression before ‘;’ token
/home/robson/Desktop/src/atl1c_main.c:1649: error: expected expression before ‘;’ token
/home/robson/Desktop/src/atl1c_main.c:1673: error: expected expression before ‘;’ token
/home/robson/Desktop/src/atl1c_main.c:1703: warning: ‘return’ with a value, in function returning void
/home/robson/Desktop/src/atl1c_main.c: In function ‘atl1c_request_irq’:
/home/robson/Desktop/src/atl1c_main.c:2345: warning: passing argument 2 of ‘request_irq’ from incompatible pointer type
make[2]: *** [/home/robson/Desktop/src/atl1c_main.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/home/robson/Desktop/src] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.30-020630-generic'
make: *** [default] Error 2

and this...

robson@robson-laptop:~/Desktop/src$ sudo make install
[sudo] password for robson:
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.30-020630-generic/build SUBDIRS=/home/robson/Desktop/src modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.30-020630-generic'
CC [M] /home/robson/Desktop/src/atl1c_main.o
/home/robson/Desktop/src/atl1c_main.c: In function ‘atl1c_intr’:
/home/robson/Desktop/src/atl1c_main.c:1635: error: expected expression before ‘;’ token
/home/robson/Desktop/src/atl1c_main.c:1649: error: expected expression before ‘;’ token
/home/robson/Desktop/src/atl1c_main.c:1673: error: expected expression before ‘;’ token
/home/robson/Desktop/src/atl1c_main.c:1703: warning: ‘return’ with a value, in function returning void
/home/robson/Desktop/src/atl1c_main.c: In function ‘atl1c_request_irq’:
/home/robson/Desktop/src/atl1c_main.c:2345: warning: passing argument 2 of ‘request_irq’ from incompatible pointer type
make[2]: *** [/home/robson/Desktop/src/atl1c_main.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/home/robson/Desktop/src] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.30-020630-generic'
make: *** [default] Error 2

what's wrong? can't I re-install the driver?

Hi,

Have a read here to correctly compiling the atl1e driver[1], with the 2.6.30 kernel and above you have to alter one of the files called 'kcompat.h' in the src directory.

[1] http://quail.southernvaleslug.org/webblog/archives/105

[quail-linux]

Hi,
I am wondering if anyone has managed to call with SKYPE.
The audio works fine, but the laptop's microphone doesn't. (I have a 3810t)
I have been playing a bit with "pavumeter" and "pavucontrol" but no success.

Thanks again for the help.

Hi,

I have Skype working under Debian 5.0.3, but I don't have Pulse Audio installed. The thing I had to alter under 'Options => Sound Devices' is the 'Sound In' to 'HDA Intel (hw:Intel,0)'

[miegiel]

Anyone got any multitouch features to work, like two finger scrolling and right click? Or three finger middle click?

Yes, though the touchpad firmware doesn't suport two-finger-scrolling it does support pinching. If you run

synclient -m 10

in a terminal you can see the touchpad output. The f column is the number of fingers and the w column is the distance between your 2 fingers.

To use the width to simulate 2 fingers you need to install the latest Synaptics TouchPad driver from debian-sid (is already included in karmic) and add some lines to /etc/hal/fdi/policy/preferences.fdi

sudo nano /etc/hal/fdi/policy/preferences.fdi

Add the black lines, if you don't have a preferences.fdi file just make one including the red lines.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!-- -*- SGML -*- -->

<!--
  Some examples how to use hal fdi files for system preferences
  You can either uncomment the examples here or put them in a seperate .fdi
  file.
-->
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
<!--
  The following shows how to hint gnome-volume-manager and other programs
  that honor the storage.automount_enabled_hint to not mount non-removable
  media.
-->
<!--
  <device>
    <match key="storage.hotpluggable" bool="false">
      <match key="storage.removable" bool="false">
        <merge key="storage.automount_enabled_hint" type="bool">false</merge>
      </match>
    </match>
  </device>
-->
  <device>
    <match key="info.capabilities" contains="input.touchpad">
      <merge key="input.x11_options.SHMConfig" type="string">On</merge>
      <merge key="input.x11_options.EmulateTwoFingerMinZ" type="string">4</merge>
      <merge key="input.x11_options.EmulateTwoFingerMinW" type="string">7</merge>
      <merge key="input.x11_options.VertTwoFingerScroll" type="string">1</merge>
      <merge key="input.x11_options.VertEdgeScroll" type="string">0</merge>
    </match>
  </device>
</deviceinfo>

You might want to try different MinZ and MinW values from the ones I use. synclient -m 10 should help with finding the right values for you. (you need to reboot after changing preferences.fdi)

It will never work as well as real multitouch, you get scroll jumps when the 2nd finger touches the pad. but it's better than single touch

A thread on this topic with more (in depth) info : http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...59#post7253159

[miegiel]

Here are some pics of the timeline 3810T's guts

There's an extra SATA connection for a really small disk between the card-reader and the USB ports. And a free slot for a PCIe card that you can reach after removing the keyboard.

The last picture is of a card slot I found on the motherboard. You can reach it from the outside behind the battery, right next to the battery connector. I've got no idea what it's for. It's got to many contacts and they are to far apart for a sim card.

[quail-linux]

@miegiel nice pics, thanks for the them, as for the last pic the 2x4 connector slot I am at a lose to what it is. When I get a chance to pull my 4810T apart I will post pics of it.

[Nordfjord]

@miegiel: That's excellent!

Any idea how I'd be able to enable tap-to-click? It's enabled in the options (the mouse config Gui), but not working in practice.

[cyberfish]

@miegiel: That's excellent!

Any idea how I'd be able to enable tap-to-click? It's enabled in the options (the mouse config Gui), but not working in practice.

For 9.04, you need to issue a synclient command (forgot exactly what, google it up).

For 9.10, the gnome option works as it should.

[miegiel]

@miegiel: That's excellent!

Any idea how I'd be able to enable tap-to-click? It's enabled in the options (the mouse config Gui), but not working in practice.

Try adding the blue lines, I discovered I didn't need them (in karmic). Inspred by what cyberfish posted, I guess you do need them in jaunty.

And to all who mis their easy select and paste 3rd mouse button. The green lines make a 3rd mouse button of all the corners of your touchpad. But you don't need to use all 4 corners of course

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!-- -*- SGML -*- -->

<!-- 
  Some examples how to use hal fdi files for system preferences 
  You can either uncomment the examples here or put them in a seperate .fdi
  file.
-->
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
<!-- 
  The following shows how to hint gnome-volume-manager and other programs 
  that honor the storage.automount_enabled_hint to not mount non-removable
  media.
-->
<!--
  <device>
    <match key="storage.hotpluggable" bool="false">
      <match key="storage.removable" bool="false">
        <merge key="storage.automount_enabled_hint" type="bool">false</merge>
      </match>
    </match>
  </device>
-->
  <device>
    <match key="info.capabilities" contains="input.touchpad">
      <merge key="input.x11_options.SHMConfig" type="string">On</merge>
      <merge key="input.x11_options.TapButton1" type="string">1</merge>
      <merge key="input.x11_options.TapButton2" type="string">2</merge>
      <merge key="input.x11_options.EmulateTwoFingerMinZ" type="string">4</merge>
      <merge key="input.x11_options.EmulateTwoFingerMinW" type="string">7</merge>
      <merge key="input.x11_options.VertTwoFingerScroll" type="string">1</merge>
      <merge key="input.x11_options.VertEdgeScroll" type="string">0</merge>
      <merge key="input.x11_options.LTCornerButton" type="string">2</merge>
      <merge key="input.x11_options.RTCornerButton" type="string">2</merge>
      <merge key="input.x11_options.LBCornerButton" type="string">2</merge>
      <merge key="input.x11_options.RBCornerButton" type="string">2</merge>
    </match>
  </device>
</deviceinfo>

[cyberfish]

Found another power saving tip here -
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=999646

for i in {0..5}; do echo host$i result:; sudo sh -c "echo 'min_power' > /sys/class/scsi_host/host$i/link_power_management_policy"; cat /sys/class/scsi_host/host$i/link_power_management_policy; done

For me, the result is

host0 result:
max_performance
host1 result:
min_power
host2 result:
min_power
host3 result:
min_power
host4 result:
max_performance
host5 result:
max_performance

Saves ~1-1.5W.

[Nixblicker]

Hi all,

it's me again. I don't know what i am doing wrong.
Also my third attempt to get a Ubuntu to work on my 3810T Core Duo failed with the typical ata2.0 errors i also got in the previous ones.
This time it was a Karmic 32bit daily build installed from USB via Unetbootin. The Live System worked flawlessly, so i tried installing it from there and ended up with an unbootable system again. First the system complains about various ata2.0 ncq issues and after more than 5 min just stops working while trying to load some services.
I really must have missed something important in the procedure - i don't understand, why i seem to be the only one who has this continuous problems with the hard drive and the ata controller.
I wonder first, why this ata2 issue seems to be resolved for all who used karmic builds in this thread except me and if those used the suggestions to use libata.force=ncq as grub start option made by one user earlier.
In my previous attempts with Jaunty this didnt't seem to have a effect at all, but at least i could try this from a running system before it got wacked by ext2fsck.

Please help me guys, i don't want to bother with this ill MS Vista sh.. any more.

May i ask you for the following confirmations:

• All of you with a running Ubuntu on a 3810T do not have ata2.0 error messages during bootup,
• ... and you didn't care about any Bios setting concerning Ahci/IDE before and after the installation,
• ...and you don't start your system with any extra grub boot options like noacpi or noncq,
• and you installed it via USB and not via a Mobile CDRom drive?

I have no idea to proceed from here, please point me in the right direction.
If you need further information, just let me know!

Thank you and have a good night,

Nix