Acer 3400LMI manual F8-x8664 on the Acer Ferrari 3400LMi, Table of Contents

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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

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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

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8.1.2 Scan-codes

11

8.1.3 Linux key-codes

12

8.1.4 X key-codes revisited

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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

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10.1.1 The radeon driver

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10.1.2 Simple X configuration

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10.2 Dual-Head

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10.2.1 Virtual screen size

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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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Contents F8-x8664 on the Acer Ferrari 3400LMi Table of ContentsF8­x8664 on the Acer Ferrari 3400LMi Version IntroductionQuick reference guide Hardware Status Details Graphical installer InstallationPotential pitfalls Disk sizeHard drive Ieee 1394 FirewireUpgrading the drive # time cp ­rp /media/ieee1394disk/430MBfolder ~ Potential problemsComments Configuring FirewirePC-card In-1 Card readerSpecial keys & buttons Key-codes Configuration procedureScan-codes Button Key-code Default X key symbolsLinux key-codes WWW Key-codes revisited= XF86WWW CPU & Acpi support Configure actionsSuspend GraphicsCPU frequency scaling BasicsDual-Head Simple configurationRadeon driver # xrandr ­q Screen 0 minimum Virtual screen sizeFn-F5 button Xrandr tool10.3 3D acceleration Optimization Simple benchmarkOther observations Load detection TV-outNtsc or PAL InitializationTouch-pad Wireless NICWlan tools Installing WlanWlan firmware Manual way Get started with WlanEssid # iwconfig wlan0 essid Perspektiv Verify installation BluetoothGUI way UP Running Pscan Using a phone modemPrepare the laptop Prepare the phoneObex File Transfer 0x1106 Protocol Descriptor List Short explanation of the command above Static configurationDynamic routine AT+CGDATA=PPP,1 GprsInstallation KBluetoothSending files Mouse & keyboardScan for devices Mouse & keyboardLock screen Infrared Configuring IrDATransfer files DMA IRQModem Testing IrDAInstalling daemon SLMODEMDDEVICE= SLMODEMDCOUNTRY=SWEDENConnecting Potential issueDisconnecting System hang ReferencesF8­x8664 on the Acer Ferrari 3400LMi Appendix a /etc/X11/xorg.conf XAA INTERNAL=LVDS Appendix B dual­head.shNtsc ACTION=$1­$DEFAULTACTION CURNDX=$CURNDX­$INTNDX CURRENT=$ALLOUT$CURNDX Lvds NEXT=$CURRENT LVDS+VGA­0Internal internal Tvout Usage Esac Appendix C dun­bind.sh F8­x8664 on the Acer Ferrari 3400LMi RETVAL=0 $CONFIGSLMODEMDOPTS=$SLMODEMDOPTS $SLMODEMDDEVICE RETVAL=$? F8­x8664 on the Acer Ferrari 3400LMi