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This HOWTO page has been put together to help fix some the problems that i have encountered with some of the hardware.

Touchpad does not work correctly under Edgy Eft(6.10)

Open a Terminal. Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal

Backup xorg.conf first

sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.orig

Edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

gksudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

and put this info in

Section "InputDevice"
 Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad"
 Driver "synaptics"
 Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
 Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
 Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
 Option "HorizScrollDelta" "0"
EndSection

and insert the following line into the "ServerLayout" section

InputDevice "Synaptics Touchpad"

Now save the file

and then in terminal run:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Example of [attachment:xorg.conf.txt xorg.conf] file

Display does not use correct resolution

Dapper Drake(6.01-1) refer to this page [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/i915Driver i915Driver]

Edgy Eft(6.10) from terminal run:

sudo apt-get install 915resolution

Then restart X

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Wireless does not work under Edgy Eft(6.10)

You are missing the drivers for it and you have to install the Linux Restricted Modules. From console type:

sudo apt-get install linux-restricted-modules-$(uname -r)

Now Reboot

5 in 1 card reader does not work under Edgy Eft(6.10)

refer to bug [https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.17/+bug/63386 #63386]

No sound under Dapper(6.01-1) with HDA-Intel Realtek ALC883

WARNING you will need experience with compiling, for this fix

1. download the alsa.patch from [https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/alsa-bug/view.php?id=2378 Here]

2. download and unpacked alsa-driver 1.0.12rc3 from [http://www.alsa-project.org/ alsa-project.org]

3. patch the the alsa driver source

patch -p1 < /path/to/acer.patch

and if get prompted for the file to patch, enter this

/path/to/alsa-driver-1.0.12rc3/alsa-kernel/pci/hda/patch_realtek.c

4. Compile the driver:

cd /path/to/alsa-driver-1.0.12rc3

./configure --with-cards=hda-intel

make

sudo make install

5. Add to /etc/modules:

snd-hda-intel model=ACER

6. Add to /etc/modprobe.d/snd-hda-intel.modprobe

options snd-hda-intel model=ACER

7. Add to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base

options snd-hda-intel model=ACER

8. Reboot

Notes: Thanks to [http://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=55654 lodp] for this HOWTO

Synaptics Touchpad does not disable while typing

Part 1

Open a Terminal. Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal

Backup xorg.conf first

sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.orig

Edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

gksudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Search for a section that looks like this:

Section "InputDevice"
   Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad"
   ...
End Section

Add a line above the End Section line and put this into it:

        Option          "SHMConfig"             "on"

Now to restart X

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Part 2

Open the sessions manager: System -> Preferences -> Sessions

Click the far right tab labeled Startup Programs

Click the Add button

Type in the following:

syndaemon -i 1 -d

Hit ok then hit close

Now restart X

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