Installing Ubuntu 7.10 on Acer 5315

General Hardware Specifications of [Acer 5315]:

Hardware Components	Status under Linux	Notes
Intel Celeron	Works	No special procedure required during installation.
15.4 TFT LCD Display	Works	No special procedure required during installation.
Mobile Intel® 960GML Express Chipset with integrated 3D graphics via the Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) X3100	Works	See special procedures below
1024MB, SDRAM, 2DIMMs	Works	No special procedure required during installation
80 GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive	Works	No special procedure required during installation
Integrated Network Card	Works	No special procedure required during installation (ethernet).  Wifi requires procedure below
Internal 56k Modem	Not tested	Unknown
DVD/CD RW Drive	Works	No special procedure required during installation
Lithium-Ion Battery	Works	No special procedure required during installation
Intel HD Audio Controller	Works	See special procedures below

This laptop is operating under Kernel version [2.6.24]

Basic Installation of Ubuntu:

• Why to use Ubuntu: It rocks, works great and supports compiz!
• Obtaining Ubuntu: ubuntu.com
• Installing - Do basic installation, just press enter
• Post-Install modifications/tweaks:
• First fix the wifi:
• Install fw-cutter via synaptic
• Get the latest bcm43xx firmware from http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/
• sudo bcm43xx-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware ~/Desktop/wl_apsta.o
• modprobe bcm43xx
• Setup Sound:
• Detailed instructions here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Gutsy_Intel_HD_Audio_Controller
• Download this file and install: http://c.chez.fred.free.fr/linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22-14-generic_2.6.22-14.37.1_i386.deb
• Add the following line in /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base: 
  options snd-hda-intel model=acer

• Put the folloing in the /boot/grub/menu.lst :

# default boot parameters, set pci=routeirq for sound to work (as per dmesg output)
kopt=pci=routeirq 

• Setup Compiz:
• Run sudo gedit /usr/bin/compiz
  Find and comment string T="$T 8086:2982 8086:2992 8086:29a2 8086:2a02 8086:2a12" # intel 965 by adding # in front of the line
  Goto 'System' > 'Preferences' > 'Appearance', Choose 'Visual Effects' and select 'Extra'
  
• NOTE: You may need to use synapic to unstall compiz.