Linux on acer aspire one 522

Acer Aspire One 522

Here are some notes on installing CentOS 6.3 x86_64 on an Acer Aspire One 522 netbook.

1. Specifications

Note: No CD/DVD drive.

/sbin/lspci -nn:

00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 14h Processor Root Complex [1022:1510] 00:01.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc Wrestler [Radeon HD 6250] [1002:9804] 00:01.1 Audio device [0403]: ATI Technologies Inc Wrestler HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 6250/6310] [1002:1314] 00:11.0 SATA controller [0106]: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 SATA Controller [AHCI mode] [1002:4391] 00:12.0 USB controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller [1002:4397] 00:12.2 USB controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller [1002:4396] 00:13.0 USB controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller [1002:4397] 00:13.2 USB controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller [1002:4396] 00:14.0 SMBus [0c05]: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller [1002:4385] (rev 42) 00:14.2 Audio device [0403]: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) [1002:4383] (rev 40) 00:14.3 ISA bridge [0601]: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 LPC host controller [1002:439d] (rev 40) 00:14.4 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge [1002:4384] (rev 40) 00:15.0 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800/SB900 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 0) [1002:43a0] 00:15.2 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc SB900 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 2) [1002:43a2] 00:15.3 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc SB900 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 3) [1002:43a3] 00:18.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 0 [1022:1700] (rev 43) 00:18.1 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 1 [1022:1701] 00:18.2 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 2 [1022:1702] 00:18.3 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 3 [1022:1703] 00:18.4 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 4 [1022:1704] 00:18.5 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 6 [1022:1718] 00:18.6 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 5 [1022:1716] 00:18.7 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 7 [1022:1719] 06:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR8152 v2.0 Fast Ethernet [1969:2062] (rev c1) 07:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4727] (rev 01)

/usr/sbin/lsusb:

Bus 001 Device 004: ID 13fe:3123 Kingston Technology Company Inc. Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 002 Device 004: ID 0402:9665 ALi Corp. Gateway Webcam Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0cf2:6250 ENE Technology, Inc. SD card reader (UB6250)

2. Memory Upgrade

I upgraded the memory from 1 GB to 2 GB using the instructions found on the net, in particular at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNRvBjaTw5Y . I found it necessary to use, carefully, a very thin knife to pry open the keyboard (as shown at 0:40 and thereafter) and to insert thin cardboard between the keyboard and each catch as I worked.

The four screws to be removed, as shown at 1:58, are labelled «#1». You then push with a screwdriver into a hole labelled «#2». There’s no need to unscrew the back panel.

3. OS

CentOS 6.3 x86_64 DVD with a «Desktop» configuration works. CentOS 6.2 also worked; CentOS 6.0 and 6.1 didn’t.

4. Installation

Since the netbook doesn’t have a CD or DVD drive, CentOS must be installed from a USB drive.

5. Networking

Ethernet: Install kmod-atl1e from ELRepo, then create the file /etc/sysconfig/network, if it doesn’t already exist. Here’s a simple example:

NETWORKING=yes HOSTNAME=localhost.localdomain

For PPPoE, as required by many ADSL connections, edit /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf by adding «,keyfile» at the end of the line starting with plugins:

[main] plugins=ifcfg-rh,keyfile

Note there’s no space after the comma.

Then restart the network and Network Manager daemons:

service network restart service NetworkManager restart

Wireless: Apparently, some models come with Atheros wireless and some come with Broadcom wireless. These notes apply to the Broadcom model.

Build kmod-wl from ELRepo according to its instructions.

It shouldn’t be necessary to create the file /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 but, if so, here’s an example:

DEVICE=eth0 BOOTPROTO=dhcp ONBOOT=yes HWADDR=00:1a:a0:d7:6d:9a IPADDR=10.16.1.101 NETMASK=255.255.255.0 GATEWAY=10.16.1.1 DNS1=10.16.1.112 DNS2=76.242.0.28

Thanks to Russ herrold for suggesting the scripts.

For IPv6 to work with PPP, modify the file /etc/ppp/options as described in CentOS bug 5772.

6. USB Mouse

7. Touchpad

The touchpad works out of the box, as do the buttons. Double tapping must be enabled at System > Preferences > Mouse > Touchpad.

8. Graphics

Use the default driver (radeon) or install kmod-fglrx and fglrx-x11-drv from ELRepo, but see the note below about Suspend and hibernate.

AMD’s own Catalyst driver worked with CentOS 6.2, but doesn’t with CentOS 6.3.

9. Sound and microphone

The loudspeaker (one speaker only) works out of the box, including disabling the speaker when headphones are connected.

Microphone: Add load-module module-alsa-source device=hw:1,0,0 to /etc/pulse/default.pa before the line .ifexists module-udev-detect.so. Use alsamixer to adjust the levels for the HDA ATI SB device; for Internal Mic, if the word Capture doesn’t appear, press the space bar. Tell your applications that the input device is HDA ATI SB: CONEXANT Analog (hw:1,0): Internal Mic:0.

The default beep is quite loud; you can also adjust it with alsamixer.

10. Video camera

11. Suspend and hibernate

With the default radeon graphics driver, hibernate works properly; however, after resuming from suspend, one of the cores is disabled.

Suspend and hibernate don’t work with the kmod-fglrx driver from ELRepo.

12. Function keys

After installing kmod-wl for wireless networking, all function keys work out of the box.

13. Card reader

I haven’t found a way to make it work; I’d appreciate suggestions.

14. Links

• Installing various versions of Fedora. Very useful for CentOS users.
• Installing Debian.
• Installing Ubuntu.
• Installing various distributions.
• No distribution specified.
• No distribution specified. I disagree with the procedure it suggests to upgrade the memory.

Created by YvesBellefeuille. Thanks to AlanBartlett for his review and suggestions.

HowTos/Laptops/Acer/Aspire-One-522 (последним исправлял пользователь анонимно 2019-12-09 09:11:43)

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How to install Linux Mint on Acer Aspire One from USB

Here is How to install Linux Mint on Acer Aspire One with both the methods Straight installation and Dual Booting with other operating systems.

About Acer Aspire One

• Acer Aspire 1 comes with a 14″ Full HD 1920 x 1080 Widescreen Display.
• It is powered by Intel Celeron N3450 Quad-Core Processor with 4GB of RAM and 32GB Internal Storage.
• It offers 9 Hours Battery Life with a powerful 4810 mAh Battery.
• Finally, Windows 10 is pre-installed.

What is Linux Mint?

• Linux Mint is a Linux community-driven operating system which is based on Ubuntu.
• It is very easy to use with a modern and elegant design with full out-of-the-box support of multimedia
• The development of Linux Mint started in 2006 with the release of Linux Mint 1.0 based on Kubuntu.
• Linux Mint 2.0 is based on Ubuntu following its own codebase.

Advantages of Installing Linux Mint in your Acer Aspire One

• Low memory usage
• Many Useful features such as automatically fixing issues which is better than Ubuntu
• Ease in installing themes
• Faster, Lighter and sleeker experience with software
• Plenty of applications available by default such as media Codecs and Flash

Requirements

• Backup your Data
• A Formatted USB drive of 6/8GB
• Download Linux Mint image file from the official website – https://www.linuxmint.com/download.php. There are three versions of Linux Mint: Cinnamon, MATE, and Xfce. Recommended: Cinnamon

Create a Bootable USB

1. After installing Rufus simply select the ISO file from the file manager and accept all settings when the popup window appears.
2. Select MBR partition scheme for BIOS or UEFI and If your laptop has UEFI bios then select the other two options.
3. For the Filesystem select NTFS option and select if your PC has UEFI bios then select FAT32.
4. The default Cluster size option should be selected.
5. Make sure all three options including Quick Format, Create a Bootable disk using and Create extended labels and icon files are selected.
6. Finally, start the process and this software will automatically format and create bootable USB flash drive.

Change boot-order to boot from USB in Acer Aspire One

• Turn your Acer Aspire One laptop off
• Now connect the bootable USB stick to the port.
• Press the power button and press the F2 button as soon as the Acer Logo appears.
• Now go to the Boot by selecting with Right Arrow.
• Use F5 or F6 key to change the order to USB.
• Finally, Reboot your Laptop

Instructions to Install Linux Mint on Acer Aspire One

Linux Mint will be installed on your machine after a few steps:

1. Selecting Language

• The First step is to select your desired language or the language you will be using in the operating system.
• Also, Language can also be changed later.

2. Keyboard Selection and Proprietary Software

• Choose your Keyboard Layout and Detect Keyboard Layout.
• To ensure keys working properly you can use the text box provided below. Now the Screen will ask you to install proprietary software.
• If you want to play media files like MP3 then you should select the option.

3. Target Installation

• The Linux Mint installation Wizard provides many options for where to install Linux Mint. If you want to install Linux Mint in the entire hard drive then Select “Erase disk and install Linux Mint”.
• The option will delete all your files permanently.
• So in case you want to install Linux Mint by erasing method then make sure that you have made a complete backup of your all files.
• The other two options are encrypting Linux Mint and Logical Volume Manager (a Linux system to manage data on the hard drive efficiently).
• Something Else is the option to create partitions or Dual booting with Windows or any other operating system. So if you want a clean install without any complications select these options else to select something else.

4. Dual Boot Windows and Linux Mint on Acer Aspire One

• If you have already installed Windows on your Laptop then start installing Linux Mint with Windows and if not then read the guide to install Windows on Acer Aspire One.
• Select the “Something Else” option to create partitions on your machine and “Continue”.

1. Create Partitions

• We have to create Root, swap, and home partitions
• Firstly, You have to create a root partition.
• Now Choose the free space option and click on +.

• Choose the amount of space you want in your root partition (20GB or 21485MB recommended)
• Option “Use as” should be “Ext4 file journaling system” and mount point as “/” (Root)

Now you have to create the Swap Partition

• Size of Swap partition Depends upon the size of the RAM and available disk space.
• Since the RAM size of Acer Aspire One is the 16GB size of Swap should be half the size of RAM.

Now you have to create the Home Partition

• You should provide maximum size to the Home partition as this area is where you will keep all your files.
• Finally, after creating all the partitions Home, Swap and Root, click on install now to continue the process of installing Linux Mint on your Acer Aspire One.

4. Select Timezone, Keyboard Layout, and Login Credentials

You have crossed all the hurdles after reaching this point. Now there are some easy steps left such as Selecting timezone, keyboard layout, and login credentials. Once the installation is completed two options will appear on the screen Continue testing live version or to restart the system. After restarting you will receive a beautiful Linux Operating system on your Screen.

Thanks for being patient and I hope the guide to install Linux Mint on Acer Aspire One was helpful.

Welcome to Acer Aspire One Linux Mint

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