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Acer TravelMate 8002LCi
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1 50395 09-13-2004
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Description: Good priced above-mid-level notebook. It meets all requirement for desktop repacement ( fast processor [1.5GHz Centrino], nice harddisc [60 GB], enough RAM for most applications [512 MB] and a state of the art graphic card [Radeon M9700Pro]. I build my gentoo stage 1 system (including Gnome and OpenOffice) in 48h. Windows XP runs fine, for those who need it; It comes with a lot of junk - I don't know what it is, 'cause I reinstalled Windows within a few hours - , and be careful with those drivers. The hardware is too new for Windows to recognise it, so keep your driver downloads close by. Linux works without a problem, even the graphic card run nice (including 3D) with the latest fglrx drivers from ATI
Keywords: acer travelmate 8000
/sbin/lspci output: 0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82852/855GM Host Bridge (rev 02)
0000:00:00.1 System peripheral: Intel Corp. 855GM/GME GMCH Memory I/O Control Registers (rev 02)
0000:00:00.3 System peripheral: Intel Corp. 855GM/GME GMCH Configuration Process Registers (rev 02)
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 855GME GMCH Host-to-AGP Bridge (Virtual PCI-to-PCI) (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
0000:00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
0000:00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
0000:00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB 2.0 EHCI Controller (rev 03)
0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 83)
0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801DBM LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
0000:00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801DBM (ICH4) Ultra ATA Storage Controller (rev 03)
0000:00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
0000:00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 03)
0000:00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 03)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 [Mobility Radeon 9600 M10]
0000:02:02.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5705 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 03)
0000:02:04.0 Network controller: Intel Corp. PRO/Wireless 2200BG (rev 05)
0000:02:06.0 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ711M3 SmartCardBus MultiMediaBay Controller
0000:02:06.1 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ711M3 SmartCardBus MultiMediaBay Controller
0000:02:06.2 System peripheral: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ711Mx MultiMediaBay Accelerator0000:02:06.3 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ711M3 SmartCardBus MultiMediaBay Controller
0000:02:07.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB21 IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link)


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Old 09-13-2004, 02:18 PM   #1
codecruncher
 
Registered: Aug 2003
Distribution: Fedora Core release 2 (Tettnang)
Posts: 37

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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): None indicated | Rating: 8

Kernel (uname -r): 2.6.8-1.521
Distribution: Fedora Core release 2 (Tettnang)



OK, here it goes:
I have not been able to get BlueTooth and WLan to work on my 8004LMi). There is a Source Forge Project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/ipw2200/) for the WLan driver. But it didn't come up with anything yet (other than a driver which tells you that you have the card installed).

Graphic Card doesn't work with 3D support due to the fact, that Fedora switched to x.org and ATI did not provide RPMs as of today. (But, who needs 3D on a bash? ,) )

Other than that, a really great Laptop!
 




  



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