Slackware on Acer Aspire 5310 (probably work also for the whole Aspire 53* serie, if not please contact me).
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For the installation just follow the notes when you boot the cd or with the book.
Note: When I tried to parion the disk I get "Read only file system" or something related. Just take the cd out for a moment
and try it again. It worked with me.
Wireless:
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The card in the laptop is a AR5007EG (wich support aircrack injection). Madwifi designd a patch for the driver (you was
always forced to use ndiswrapper) so you can easily install the driver.
$ wget
http://snapshots.madwifi.org/special...+ar5007.tar.gz
$ tar -xvf madwifi*.tar.gz
$ cd madwifi*
now you can compile it just by typing make and install it by make install, so
$ make
# make install
Now you need to modprobe the modules:
# modprobe ath_pci
(for german frequencies, # modprobe ath_pci countrycode=276)
Done! You also don't need to turn on your wireless card anymore. It will be done automaticly.
Now try to scan for networks
#iwlist ath0 scan, check the mode is Managed and check also iwconfig. Else you can google for answers.
aircrack-ng note: if you wanna put monitor mode on you need to:
#airmon-ng stop ath0 and #airmon-ng start wifi0
Sound:
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To let sound working you will need to compile the latest alsa driver, lib and utils.
So download it:
for the driver :
ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/driver/
for the lib:
ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/lib
for the utils:
ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/utils
download everything and unpack it.
$ tar -xvf alsa-driver*
$ tar -xvf alsa-lib*
$ tar -xvf alsa-utils*
now go to the driver.
$ cd alsa-driver*
and configure it with the following option then compile it:
$ ./configure --with-cards=hda-intel
$ make
# make install
or lazy people: run as root -->./configure --with-cards=hda-intel && make && make install
alsa lib.
$ cd alsa-lib*
$ ./configure
$ make
# make install
or lazy people: run as root -->./configure && make && make install
alsa-utils.
$ cd alsa-utils$
$ ./configure
$ make
$ make install
or lazy people: run as root -->./configure && make && make install
Now run alsaconf and let it search for devices, select the hda-intel device, let alsaconf set it up.
alsaconf wil create a file that you now need to adjust:
# vi /etc/modprobe.d/sound (or nano if you prefer something easy to edit)
remove both of the lines and put:
options snd-hda-intel model=acer
in the file (! only that rule !)
now:
# alsactl store
# alsactl restore
# modprobe hda-intel
You should have sound now!
Troubelshooting
Q: I follow every step for sound, but still have nothing.
A: 1. Try to reboot, most of the time this will solve it.
2. Try to configure out what you did wrong, rerun alsaconf, check /etc/modprobe.d/sound, etc..
Well that was only one problem so far I get from someone.
Feedback, questions, etc..
xitro.citix@gmail.com
And be a slack!