Acer Aspire 4820TG TimelineX Thread

[Treviño]

Well, using opensource drivers works well too (you can test them using a 2.6.38 kernel in maverick too).

However, Bios 1.25 upgrade

[scorpio2002]

Hi there guys! I'm going to buy a Acer TimelineX 4820T... can some of you summarize the current situation?

What works out of the box with the latest updates? What issues are there and how to solve them? Does the camera work?

[Foxcow]

Excellent, I love the fact that they keep updating unlike some OEMs (Samsung).

Will flash today.

[Foxcow]

Hi there guys! I'm going to buy a Acer TimelineX 4820T... can some of you summarize the current situation?

What works out of the box with the latest updates? What issues are there and how to solve them? Does the camera work?

I have the 4820T and love it. The first thing I recommend doing is flash to the latest BIOS.

Everything works out of the box except:
-multi touch on the touchpad
-internal microphone
-the camera works but is hit or miss with Google Chat

The TimelineX is an improvement over the original Timeline (my wife has one) and I recommend it to anyone that asks.

[scorpio2002]

So, you're telling me that if I install the latest Ubuntu everything will be recognised out of the box?

Do I need to flash the BIOS? Mic and Camera ok? The Intel card ok? Ethernet and wireless ok?

Sorry to ask all these questions, but my last experience with a laptop (Toshiba) has been aweful and this is the reason why I am getting rid of it to buy a new one...

[scorpio2002]

I have the 4820T and love it. The first thing I recommend doing is flash to the latest BIOS.

Everything works out of the box except:
-multi touch on the touchpad
-internal microphone
-the camera works but is hit or miss with Google Chat

The TimelineX is an improvement over the original Timeline (my wife has one) and I recommend it to anyone that asks.

So, are there tutorials on how to get the camera and the microphone to work with skype and Google Talk? This is very important for me!

[Foxcow]

So, are there tutorials on how to get the camera and the microphone to work with skype and Google Talk? This is very important for me!

I'm doing some testing right now. So far, I have been using this for fixes:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AspireTimeline/Fixes


I got the internal mic working with the sound recorder.

trying Google chat and Skype now...

[scorpio2002]

I'm doing some testing right now. So far, I have been using this for fixes:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AspireTimeline/Fixes


I got the internal mic working with the sound recorder.

trying Google chat and Skype now...

Well, I'm waiting for the results. Are u using the new Beta?

[Foxcow]

Well, I'm waiting for the results. Are u using the new Beta?

Yep, new beta. I don't have enough time to troubleshoot but I couldn't get Skype to pick up my mic. The camera and microphone both work with Cheese and Sound Recorder, respectively.

[scorpio2002]

Yep, new beta. I don't have enough time to troubleshoot but I couldn't get Skype to pick up my mic. The camera and microphone both work with Cheese and Sound Recorder, respectively.

This really puts me off the idea of buying the laptop. I need skype and gmail talk. I live abroad and that's the only thing I use to communicate with my family

So, with the beat everything else works fine? Wireless and Ethernet fine? Any overheating issue?