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    Hey there!
    As I bought a new Acer TravelMate B113 for my girlfriend and I ran into some issues, here is what I figured out:

    Issues after a clean install:
    1) Fn-Brightness and Ubuntu internal brightness do not work
    2) No powersaving optimizations
    3) No proper right click support for clickpad and no proper palm detection
    4) No external support microphone or combined headset-plugs

    Solutions:

    1) Fn-Brightness and Ubuntu internal brightness do not work:

    Add
    Code:
    acpi_backlight=vendor
    to /etc/default/grub in the section GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash acpi_backlight=vendor" and execute
    Code:
    sudo update-grub && sudo reboot
    .

    2) No powersaving optimizations:

    Again, edit /etc/default/grub and add
    Code:
    pcie_aspm=force i915.i915_enable_fbc=1 drm.vblankoffdelay=1 i915.semaphores=1 i915.lvds_downclock=1 nmi_watchdog=0 acpi_backlight=vendor
    in the section GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash pcie_aspm=force i915.i915_enable_fbc=1 drm.vblankoffdelay=1 i915.semaphores=1 i915.lvds_downclock=1 nmi_watchdog=0 acpi_backlight=vendor" and execute this:
    Code:
    sudo update-grub && sudo reboot
    Execute this to get ALPM to work:

    Code:
    echo SATA_ALPM_ENABLE=true | sudo tee /etc/pm/config.d/sata_alpm
    Create /etc/udev/rules.d/10-runtime-pm.rules with root permission:
    Code:
    SUBSYSTEM!="pci", GOTO="power_runtime_rules_end"
    ACTION!="add", GOTO="power_runtime_rules_end"
    
    KERNEL=="????:??:??.?"
    PROGRAM="/bin/sleep 0.1"
    
    ATTR{power/control}=="*", ATTR{power/control}="auto"
    
    LABEL="power_runtime_rules_end"

    3) No proper right click support for clickpad:

    Create a a new folder and a new file:
    Code:
    sudo mkdir /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ && sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/51-clickpad.conf
    Paste this into your new file:
    Code:
    Section "InputClass
    Identifier "Default clickpad buttons"
    MatchDriver "synaptics"
    Option "SoftButtonAreas" "50% 0 82% 0 0 0 0 0"
    
    EndSection
    Execute this in a terminal once and never enable the setting "System Settings > Mouse & Touchpad > Touchpad > Disable touchpad while typing" again:
    Code:
    gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.peripherals.touchpad disable-while-typing false
    Add a new entry to your startup programs, on Unity desktop it can be done this way:
    Run "System Settings > Startup Applications > Add" and add
    Code:
    syndaemon -i 1.7 -d -t -K
    You might want to edit the value -i 1.7, as it defines how long tapping would be disabled after stopping typing in seconds.
    Needs a reboot to take effect.

    4) No external support microphone or combined headset-plugs:

    Type this into a terminal:

    Code:
    echo options snd-hda-intel model=laptop-dmic | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf


    Thats it!
    Everything else seems to works out of the box.
    Last edited by nexero; August 13th, 2012 at 09:39 AM.

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    Post Re: ACER TravelMate B113: Howto get everything to work

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    Re: ACER TravelMate B113: Howto get everything to work

    Hello nexero
    Thanks for your help this far.

    I installed Xubuntu on Travelmate B113.
    I can add two informations concerning Xubuntu:

    1) Clickpad corners to senitive:
    Solution under: http://www.theorangenotebook.com/201...-clickpad.html (only step 1 and step 2)

    2) Set Display to less brightness at startup. Solution under http://forum.ubuntuusers.de/topic/bi.../#post-3338502 (Install tool "xbacklight")


    But I encounter 2 problems I cannot solve, although I am searching for a solution since about 2 weeks now.

    1) Bluetooth does not work.
    Blueman showes up in the taskbar but "adapter" and "devices" are greyed out. Installed blueZ:
    lspci | grep -i bluetooth gives no result
    hcitool dev gives o result
    hcitool scan gives "no device"
    lsusb | grep Bluetooth gives no result
    lsmod | grep bluetooth gives "bluetooth 180153 10 bnep,rfcomm"

    2) External Mic: I followed your advice but the result is that afterwards the internal mic input only captures white noise at a very high level.
    I tried every thinkable setting in alsa and pulse. Also deleting all settings in pulse and re-installing alsa. When removing the line "options snd-hda-intel model=laptop-dmic" the internal mic works fine again.


    Maybe you can help? I would be very thankful.
    And sorry for my bad english
    Johannes

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    Re: ACER TravelMate B113: Howto get everything to work

    Ok, now I found out why bluetooth didn't work for me.
    It's the Fn+F3 switch. This switch does not only switch wlan but also bluetooth!

    Unfortunately the on/off-state of bluetooth is not displayed so it took several days of research for me to figure that out.
    Fn+F3 toggles between the following states: wlan on, bt off / wlan on, bt on / wlan off, bt on / wlan off, bt off

    Does anyone need the bluetooth-dongle I ordered?

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