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.
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