Stew2
November 22nd, 2009, 11:49 PM
Hello all,
Actually, I'm not sure about an install as I was using the Live CD to check it out. I was impressed, it had sound and the wireless worked out of the box. However, something that didn't work was the cooling fan on the Acer. Not too sure if there is a thread on this or anything but my laptop overheated bad enough to shut itself down then wouldn't boot back to Windows. I tried to boot back to the live cd to get the comp shut down properly but it overheated again as soon as I got to the desktop. My solution to get it to boot was to go into the bios and set the boot sequence back to the HDD. I don't think I will muck around with this for fear of toasting my laptop, but just wanted to post a warning for others that might try Ubuntu 9.10 on the Aspire 5315. I know it's Acer's fault and not Ubuntu's but might save someone some grief. 9.10 looked cool what I saw of it though!
Actually, I'm not sure about an install as I was using the Live CD to check it out. I was impressed, it had sound and the wireless worked out of the box. However, something that didn't work was the cooling fan on the Acer. Not too sure if there is a thread on this or anything but my laptop overheated bad enough to shut itself down then wouldn't boot back to Windows. I tried to boot back to the live cd to get the comp shut down properly but it overheated again as soon as I got to the desktop. My solution to get it to boot was to go into the bios and set the boot sequence back to the HDD. I don't think I will muck around with this for fear of toasting my laptop, but just wanted to post a warning for others that might try Ubuntu 9.10 on the Aspire 5315. I know it's Acer's fault and not Ubuntu's but might save someone some grief. 9.10 looked cool what I saw of it though!