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    [all variants] Re: Acer Timeline 5810 model

    Get a FreeDOS boot image for an USB stick and flash using that.
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    [ubuntu] Re: Screen brightness on Acer 4810T

    If you upgraded, you are still using the old GRUB. Just add them to your kopts in the menu.lst in /boot/grub, (don't forget to run update-grub afterwards) or just upgrade to GRUB 2 :)

    EDIT: Oh,...
  3. [all variants] Re: Greatly improved performance with Intel chipset

    I believe those settings are default with Karmic.
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    [ubuntu] Re: Acer Timeline 4810T

    Well, usplash takes over, but performance in X shouldn't be affected. ANd you get better battery life since with KMS disabled you also get Framebuffer Compression.
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    [ubuntu] Re: Acer Timeline 3810T

    Check the 4810T thread, I have found a workaround which I posted there: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=8030550&highlight=5810t#post8030550
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    [ubuntu] Re: Acer Timeline 4810T

    Turn KMS off (if you have it enabled), and set acpi_backlight=vendor in the kernel commandline in your grub config. This made my backlight behave on my 5810T, it might work for you.
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    [all variants] Re: Acer Timeline 5810 model

    I found a workaround to fix the brightness controls.

    First you have to disable KMS, and then you have to set a kernel parameters. Basically, you add the following to your grub kernel commandline:...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Screen brightness on Acer 4810T

    Found a workaround for the 5810T on karmic that will persist across reboots:

    Add the following to the GRUB_CMD_LINUX_DEFAULT entry in /etc/default/grub: acpi_backlight=vendor

    Don't forget to...
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