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On an unrelated note but important nonetheless: Suspend issue is solved!
See these links for details:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1165087&page=74...

See https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/405120/comments/94 for possible fix for suspend issue.

This should also do the trick:


sudo modprobe msr

what flags did you use on the flash program to force it to flash to an earlier version?

OK - I went ahead and upgraded to 1.13.
Guess what? No Integrated option :(

I found a rather unusual thing. Previously I had set a password for my harddisk. It was same as my boot password and...

Version 1.13 of BIOS for Acer Travelmate Timeline 8371G is now available on Acer's support website.

I'm currently doing some critical work on my laptop, so can't take the risk of messing it up...

Hmm, yeh - some idea is better than none. My kernel is 2.6.31 I think (latest on karmic beta).

Mine's an Acer Travelmate Timeline 8371G, BIOS 1.10 - one of the replies above shows it works on 5810G as well, so I would be highly sure it works on your hardware, but as of now can't think of any...

What's your laptop model and BIOS version? (I don't really have any idea how to help you with that, but that info would be useful for someone else).

Well I don't know what you told them to get such a reply from Acer, all I got was "Linux is not supported" and when I told them XP had the same issue, they had already locked on the L word.

Also,...

See this.

What release of ubuntu are you using? I installed the latest testing release (Karmic Alpha 5), and everything including the brightness control works like a charm. The only major broken feature is...

Could everyone please post how much their laptop is drawing power and the battery life estimate. I used Intel's powertop tool (which is in the repository). Please use the same tool so we can compare....

For those with dedicated ATI graphics card models (eg 8371G), check out this post:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=7933876#post7933876

This should help you save some power

GOOD NEWS EVERYONE

I found a tiny code on the net written by Sylvain on opensuse forums. It's a kernel module that uses ACPI functionality to completely turn off the ATI card! It's just awesome.
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OK, so I ended up setting the BIOS graphics option to "Discrete" mode and installing ATI's proprietary driver and using its Low Power mode. I get about 4 hours of battery life. NOT GOOD ENOUGH!
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I just purchased an Acer Timeline 8371 with discrete ATI graphics and I'm not quite liking it.

Before I start ranting, very nice thread, once I get my head around the graphics stuff, I shall start...

I just purchased an Acer Timeline 8371 with discrete ATI graphics and I'm not quite liking it.

I was under the impression that one could choose which graphics card to use by changing a BIOS...

Hi folks,

I got a hp Deskjet F2280 multifunction and I'm using it to scan everything printed I have. Now after 300 scans, I've started noticing a geometric distortion in the scanned images. The...