Laptop User Manual

F8-x86_64 on the Acer Ferrari 3400LMi
F8-x86_64 on the Acer Ferrari 3400LMi
by
Sven-Göran Bergh
Table of Contents
1 Introduction....................................................................................................3
1.1 Version.....................................................................................................3
1.2 Quick reference guide..............................................................................3
2 Installation......................................................................................................5
2.1 Potential pitfalls.......................................................................................5
2.1.1 Graphical installer.............................................................................5
2.1.2 Disk size.............................................................................................5
3 Hard drive.......................................................................................................6
3.1 Upgrading the drive.................................................................................6
4 IEEE 1394 Firewire........................................................................................6
4.1 Potential problems...................................................................................7
4.2 Configuring Firewire................................................................................8
4.3 Comments................................................................................................8
5 USB.................................................................................................................9
6 5-in-1 Card reader...........................................................................................9
7 PC-card...........................................................................................................9
8 Special keys & buttons...................................................................................9
8.1 Configuration procedure........................................................................10
8.1.1 X key-codes......................................................................................10
8.1.2 Scan-codes.......................................................................................11
8.1.3 Linux key-codes...............................................................................12
8.1.4 X key-codes revisited.......................................................................13
8.1.5 Configure actions............................................................................14
9 CPU & ACPI support.....................................................................................14
9.1 Suspend..................................................................................................15
9.2 CPU frequency scaling...........................................................................15
10 Graphics......................................................................................................15
10.1 Basics...................................................................................................15
10.1.1 The radeon driver..........................................................................16
10.1.2 Simple X configuration..................................................................16
10.2 Dual-Head............................................................................................16
10.2.1 Virtual screen size.........................................................................17
10.2.2 The xrandr tool..............................................................................18
10.2.3 Fn-F5 button..................................................................................18
10.3 3D acceleration....................................................................................19
10.3.1 Simple benchmark.........................................................................20
10.3.2 Optimization..................................................................................20
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