Acer TravelMate 6292

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[edit] Hardware

Intel Core2 Duo T7300 @ 2.00GHz
Intel Mobile 965GM / X3100
Intel High Definition Audio 
Intel USB UCHI (x2)
Intel USB2 EHCI (x1)
Intel 82801 (ICH8) SATA storage 
Intel ipw4965 AGN wifi
NetLink BCM5787M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express  RealTek RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ wired

Firewire Texas Instruments TSB43AB23 IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller
MMC/SD adapter (?)
PCIExpress port (?)

Internal devices on USB bus : 
USB Bluetooth (?)
USB camera Bus 003 Device 003: ID 064e:a101 Suyin Corp. (Crystal Eye v4l2 drivers)
USB Fingerprint Sensor Bus 004 Device 002: ID 16d5:6501  

Upek fps/tcs4

2 Button PS/2 Trackpad

SATA hard drive
PATA cdrom drive

[edit] Kernel Config

Works with vanilla kernel 2.6.25. ([sample config]).

[edit] Hardware status

Note: Hardware marked with suspend2 blacklisted must have it's drivers compiled as modules so they can be unloaded before suspending to disk. This is already the case in the kernel config for suspend2 attached below.
Device Works? Note
CPU Yes dual core, cpufreq, integrated heat sensors (Needs kernel 2.6.22 with CONFIG_SENSORS_CORETEMP set)
ACPI Yes Buttons: power, lid, brightness. AC Connector: plug, unplug. Battery.
DVD-Recorder Yes Tested with k3b
Trackpad Yes Autonatically detected by X.org with evdev driver
USB Yes Tested with mouse, HDD external case
Wired ethernet Yes
Wireless ethernet Partially tested Only tested with 802.11g
Bluetooth Partially tested Tested against Sony Ericsson cellphone (ping works), and mouse. (suspend2 blacklisted)
X11 Yes xorg 7.3 + aiglx + dri + Mesa 7.0 runs smoothly at 1280x800. [xorg.conf].
Sound Partially tested alsa intel hd driver. Setup in kernel. Built in speakers, headphone connector works. Microphone and line in/out need testing.
Firewire Untested
Internal SD card reader Untested
Multimedia keys Partial See Multimedia keys section.
built in webcam Yes Driver USB Video Class (UVC) available in kernel 2.6.26
fingerprint reader Partially tested
Internal modem Untested
External monitor Untested
TV-out Partial Up to vanilla-sources 2.6.25, no detection of cable plugging/unplugging after boot. Starting from vanilla-sources 2.6.25, cable plugging is detected.
Suspend to ram Partial works using sys-kernel/vanilla-sources 2.6.25 (resolves bug with i915 driver). But sound can disappear (until reboot) or HDD external case can cause a crash when resuming.

[edit] Multimedia keys

[edit] Pre-Installation Notes

[edit] Problems and Solutions

[edit] Video

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