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Linux on Acer Aspire 1353LC (deutsch)
This is an unofficial support page for the Acer Aspire 1353LC series notebooks. I do not assume any responsibility for
errors or omissions, or for damages resulting from the use of the information contained here.
Hardware summary
- AMD Athlon XP-M 2400+
- 256 MB DDR-Ram
- 30 GB HDD
- 15" TFT, 1024x768
- VIA KN/KM400
- DVD / CDRW Combi
- 10/100 Ethernet
- IRDA
- 4* USB 2.0
- Sound
- PCMCIA
- Firewire
- Synaptics Touchpad
- Modem
Output of lspci:
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 3205
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 PCI Bridge
00:07.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1410 PC card Cardbus Controller (rev 02)
00:08.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB21 IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link)
00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 80)
00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 80)
00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 80)
00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 82)
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 ISA Bridge
00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT8233/A/C/VT8235 PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50)
00:11.6 Communication controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. Intel 537 [AC97 Modem] (rev 80)
00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 74)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 7205 (rev 01)
Linux information
Works fine with ACPI and Kernel 2.6.1. The notebook has power for about 2 h without AC.
AMD Athlon XP-M 2400+
Fully supported.
Used modules:
- powernow_k7
- ac
- battery
- button
- fan
- processor
- thermal
- cpufreq_performance
- cpufreq_powersave
Used programs:
- cpufreqd-1.1
- acpid-1.0.2
Sensors: lm_sensors-2.8.3 shows only the cpu-freq.
lm_sensors Modules (Kernel 2.6.1):
- via686a
- eeprom
- i2c_sensor
- i2c_viapro
Graphic adapter
The VIA KM/KN400 is supported by the vesa driver of XFree86 4.x. In XFree86 4.4 the via driver fully support this chip. To use 3D hardware acceleration you need the file via_dri.so from the binary via driver. Put this file into /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/dri. Then you have to patch your 2.6 Kernel with via-v4l-1.4a-drm.patch.gz.
DVD / CDRW Combi
Fully supported by these programs: (direct ide support in Kernel 2.6.1; no use of ide-scsi)
- cdrtools-2.01
- cdrdao from CVS
- k3b-0.10.3
10/100 Ethernet: VT6102 [Rhine-II]
Fully supported.
Used module:
- via_rhine
IRDA
Fully supported.
Used module:
- nsc_ircc
Used program:
- irda-utils-0.9.15
USB
Fully supported.
Used modules (you need both):
- ehci_hcd for USB 2.0
- uhci_hcd for USB 1.x
Sound: VT8233/A/8235 AC97 Audio Controller
Fully supported.
Used Module (alsa):
- snd_via82xx
PCMCIA: Texas Instruments PCI1410
Not tested so far (no pcmcia device).
Used module:
- yenta_socket
Firewire: Texas Instruments TSB43AB21
Not tested so far (no firewire device).
Used module:
- ohci1394
Synaptics Touchpad
Fully supported.
You need this for XFree86 to get full advantage of the Synaptics Touchpad.
Used program:
- synaptics-0.12.2
Modem: Intel 537 [AC97 Modem]
Fully supported.
Used program:
- slmodem-2.9.4
Used module:
- slamr
Keyboard
The P1 and P2 keys have no function. It seems to be a problem with the keyboard driver in Kernel 2.6.1.
Sleep modus
Not tested so far. Should work with software suspend.