Questions about Acer Incorporated (a Chinese based multinational) equipment including desktop and laptop PCs, tablet computers, servers, storage devices, displays, smartphones and peripherals.
Questions tagged [acer]
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How do I fix a "Wireless is disabled by hardware switch" error?
I just updated to Ubuntu 12.04 from 11.10 but soon after updating I was disappointed to see that
Wireless is disabled by hardware switch.
I can not click the button 'Enable wireless' which is greyed out. Without wireless my computer is useless as…
Sahil
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Is it safe to disable Secure Boot?
I just wanted to know if it is safe for me to disable secure boot for the purpose of installing the latest Nvidia Graphics Driver.
I am running Windows 10 alongside Ubuntu 16.04 on an Acer Aspire V Nitro. They each have their own partition on the…
VihanAgarwal
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How to control Brightness
I didn't install anything myself, but only Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on an Acer 4741g.
I use Fn+left/right to change the brightness, but failed.
How can I control the brightness levels?
homelesser
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Alsamixer: howto disable auto-mute mode
I've tried do undo this but not able to get it disabled. My sound settings need to be redone every boot up as well, but asking that question as well would get neg. feedback.
How to get microphone to work on acer aspire one 722
kennethh
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How can I completely disable internal Mic and Webcam
I want to disable the internal Microphone on my laptop and the internal Webcam completely that they're no longer selectable, and no longer available?
I will only use my external Webcam, and my external (USB) headset.
The internal audio should still…
lupopa
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Automatic Mute Speakers When Headphones are Unplugged
I listen to music almost any time I am on my computer. I often accidentally unplug my headphones. This has resulted in disturbing others around me. Does any one know of a way to mute the speakers (and potentiality pause VLC) when headphones are…
user415
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Enable Dolby 5.1 or at least subwoofer on Acer laptop?
I have Dolby Virtual Surround Sound 5.1 speakers with Tuba CineBass Subwoofer on Acer laptop (mine is 5951G but there is also bunch of models with similar configuration of speakers with/without subwoofer). In Windows it works and sounds amazingly…
MakingHarmony
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How to adjust screen brightness in Ubuntu 14.04?
I am unable to alter the screen brightness in my laptop; it is always 100%.
The laptop is Acer Aspire 5740, and graphics/chipset/VGA all are by Intel.
The laptop has a keyboard shortcut, Fn+Right and Fn+Left which shows the brightness being…
wish.naren
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Hibernation causes crashing on an Acer Aspire
Hibernation worked perfectly fine in 11.04. Ever since I upgraded to 11.10, my laptop (Acer Aspire) keeps crashing when it's hibernating. I have no clue why. Any ideas?
At first it seemed to only happen between 6a-noon (US Eastern time), but this…
Forrest
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Sound works but no device shown in the Sound settings
Following a troubleshooting post I've found out that my driver is recognized in fact but is not listed at the sound settings and I think because of this my cinnamon sound applet will not appear. Altough my device does not appear in the Sound…
obeliksz
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SD Card Reader Error
I'm running Ubuntu 16.10 on an Acer Aspire V5-571P. I'm trying to use the built in card reader to read a micro SD card (that I know is working correctly).
Ubuntu will not recognise the card and I am getting the following message from…
James Johnson
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Error "fixing recursive fault but reboot is needed"
I am trying to install Ubuntu for the first time.
Version = 11.04 Hardware = Acer Travelmate 4050
I can boot from USB or CD and it loads fine.
I have installed and reinstalled several times from both USB and CD and it completes correctly.
However,…
Gordon
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Computer running very slowly under 13.04
After having some bouts with windows 8 I decided to throw it out and run Ubuntu as the main operating system.
Currently I am having some problems with performance:
Even when running the simplest tasks, such as logging in to the UI or console, or…
tomsv
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Problems installing Ubuntu on Acer laptop
I am having problems installing the Ubuntu on my device. My Acer Aspire 3 A315-23-R4B9 laptop apparently has problems with support for Linux systems, but I hope that this can be fixed. When starting from the USB drive, Ubuntu always hangs on the…
Egor Ship
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Elantech touchpad does not work (i2c-hid)
TL;DR; WTF!?
The substance of this question is in the title and in bold. Some touchpads, designed for Win8/10, behave erratically with the Linux i2c-hid kernel module.
There are a lot of questions related to Elantech touchpads not working. This…
xiota
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