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Questions tagged [aspire]

Questions related to the Aspire range of personal computers manufactured by Acer

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How do I adjust the screen contrast?

I am using an Acer Aspire 3680 with Intel GMA 950 video running Ubuntu 16 and I cannot find the command to adjust the screen contrast setting. Too many colors and grays are washed out on the current setting. What command or graphical utility will do…
CyberSkull
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Stuck on reboot and shutdown

I've recently installed Ubuntu 12.04 and I love it. However I have one problem- I am unable to shutdown or reboot properly. When I shutdown my laptop (Acer Aspire 5560) it hangs on the 5 dots and stays there. When I reboot my laptop it does…
Max Beer
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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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Unable to install Ubuntu 18.04 on AMD Ryzen 2500U with Radeon Vega 8 Gfx

I'm trying to install Ubuntu 18.04 (18.04.1 will try tomorrow) onto Acer Aspire A315-41-R8XR. I have unpacked iso file to my flash and booted to grub successfully, but when I select "Try Ubuntu", I just get black screen and that's all. I have also…
cybersoft
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Ubuntu 15.10 freezes on Acer Aspire E11

I have successfully upgraded from Ubuntu 15.04 to Ubuntu 15.10 using do-release-upgrade on my Acer Aspire E11 laptop. However the whole computer freezes (i.e. gets unresponsive) after some minutes of work. It's impossible to switch to text screens…
dlask
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Can't adjust brightness on my laptop

I'm having difficulty in adjusting brightness on my Acer Aspire 4740: Screen 14.1-inch glossy LED-backlit, 1366x768 res CPU Intel Core i5-430M 2.26-GHz RAM 1GB DDR3 HDD 320GB Graphics Intel GMA HD Im using Ubuntu 10.10 . I do not have…
Wilsonzaizai
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Acer Aspire 1551 Will Not Wake After Suspend

I have an Acer Aspire 1551-5448 Netbook that is running Ubuntu 10.10 64bit Desktop. I'm loving making the move to Ubuntu but my major stopping point is waking the laptop from a suspend/hibernate mode. When waking the computer I get a black screen.…
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How to get microphone to work on acer aspire one 722

I have an acer aspire 722, I recently went to use gmail/talk as well as empathy and realized that the microphone does not work. I checked the sound settings, adjusted microphone level, did a mic test but the level indicator showed no bars.
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Multitouch on Acer Aspire 4740

How can I enable multi touch in Ubuntu 10.10 for my Acer Aspire 4740 notebook ? Screen 14.1-inch glossy LED-backlit 1366x768 res CPU Intel Core i5-430m 2.26GHz RAM 1GB DDR3 HDD 320GB Graphics Onboard Intel GMA HD USB Ports 3 DVD Writer Yes…
Wilsonzaizai
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Installing Xubuntu 14.04 LTS on SD-Card

I've been using Ubuntu 12 LTS on my Dell Inspiron 1750, satisfied with the graphics and the performance, I decided that my sluggish an Aspire V5-123 netbook shouldn't be missing out, and yea, I decided to run Xubuntu 14 LTS. Since the machince…
Kurt Matthew
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Want sound only to headphones, when it plugged in, and in speakers else

I installed 12.04 today. It worked on 11.10. Now if headphones was plugged in on startup, they works, but if I unplug it, speakers don't work. If headphones wasn't plugged before startup, sound is in speakers and in headphones at the same…
RiaD
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fn + arrow keys don't adjust actual brightness on an Acer Aspire 5740

I have an Aspire 5740 with an Intel Core i3, and Fn + arrow keys still call up the brightness adjuster, but have no effect on actually changing the brightness. The slider moves, but the brightness remains at maximum. System settings also allow me to…
Alexa
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video problem with Xubuntu/Lubuntu 17.10 and Acer Aspire One

Something really strange happens to me on my Acer Aspire One (Intel Atom N270 1.60 GHz, 1 GB of DDR2 RAM, 16 GB HD SSD). I have installed Xubuntu 16.04 and it worked very well. After 1 year I decided to replace it with Lubuntu 17.10 hoping to speed…
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Why does my radeon driver crash when booting?

I am trying to install Natty on an Acer Aspire 5810T laptop. Everything works fine once booted, but the laptop will only boot one out of three times. The other times it hangs at a black screen with an error concerning the radeon driver. It is…
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