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Touchpad tap
Touchpad tap don't work by default. The solution is simple. Just go to System -> Preferences -> Mouse, click on touchpad tab and tick Enable mouse clicks with touchpad
Ethernet port
Install Atheros ethernet drivers and it will work.
Headphone jack
The problem is that even when the headphone is connected, sound comes from the notebook speaker instead of from the headphone. The solution is here. And in my case adding options snd-hda-intel model=auto to /etc/modprobe.conf did the trick. If /etc/modprobe.conf does not exist just create a file /etc and save it as modprobe.conf.
Multimedia shortcut keys with Amarok
I use Amarok as my media player and the media shortcut keys don't work with Amarok. There's a Amarok script which solves the problem. Just download it from here and follow the instructions there.
I hope that this will help you and you are welcome to add more tweeks if there are any.
Hi! I'm glad Fedora 11 works well with Acer Aspire 4636z. I'm planning to get that model and install Ubuntu Karmic on it. Have you any idea if Ubuntu Karmic will work on it as Fedora did? (Actually, I'm hoping that you could test Ubuntu Karmic on it :-D)
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ReplyDeleteI haven't tried Ubuntu 9.10. But most probably it will work well with this lap. Sometimes there might be minor issues but you will be able to solve them with the help of google. :-)
I've googled Acer Aspire 4736z and it seems the most difficult problem Ubuntu Karmic users have is how to get the internal mic working. Apparently, people have mixed results with the various suggested solutions. Have you got the internal mic working in Fedora 11? If Ubuntu's not gonna be perfect on it but Fedora will, I'd happily put Fedora on it.
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