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acer5051awxmi [2009/09/24 09:38] – Update to 2009. jimacer5051awxmi [2009/09/24 09:48] (current) – Xorg 3d support. jim
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 08:04.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02) 08:04.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)
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 For my use, zippy 3D performance isn't so important. If it came down to it, I'd cheerfully swap that for reliability and especially smooth suspend and hibernate. For my use, zippy 3D performance isn't so important. If it came down to it, I'd cheerfully swap that for reliability and especially smooth suspend and hibernate.
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 +Update 2009: The Xorg drivers now have accelerated 3D support, which copes happily with KDE4 and its eye candy. Even more reason to stick with open source goodness.
  
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 ENE Technology have, apparently, been totally unhelpful with specs or other info. Gits. ENE Technology have, apparently, been totally unhelpful with specs or other info. Gits.
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-The machine now suspends and hibernates like a champ.+Finally, I updated the BIOS to the latest Acer release, 3315. Acer still show 3109 on their European support site, but you can find [[ftp://ftp.work.acer-euro.com/notebook/aspire_5050/bios/|3315 here]]. This has sorted the remaining problems with suspend, so finally it looks like I have both suspend and hibernate working properly.
  
 ===== Power management ===== ===== Power management =====
 
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