There is not much to say about the first installation of Ubuntu Gutsy on my new Acer TravelMate 6292 (see the previous post to have a overview of the graphic card, wifi, … of this computer).
Basically, what I did is make room on the hard drive for Linux.. by kicking the pre-installed Windows Vista out of the hard drive (hasta la vista Vista), and boot the computer on the Ubuntu CD. I then install it on my laptop, without any issues. One thing I noticed however is that if you plug in an external mouse (e.g. a USB mouse), the needed resources for the trackpad are not installed during the installation of Ubuntu. After the installation, the trackpad will not work. It is still possible to install those resources after the Ubuntu installation, but to stay on the safe side, it’s probably better not to plug any external mouse during installation.
After installation, the screen resolution was configured correctly (1280 x 800 which is the maximum pixel resolution), but I have not tested the 3D acceleration yet, nor the Compiz fusion.
The wifi was also working “out of the box” (I was able to connect to my wpa wifi network without any problem).
The sound card is not working: I do not have any sound out of the loudspeakers or out of any headphones connected to the laptop. I guess that I do not have any sound out of any microphone (either an external one connected to the PC, or from the internal one). I will try to resolve that after installing the basic tools I need.
Tags: Acer TravelMate 6292, screen, sound, Ubuntu Gutsy, wifi
