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eXecuter

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Registered: 2008-10-28

Posts: 4

Impossible to install on TravelMate 5735z by Acer

Hi, guys!

I bought around one year ago this cheap Acer TM 5735z that came with Windows 7 Home Premium installed.

Just after buying it I tried to install several GNU/Linux distros with no success till I found out there is a bug regarding to the screen of the laptop with Linux in a way that almost any distro turns on the screen so the system is working perfectly but the screen isn't so it's useless. I found a way to turn it on manually so I did and I even made a script to be executed right after booting but this was very uncomfortable and inapropriate -it didn't support hybernation, bright control, etc.-.

So I thought my favourite GNU/Linux distro would work but surprisingly Arch doesn't even boot for the first steps of the installation.

I feel really frustrated since there should be a way to install GNU/Linux and make it works normally on this problematic laptop but I can't find it so I ask for your help. Is there anybody with this laptop?

Thanks in advance

brebs

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Registered: 2007-04-03

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Re: Impossible to install on TravelMate 5735z by Acer

Have you tried all the suggestions on Ubuntu bug.

eXecuter

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Registered: 2008-10-28

Posts: 4

Re: Impossible to install on TravelMate 5735z by Acer

I tried some of those commands and made my own scripts but I was more asking about if there was some "official patch" to solve the issue.

Anyway, thanks a lot, brebs because since the last time I visited that bug track there is new info.