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Crooksey

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Registered: 2006-08-14

Posts: 415

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Acer Aspire 5684WLMi

Will this run pretty much out of the box with Arch?

Would the gfx support beryl and would the wifi and bluetooth work?

Model Name:
Acer Aspire 5684WLMi 

Processor & Chipset:
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T5600 / 1.83 GHz 
Multi-Core Technology: Dual-Core 
64-bit Computing: Yes 
Data Bus Speed; 667 MHz 
Chipset Type: Mobile Intel 945PM Express 

RAM:
Installed Size: 2 GB / 4 GB (max) 
Technology: DDR II SDRAM 

Cache Memory: 
2 MB - L2 Cache

Hard Disk Drive:
160 GB - Serial ATA-150

Optical Drive: 
DVD±RW (+R double layer) / DVD-RAM - integrated

Display: 
Display Type: 15.4" TFT active matrix 
Max Resolution: 1280 x 800 ( WXGA ) 
Widescreen Display: Yes 
Colour support: 24-bit (16.7 million colours) 
Features: CrystalBrite 

Graphics:
NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 SE TurboCache supporting 256MB 

Interfaces: 
4 x Hi-Speed USB - 4 PIN USB Type A 
1 x display / video - VGA - 15 pin HD D-Sub (HD-15) 
1 x display / video - DVI-Digital - 24 pin digital DVI 
1 x infrared - IrDA 
1 x IEEE 1394 (FireWire)
1 x modem - phone line - RJ-11 
1 x network - Ethernet 10Base-T/100Base-TX/1000Base-T - RJ-45 
1 x display / video - S-video output 
1 x microphone - input - mini-phone 3.5mm
1 x audio - line-In - mini-phone 3.5mm 
1 x audio - SPDIF output/headphones/line-out 

Networking:
Networking: Network adapter 
Wireless NIC: Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG 
Data Link Protocol: Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11g
Features: Acer SignalUp 

Audio:
Audio Output: Sound card 
Audio Input: Microphone 

Battery:
Technology: 8-cell Lithium Ion 
Installed Qty: 1 
Capacity: 4800 mAh 

Dimensions(WxDxH):
35.8 cm x 26.5 cm x 3.6 cm

Weight
2.8 kg

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drojid

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Registered: 2005-02-21

Posts: 13

Re: Acer Aspire 5684WLMi

Gfx and beryl: yes, with XGL or latest nVidia driver.
Wifi: yes, with drivers in vanilla (and arch) kernel.
Bluetooth: You wrote nothing about the BT adapter...

You may experience some trouble if Your model has a built-in ENE card reader, or an Ali OrbiCam built-in webcam as there are no drivers for them around (afaik).