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[edit] Acer Travelmate C100 series
The page is under construction and still unfinished. If you have any questions and/or need support for getting Linux onto your C100, you can contact me via mail: heiko AT am MINUS anger MINUS 1 DOT de
This page is intended to collect all hints and howtos to use Gentoo on the Acer Travelmate C100 series Tablet PCs.
[edit] Hardware Facts
My Acer C102Ti Tablet PC has the following technical specs:
- Pentium III M 800 Mhz
- Silicon Motion SM720 Lynx 3DM Graphics Adapter
- Synaptics Touchpad with 6 buttons (left, right and a 4-way scroll button)
- Integrated RTL8139 100Mbit ethernet chipdme
- Integrated Wireless LAN adapter (Orinoco/Hermes)
- Softmodem Intel AMR (AC'97)
- Wacom Tablet Screen
- 2x USB 1.1 ports (Intel USB controller)
- 1x Firewire port (Texas Instruments IEEE1394 controller)
- 1x PCMCIA Cardbus Slot (Manufactured as far as I can tell by O2 Micro, Inc. as well)
- 1x SmartCard Reader (O2 Micro, Inc. OZ6933/711E1 SmartCardBus)
- NSC PC87338 IrDA controller SIR & FIR compatible
- 1x 30 GB Hard Disk Drive
Right now I'm trying to set everything up and I'll add my experiences here as soon as I found out something new.
If you own such a gadget and already solved a number of issues, c'mon and join me.
[edit] Getting Linux on it
I was pointed to a very important point by Prashant Mundkur (thanks!): It's a little bit complicated to get Linux on this little gadget because a lot of LiveCDs (including Knoppix and the Gentoo Live CD) seem to have difficulties booting from an USB cdrom drive which is what most Acer owners bought with their machines. The only two CDs found that support booting from the Acer's external USB cdrom drive are a SuSE CD-ROM and (beta versions of) Ubuntu 6.06 (Dapper Drake). But there are two alternatives if you cannot or do not want to use a SuSE or development Ubuntu Boot CD.
With the new gentoo 2008.0 beta2 release the boot from the USB cd-rom drive succesfully works.
[edit] Using a Firewire Drive
I recently bought an external Firewire DVD drive and found out that all the boot difficulties went away. So, if you can, use a Firewire CD/DVD drive instead of the USB drive. The Acer has only USB 1.1 ports, so using Firewire will give you some extra speed as an additional bonus. Knoppix and the Gentoo Live CD worked just fine with Firewire.
(Comment from Bernhard: I try since a long time to boot from a Plextor PX-708A in a external Firewire-Box on the C102TI, and didn't get it to work. So please specify your hardware!)
Working Hardware: Heiko's Firewire Hardware: An external Pioneer DVR-S606 (DVD-R/RW Drive), which holds a Pioneer DVR-106-PZ and a USB2.0/Firewire-to-IDE controller with an unknown chipset (I only could spot an "SST" logo on one chip).
[edit] Booting via Network
This solution was recommended by a number of Acer C100 related sites I found before I used Gentoo. Prashant managed to boot his Acer by using this method and he was so kind to share his experiences / notes with us. So, here's what he found out:
- One needs another machine to run as a IP, kernel and root disk server. I used the dhcp, tftpd-hpa and the syslinux packages to set one up. As described later, I also needed a webserver to serve up files to the tablet. DHCP tells the tablet its IP address, and where it can find the kernel and root images. The tftpd actually serves up the bootloader (which comes from the syslinux package), and the installer kernel and it's root filesystem.
- After trying to some other distributions, I found the Debian Sarge distribution to have the best network boot support. It provides a netboot tar that one can simply unpack in the tftpboot directory. Here's a location for the tar.gz: [1]
- So the trick is just merely use Debian to get to a shell, and start installing a distribution that allows you fine-grained control over the steps of the installation. One such distribution is Gentoo, though there are probably many others.
- The only other quirk is that the Busybox version of tar used by the Debian installer does not support untarring .bz2 files. So you cannot directly download the Gentoo stage files and portage snapshot to the tablet, since you will not be able to untar them. Instead, download them to another machine and uncompress them there, and put the uncompressed files where they can be served up by a webserver. If you don't already have a webserver on the machine, install a small one like thttpd. Then use wget to download them, and Busybox tar to untar them. Note that the command line syntax for Busybox tar is different from the usual GNU tar.
- A solution I inadvertantly used is put a Knoppix live-cd in a host pc, then use the KNOPPIX Terminal Server application. With one click, this sets up a bootserver for your tablet to boot into (once you set it to netboot, that is!) with a full running GUI. Knoppix can be a pain to set writable permissions on for installing gentoo from the live environment itself, given the nature of it, but you can use the 'knoppix-installer' command to do an install to HDD, which takes 10 minutes. You then reboot the tablet into the knoppix installed environment, and go on with gentoo install from there.
[edit] Resizing the Windows Partition
Prashant notes: "Debian Sarge also includes ntfsresize, but for some reason it was not usable from with the installer's curses gui. It is usable from the shell however; use it to make space for Linux. From this point, one can closely follow Gentoo's installation handbook, except we start by using Debian's fdisk to partition the disk."
I initially installed SuSE Linux on the Acer, so YaST resized my partition without a hassle.
[edit] Bootloader Issues
As Prashant already mentioned in the Netboot section, it seems that Grub has had problems with the C100 harddisk, therefore you can use lilo which just works fine. However, the version of GRUB that comes with Ubuntu 6.06 Dapper Drake seems to work perfectly.
Prashant wrote of earlier versions of GRUB: "Grub has a problem installing to the hard disk. In fact, if you try to let grub do its thing, it can (and did!) corrupt the disk and wipe out the pre-installed Windows partition, so I higly recommend not letting grub come anywhere near the hard disk. As I discovered later by trial and error, lilo apparently does understand the disk."
(Comment from Bernhard: I experienced the same problem with grub, but I found one way to get it working: Use SuSE 9.1 and make a regular install with grub in the MBA of hda. I don't know why, but it works! You can now add additional partitions. It doesn't seem a problem of the disk, I now changed the original 30 GB Hitachi drive for a new Samsung MP0804H 80GB drive. Its a little bit more noisy but same thing: I had to install grub along with Suse 9.1 to get grub working! Further more I connected the original Hitachi disk with an 2.5-adaptor to my desktop PC and there I had no problems with grub any longer. So I suggest a bug in the C102TI's BIOS.)
A better way to get grub working: grub> install /grub/stage1 d (hd0) /grub/stage2 p /grub/menu.lst also have a look at http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/grub-legacy-faq.en.html#q11 (David hse04003@fh-hagenberg.at)
[edit] Kernel Configuration
(still unfinished, just ask me (heiko AT am MINUS anger MINUS 1 DOT de) if you need support) or want me to send you my kernel configuration.
| Linux Kernel Configuration: Acer Travelmate C100 |
Processor type and features:
Subarchitecture Type: PC-compatible
Processor family: Pentium M
Bus options (PCI, PCMCIA, EISA, MCA, ISA):
[*] PCI Support
PCI Access mode (Any)
[*] Legacy /proc/pci interface
[*] PCI device name database
[*] ISA Support
PCCard (PCMCIA/CardBus) Support --->
[*] PCCard (PCMCIA/CardBus) support
[*] 16bit PCMCIA support
[*] 32bit CardBus support
[*] CardBus yenta-compatible bridge support
Device Drivers:
Plug and Play support:
[*] Plug and Play support
[*] Plug and Play ACPI support
IEEE 1394 (FireWire) support:
[*] IEEE 1394 (FireWire) support
[*] OHCI-1394 support
[*] SBP-2 support (Harddisks etc.)
[*] Raw IEEE1394 I/O support
Networking support:
[*] Network Device Support
Ethernet (10 or 100Mbit):
[*] EISA, VLB, PCI and on board controllers
[*] Realtek RTL-8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter Support
Wireless LAN (non hamradio):
[*] Wireless LAN (non hamradio) & Wireless Extensions
[*] Hermes chipset 802.11b support (Orinoco/Prism2/Symbol)
[*] Hermes PCMCIA card support
Input Device support:
[*] Provide legacy /dev/psaux device
[*] Event interface
[*] Mouse:
[*] PS/2 Mouse
Sound:
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture
[*] Advanced Linux Sound Architecture
[*] Sequencer Support
[*] OSS Mixer API
[*] OSS PCM (digital audio) API
[*] OSS Sequencer API
PCI-Devices
[*] Intel/SiS/nVidia/AMD/ALi AC97 Controller
USB:
[*] Support for Host-side USB
[*] USB device filesystem
[*] EHCI HCD (USB2.0) support
[*] UHCI HCD (most Intel and VIA) support
[*] USB Printer Support
[*] USB Mass Storage Support
[*] USB Human Interface Device (full HID) support
[*] HID input layer support
[*] USB Monitor
|
[edit] X Windows Configuration
The following xorg.conf file needs you to "emerge linuxwacom setserial", which adds the wacom driver and the setserial utility. Please see the comments for details:
| File: /etc/X11/xorg.conf |
Section "Module"
Load "dbe" # Double buffer extension
SubSection "extmod"
Option "omit xfree86-dga" # don't initialise the DGA extension
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/local/"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "kbd"
Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "de"
Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
# I added a acer-hk keyboard definition file which is used to map
# the special buttons P1, P2, Mail and Web to F17-F20
Option "XkbVariant" "acer-hk"
EndSection
# This is the touchpad, you need to "emerge synaptics" if you want to use it this way:
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "touchpad"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "Protocol" "Auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
Option "Buttons" "7"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
Option "Emulate3Buttons"
Option "CircularScrolling" "yes"
Option "CircScrollTrigger" "8"
Option "FastTaps" "yes"
EndSection
# Now, a generic USB mouse entry. Whenever you are plugging in a USB mouse, you
# can use it thanks to this entry
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "usbmouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "Auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
EndSection
# From here on we define the Tablet/Pen devices, you need to "emerge linuxwacom" to add the
# appropriate driver ("wacom") to your system.
# The tablet is connected via an internal serial port (/dev/ttyS0) which needs to be initialized
# with setserial at boot time.
# Please "emerge setserial" and add the following line to your file
# /etc/serial.conf :
# /dev/ttyS0 port 0x93f8 autoconfigure
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "cursor"
Driver "wacom"
Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
Option "Type" "cursor"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "stylus"
Driver "wacom"
Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
Option "Type" "stylus"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"
Option "Mode" "Absolute"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "eraser"
Driver "wacom"
Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
Option "Type" "eraser"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"
EndSection
# End of tablet related configuration
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "LaptopLCD"
HorizSync 31.5 - 48.5
VertRefresh 50-70
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "SiliconMotion"
Driver "siliconmotion"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen 1"
Device "SiliconMotion"
Monitor "LaptopLCD"
DefaultDepth 16
Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Screen "Screen 1"
InputDevice "touchpad" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "usbmouse" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"
EndSection
|
EDIT: I had some severe issues with Modular Xorg 7.x and getting wacom tablet support enabled. It stems basically from the portage default drivers being outdated. If you suffer from this problem, add >=x11-misc/linuxwacom-0.7.2 to your /etc/portage/package.keywords file and remerge the linuxwacom package. Adding entry to package.keywords
echo ">=x11-misc/linuxwacom-0.7.2" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords
[edit] ACPI support
It was a hard fight to let the kernel accept ACPI support for my C100, it seems that its RSDP checksum is invalid and the kernel refuses to enable ACPI support because of this. Dean Townsley provided a patch forcing the kernel to use a more sophisticated routine to detect the ACPI data tables (it seems that there are two different functions existing) and voila - it works. While Ubuntu 6.06's Live CD accounts for this ACPI problem, an actual installation remains ignorant of the matter.
The patch from Dean (thank you so much) is targeted against a 2.6.11 kernel, but I was able to manually apply the changes to my 2.6.12-rc3 vanilla kernel without problems.
Here it is:
diff -ur linux-2.6.11-orig/arch/i386/kernel/acpi/boot.c linux-2.6.11/arch/i386/kernel/acpi/boot.c
--- linux-2.6.11-orig/arch/i386/kernel/acpi/boot.c Wed Mar 2 01:38:25 2005
+++ linux-2.6.11/arch/i386/kernel/acpi/boot.c Mon May 9 21:59:24 2005
@@ -506,27 +506,6 @@
EXPORT_SYMBOL(acpi_unmap_lsapic);
#endif /* CONFIG_ACPI_HOTPLUG_CPU */
-static unsigned long __init
-acpi_scan_rsdp (
- unsigned long start,
- unsigned long length)
-{
- unsigned long offset = 0;
- unsigned long sig_len = sizeof("RSD PTR ") - 1;
-
- /*
- * Scan all 16-byte boundaries of the physical memory region for the
- * RSDP signature.
- */
- for (offset = 0; offset < length; offset += 16) {
- if (strncmp((char *) (start + offset), "RSD PTR ", sig_len))
- continue;
- return (start + offset);
- }
-
- return 0;
-}
-
static int __init acpi_parse_sbf(unsigned long phys_addr, unsigned long size)
{
struct acpi_table_sbf *sb;
@@ -630,21 +609,11 @@
unsigned long __init
acpi_find_rsdp (void)
{
+ struct acpi_pointer addr;
unsigned long rsdp_phys = 0;
- if (efi_enabled) {
- if (efi.acpi20)
- return __pa(efi.acpi20);
- else if (efi.acpi)
- return __pa(efi.acpi);
- }
- /*
- * Scan memory looking for the RSDP signature. First search EBDA (low
- * memory) paragraphs and then search upper memory (E0000-FFFFF).
- */
- rsdp_phys = acpi_scan_rsdp (0, 0x400);
- if (!rsdp_phys)
- rsdp_phys = acpi_scan_rsdp (0xE0000, 0xFFFFF);
+ if (!ACPI_FAILURE(acpi_find_root_pointer(ACPI_PHYSICAL_ADDRESSING,&addr)))
+ rsdp_phys=addr.pointer.physical;
return rsdp_phys;
}
diff -ur linux-2.6.11-orig/arch/i386/mach-es7000/es7000plat.c linux-2.6.11/arch/i386/mach-es7000/es7000plat.c
--- linux-2.6.11-orig/arch/i386/mach-es7000/es7000plat.c Wed Mar 2 01:38:26 2005
+++ linux-2.6.11/arch/i386/mach-es7000/es7000plat.c Mon May 9 21:23:15 2005
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
#include <linux/reboot.h>
#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/acpi.h>
+#include <linux/efi.h>
#include <asm/io.h>
#include <asm/nmi.h>
#include <asm/smp.h>
@@ -75,6 +76,52 @@
#endif // (CONFIG_X86_IO_APIC) && (CONFIG_ACPI_INTERPRETER || CONFIG_ACPI_BOOT)
+
+static unsigned long __init
+es7000_acpi_scan_rsdp (
+ unsigned long start,
+ unsigned long length)
+{
+ unsigned long offset = 0;
+ unsigned long sig_len = sizeof("RSD PTR ") - 1;
+
+ /*
+ * Scan all 16-byte boundaries of the physical memory region for the
+ * RSDP signature.
+ */
+ for (offset = 0; offset < length; offset += 16) {
+ if (strncmp((char *) (start + offset), "RSD PTR ", sig_len))
+ continue;
+ return (start + offset);
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+
+unsigned long __init
+es7000_acpi_find_rsdp (void)
+{
+ unsigned long rsdp_phys = 0;
+
+ if (efi_enabled) {
+ if (efi.acpi20)
+ return __pa(efi.acpi20);
+ else if (efi.acpi)
+ return __pa(efi.acpi);
+ }
+ /*
+ * Scan memory looking for the RSDP signature. First search EBDA (low
+ * memory) paragraphs and then search upper memory (E0000-FFFFF).
+ */
+ rsdp_phys = es7000_acpi_scan_rsdp (0, 0x400);
+ if (!rsdp_phys)
+ rsdp_phys = es7000_acpi_scan_rsdp (0xE0000, 0xFFFFF);
+
+ return rsdp_phys;
+}
+
+
/*
* Parse the OEM Table
*/
@@ -153,7 +200,8 @@
int i;
struct acpi_table_sdt sdt;
- rsdp_phys = acpi_find_rsdp();
+ /* FIXME -- can we use the general acpi_find_rsdp() ? */
+ rsdp_phys = es7000_acpi_find_rsdp();
rsdp = __va(rsdp_phys);
if (rsdp->rsdt_address) {
struct acpi_table_rsdt *mapped_rsdt = NULL;
[edit] Hibernation
I sucessfully added support for hibernation (suspend-to-disk) by using the suspend2 software/kernel patch. More about this can be found here:
HOWTO_Software_Suspend_v2 - A very good complete description of how to enable hibernation support
www.suspend2.net - the home page of the people providing the suspend-to-disk support for the Linux kernel
Please "emerge hibernate-script" after you added suspend2 support to your kernel.
My /etc/hibernate/hibernate.conf file looks like this:
| Code: /etc/hibernate/hibernate.conf |
### suspend2 (for Software Suspend 2) UseSuspend2 yes ## useful for initrd usage: SuspendDevice swap:/dev/hda2 ## Powerdown method - 3 for suspend-to-RAM, 4 for ACPI S4 sleep, 5 for poweroff PowerdownMethod 5 Verbosity 0 LogFile /var/log/hibernate.log LogVerbosity 1 ### clock SaveClock restore-only ### grub # ChangeGrubMenu yes # GrubMenuFile /boot/grub/menu.lst # AlternateGrubMenuFile /boot/grub/menu-suspended.lst # BackupGrubMenuFile /boot/grub/menu.lst.hibernate.bak ### lilo EnsureLILOResumes yes ### modules UnloadBlacklistedModules yes LoadModules auto ### xhacks SwitchToTextMode yes |
[edit] Softmodem
The integrated Intel AMR softmodem works just fine when you enable the special kernel driver, which can be found here: Device Drivers -> Sound -> Advanced Linux Sound Architecture -> PCI Devices -> Intel/SiS/nVidia/AMD MC97 Modem
Afterwards I emerged "slmodem" and had to uncomment the line " need alsasound " which prevents the slmodem script from setting everything up when "alsasound" is not started (I compiled alsa into the kernel and therefore do not start alsasound at all).
The settings in /etc/conf.d/slmodem:
# Config file for /etc/init.d/slmodemd DEV=/dev/ttySL0 COUNTRY=DE GROUP=dialout # the group should be kept in sync with: # /etc/devfs.d/slmodem (devfs) # /etc/udev/rules.d/55-slmodem.rules (udev) # The following symlink will be created if uncommented LN_DEV=/dev/modem # Raise priority to reduce modem dropouts NICE=-6 # ALSA Options: # The following sets the ALSA (alsasound) init script to # be a dependency of the slmodem one. It does also provides # ALSA support. MODULE=alsa # The modem hardware slot # use "modem:0", "modem:1", etc. # usually modem:1 is used HW_SLOT=modem:1
[edit] IrDA
The C100 has an NSC Infrared Data controller built-in to the front useful for syncing to a palm pilot, digital camera or printer. Luckily the NSC port built into the Tablet is able to use the FIR interface (Fast InfraRed) versus SIR (Serial [or Slow] InfraRed) so no serial configuration will be necessary
First, all relevant IrDA kernel options must be compiled (I will add the options to the above config later). I prefer to compile them straight into the kernel instead of module style, which is just easier for me. When you boot into the kernel, it shuold autoload the nsc-ircc module and enable your IR port. Mount with ifconfig:
ifconfig irda0 up
Check the status of the IR port and ensure HWADDRESS is populated with a value other than 00:00:00:00
ifconfig -a | grep irda
You must emerge the irda-utils package in order to properly use the device
emerge irda-utils
Test IR port by pinging
irdaping -i irda0
If you see the red L.E.D. inside the IR port cover blinking, setup is a success! Of course configuring for various IR devices is another matter, but I can't wait to get an IR link game between a GameBoy Color and VisualBoy Advance going on! :P
If you're having issues with enabling the hardware, findchip can help with troubleshooting.
findchip -v
[edit] Software needed
Acer Hotkeys
emerge acerhk
This enables extensive support for the special keys (P1, P2, mail, web) of your Acer C100.
Synaptics Touchpad driver
emerge synaptics
This enables extensive support for the touchpad of your Acer C100.
EDIT: I also had issues with the synaptics driver and Modular Xorg 7.x. Using "Device" option /dev/input/mouse0 in /etc/X11/xorg.conf seems to resolve this. /dev/mouse and /dev/psaux worked for me in Xfree86 and monolithic Xorg when using synaptics driver, but not in modular Xorg.
Linux Wacom Tablet Driver
emerge linuxwacom
This adds a driver for the tablet/pen (see X Windows configuration for details).
setserial
emerge setserial
Needed for tablet/pen operation, the serial port used to talk to the tablet (/dev/ttyS0, only an internal port) needs to be initialized with setserial first. See X Windows configuration (in-file comments).
slmodem
emerge slmodem
Useful scripts for the internal softmodem (see Softmodem section).
irDa Utilities
emerge irda-utils
Utilities useful/necessary for utilizing the Infrared Data Port.
[edit] Tablet PC Software
I'm of the opinion that, while I choose Linux as my OS of choice on the Tablet PC, it's useless unless it works the way Acer intended under Windows XP Tablet PC edition. On that note I'll list some of the better software I've used to create the Tablet PC experience while using Linux.
CVoiceControl
emerge cvoicecontrol
This program enables voice recognition on a command line.
[edit] WirelessLan Adapter
Kernel modules
Linux Kernel Configuration: needed WLAN modules
Device Driver:
[*] Network Device Support
Wireless LAN (non hamradio):
[*] Wireless LAN (non hamradio) & Wireless Extensions
[M] Hermes chipset 802.11b support (Orinoco/Prism2/Symbol)
[M] Hermes PCMCIA card support
Networking:
<M> Generic IEEE 802.11 Networking Stack
[*] Enable full debugging output
--- IEEE 802.11 WEP encryption (802.1x)
<M> IEEE 802.11i CCMP support
<M> IEEE 802.11i TKIP encryption
<M> Software MAC add-on to the IEEE 802.11 networking stack
[*] Enable full debugging output
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{{{2}}}
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startup the wlan device
modprobe -v orinoco_cs /etc/init.d/pcmcia restart
Now you should see with ifconfig -a your wlan adapter if you enabled it at boot.
[edit] To Do
What is not working yet?
- Switch between wireless and wired network at runtime - you can choose between the internal WLAN card and the ethernet port before you boot Linux, but not after it has been started. In fact neither one works after pressing that button once while everything is running.
- Suspend to RAM - no idea if that will ever start working.
- Internal smartcard reader - I do not think this will be of much use, but who knows.. (EDIT: I found some promising drivers and program support for the Tablet's SmartCard reader, including OS suspend when card is removed. Will post instructions when/if I get it working.)
- Fn+X keys - only very few of them work (switching monitor/display IIRC)
- Text input using the Tablet Pen - I once found xscribble but this software seems not to be in portage.
[edit] Contacts
Below follows a list of individuals willing to answer any questions they can who have successfully installed Linux onto an Acer Travelmate C100.
- Steffen (bestmischmaker AT web DOT de) - Wireless LAN
- Richard (aquarichy AT gmail DOT com) - Netboot with Debian Sarge; Ubuntu 6.06 Flight 6 development release
- Alex (darthbong AT xboxisapieceofshit DOT com) - Straight up Gentoo
- Heiko ( heiko AT am-anger-1 DOT de) - Initial Author of this page, using Gentoo and WinXP Dual Boot
