Linux Compatibility Test Report for Acer TravelMate 5720

Acer TravelMate 5720
Linux Compatibility Testing Results

System Type: Laptop
Test Completed: 4/11/2008

Acer TravelMate 5720 is awarded the AppLabs Linux Compatibility mark.

AppLabs' www.Linux-Tested.com compatibility testing of this system showed the following Linux distributions compatible with this system.

Open Suse 10.3

This document presents the compatibility testing results.

System Configuration

The following table defines the system configuration tested by AppLabs.

System Configuration as Tested
Company	Acer India Pvt. Ltd.
Model	Acer TravelMate 5720
BIOS Revision	v1.32
Main Board and Chipset	82801HBM/HEM
Processor(s)	Intel Core(TM) 2 Duo CPU T7500 2.2Ghz/800Mhz FSB /4Mb cache
RAM	DDR2 1GB
HBA	Acer Incorporated [ALI] 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA IDE Controller
HBA	None
Motherboard Features and Capabilities	Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 2.2Ghz/800Mhz FSB /4Mb cache DDR2 1GB, Phonix BIOS V1.32, Wi-Fi, ACPI 3.0, Mobile PC 2002, DMI 2.0
Display Adapter	Intel 965 GM
Serial Ports	None (0) 16550 Serial Port(s)
Parallel Ports	None (0) Bi-Directional
USB Ports	Four (4) USB 2.0 port(s)
I/O Ports and Buses	One (1) PCI; One (1) PCI-X; One (1) 1394
Network Interface	NetLink BCM5787M 10/100/1000 Mb/s
Network Interface	Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Wi-fi 802.11 A/B/G
Network Interface	None
Optical Drive	TSSTcorp CDDVDW TS-L632H-(PM)
Audio Chipset / Sound Card	82801H (ICH8 Family) HD
Hard Drive	WDC WD1200BEVS 120GB (SATA) Acer OEM (Toshibha)
Floppy Drive	None
Keyboard	88-/89-Key Acer Fine Touch (built in)
Pointing Device	Acer built-in Seamless(Synaptics) touchpad with 4-way scroll button
Miscellaneous Hardware	Integrated ports: S-Video/TV-out port, Bluetooth port, Infrared port, DVI-D port, External display VGA port, Headphones/speaker/line-out jack, 5-in-1 card reader

Testing Results

The following table defines the hardware as tested in this system by AppLabs, and provides the pass/fail results.

Tests and determinations are available for reference in ASCII format for immediate viewing.

Test Comment Result

Installation Testing

CD-ROM Installation PASSED

NFS/FTP Installation PASSED

Device Auto Probing PASSED

Base System Testing

Kernel Compatibility PASSED

GRUB/LILO Compatibility PASSED

Heavy I/O Test N/A

Network Test PASSED

Network Load Test (Not required on workstation test) N/A

SMP Test (Only required multiprocessor systems) N/A

Display Adapter

Console Compatibility PASSED

X Server Compatibility PASSED

Stand Alone Monitor (Laptop Test Only) PASSED

Simultaneous Display CRT/LCD (Laptop Test Only) PASSED

Sound Adapter

Basic Sound Compatibility PASSED

Advanced Sound Availability PASSED

Advanced Sound Compatibility PASSED

Serial Ports

Kernel Detection N/A

Setserial Compatibility N/A

Throughput Testing N/A

Parallel Ports

Kernel Detection N/A

Compatibility Testing N/A

Mouse

Kernel Detection PASSED

Compatibility Testing PASSED

Keyboard

Compatibility Testing PASSED

Notes and Observations:

Headphones to work install alsa-driver-1.0.16 drivers from http://www.alsa-project.org url
Infrared port - drivers not available
Modem not detected
Display - 1. Active dual head mode works with Clone Multihead option only
Note: We need to restart the machine for display to adjust to the external monitor/Projector/LCD
2. After a full online update the display settings change

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