Installing GNU/Linux Fedora Core 6 on a Acer Aspire 5000 Laptop

Revision history
Revision 1.0
 2007-09-03
 Initial publication

This document describes how to install and configure the GNU/Linux Fedora Core 6 on a Acer Aspire 5000 series, 5004WLMi ZL5 Laptop



Specifications:
Type
 		Description
 		Status
 		Notes
Processor
 AMD Turion 64 Mobile Technology ML-34 (1.8 GHz, 1 MB L2 cache)
 Work
 No special procedure required during installation
Main Memory
 512 MB (1x512 SODIMM, 333 MHz, DDR SDRAM)
 Work
 No special procedure required during installation
Storage
 100 GB (UltraATA100, 4200 RPM)
 Work
 No special procedure required during installation
Optical
 DVD+/-RW 8x Double Layer
 Work
 No special procedure required during installation
Network
 SiS 900 FastEthernet
 Work
 No special procedure required during installation
Wireless
 Broadcom Wireless BCM4318 (AirForce One 54g) IEEE 802.11b/g
 Work
See wireless notes
Screen
 15.4" LCD Wide XGA (1280 x 800) TFT Active Matrix
 Work
 No special procedure required during installation
Video
 SiS M760GX, 64 MB (VGA connector)
 Work
 No special procedure required during installation
USB
 USB 2.0  controller (3 connectors)
 Work
 No special procedure required during installation
Modem
 SiS Modem Controller
 Work
 Not Probe
Audio
 SiS Audio Controller
 Work
 No special procedure required during installation
Battery
 Lithium-ion Battery 8-cell
 Work
 No special procedure required during installation


Hardware information reported by lspci command
00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 760/M760 Host (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SG86C202
00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS963 [MuTIOL Media IO] (rev 25)
00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE]
00:02.6 Modem: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] AC'97 Modem Controller (rev a0)
00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] AC'97 Sound Controller (rev a0)
00:03.0 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 0f)
00:03.1 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 0f)
00:03.2 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 2.0 Controller
00:04.0 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900 PCI Fast Ethernet (rev 91)
00:06.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1510 PC card Cardbus Controller
00:0b.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 661/741/760 PCI/AGP or 662/761Gx PCIE VGA Display Adapter


Wireless notes
You need download the firmware bmc43xx-firmware. To install:
  1. Uncompress or unpack the bcm43xx-firmware_1.3.tar.gz file
  2. Copy the firmware (bcm43xxx-firmware-1.3/firmware/*.fw) into /lib/firmware directory
  3. Reload the module/driver bcm43xx, or reboot the computer.
Verify if exist the next line in /etc/modprobe.conf, otherwise add this line
alias eth1 bcm43xx

To verify the sucessfull loaded driver, execute "dmesg | grep bcm43xx" and you get the next result
bcm43xx: Chip ID 0x4318, rev 0x2
bcm43xx: Number of cores: 4
bcm43xx: Core 0: ID 0x800, rev 0xd, vendor 0x4243, enabled
bcm43xx: Core 1: ID 0x812, rev 0x9, vendor 0x4243, disabled
bcm43xx: Core 2: ID 0x804, rev 0xc, vendor 0x4243, enabled
bcm43xx: Core 3: ID 0x80d, rev 0x7, vendor 0x4243, enabled
bcm43xx: PHY connected
bcm43xx: Detected PHY: Version: 3, Type 2, Revision 7
bcm43xx: Detected Radio: ID: 8205017f (Manuf: 17f Ver: 2050 Rev: 8)
bcm43xx: Radio turned off
bcm43xx: Radio turned off



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