Ubuntu 14.10 on Acer Aspire S7

2014.11

Šarūnas Burdulis

Department of Mathematics
Dartmouth College

Acer Aspire S7-191 (model MS2363)

Intel Core i5 dual-core 1.7GHz CPU
4GB DDR3 RAM
64×2 GB SSD
11.6″ Full HD 1920×1080 Multi-Touch
Intel HD Graphics 4000
Qualcomm Atheros AR9462 Wi-Fi

$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor DRAM Controller (rev 09)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller (rev 09)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI Host Controller (rev 04)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev c4)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev c4)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation HM77 Express Chipset LPC Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.2 RAID bus controller: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile SATA Controller [RAID mode] (rev 04)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 04)
02:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros AR9462 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)

What works “out of the box”

Not tested

Notes

BIOS/UEFI config (Fn-F2):
Boot Mode: UEFI
Secure Mode: Disabled
SATA Mode: AHCI

With laptop-mode-tools installed PowerTOP reports battery discahrge rate of 8.5W with display at 50% brightness and Wi-Fi on.

Screen brightness adjustment now “just works” — with earlier kernels a quirky acpi_osi='!Windows 2012' boot option was necessary.

Kernel modules as loaded after the install:

$ lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
ctr                    13049  2 
ccm                    17731  2 
dm_crypt               23172  0 
acer_wmi               32522  0 
sparse_keymap          13948  1 acer_wmi
snd_hda_codec_hdmi     47547  1 
snd_hda_codec_realtek    76887  1 
snd_hda_codec_generic    68914  1 snd_hda_codec_realtek
snd_hda_intel          30379  3 
snd_hda_controller     35152  1 snd_hda_intel
snd_hda_codec         139675  5 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_controller
snd_hwdep              17698  1 snd_hda_codec
intel_rapl             18783  0 
x86_pkg_temp_thermal    14205  0 
intel_powerclamp       18786  0 
snd_pcm               104102  4 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_controller
coretemp               13441  0 
kvm_intel             143553  0 
kvm                   459843  1 kvm_intel
crct10dif_pclmul       14307  0 
crc32_pclmul           13133  0 
ghash_clmulni_intel    13230  0 
aesni_intel           152552  532 
aes_x86_64             17131  1 aesni_intel
lrw                    13287  1 aesni_intel
gf128mul               14951  1 lrw
glue_helper            13944  1 aesni_intel
ablk_helper            13597  1 aesni_intel
snd_seq_midi           13564  0 
cryptd                 20360  266 ghash_clmulni_intel,aesni_intel,ablk_helper
snd_seq_midi_event     14899  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_rawmidi            30876  1 snd_seq_midi
rfcomm                 69509  8 
arc4                   12608  2 
snd_seq                67224  2 snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq_midi
ath9k                 136984  0 
bnep                   19543  2 
ath9k_common           25638  1 ath9k
ath9k_hw              446568  2 ath9k_common,ath9k
ath                    29052  3 ath9k_common,ath9k,ath9k_hw
mac80211              660592  1 ath9k
joydev                 17344  0 
serio_raw              13434  0 
uvcvideo               81065  0 
ath3k                  13331  0 
btusb                  32448  0 
videobuf2_vmalloc      13216  1 uvcvideo
videobuf2_memops       13362  1 videobuf2_vmalloc
hid_multitouch         17419  0 
videobuf2_core         59104  1 uvcvideo
v4l2_common            15682  1 videobuf2_core
snd_seq_device         14497  3 snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_midi
cfg80211              510218  4 ath,ath9k_common,ath9k,mac80211
bluetooth             446190  23 bnep,ath3k,btusb,rfcomm
videodev              149725  3 uvcvideo,v4l2_common,videobuf2_core
media                  21963  2 uvcvideo,videodev
6lowpan_iphc           18702  1 bluetooth
lpc_ich                21093  0 
snd_timer              29513  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd                    87611  17 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_seq_device
soundcore              15052  2 snd,snd_hda_codec
shpchp                 37040  0 
mei_me                 19742  0 
mei                    87931  1 mei_me
mac_hid                13227  0 
parport_pc             32741  0 
nls_iso8859_1          12713  1 
ppdev                  17671  0 
lp                     17759  0 
parport                42299  3 lp,ppdev,parport_pc
ums_realtek            18045  0 
uas                    23264  0 
usb_storage            66398  2 uas,ums_realtek
usbhid                 52574  0 
hid                   110426  2 hid_multitouch,usbhid
i915                  917618  3 
psmouse               106548  0 
ahci                   34062  2 
i2c_algo_bit           13406  1 i915
libahci                32424  1 ahci
drm_kms_helper         61627  1 i915
drm                   310919  5 i915,drm_kms_helper
wmi                    19193  1 acer_wmi
video                  20128  2 i915,acer_wmi

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