[ubuntu-uk] Acer Aspire Revo R3700 Desktop

[steve]

On 15/07/11 13:06, Paul Sutton wrote:
> Hi
>
> anyone got any experience of the a
> Acer Aspire Revo R3700 Desktop
>
> with 11.04
>
> http://www.ebuyer.com/product/261508
>
>
> i have googled and its come up with mixed reviews some saying it hangs 
> on shutdown and other issues right up to hardly any issues.
>
> i will mainly use it for
>
> web browsing (i have  flash but also flash block)
> e-mail
> open / libreoffice
> some of the games  such as glest, open arena etc that comes with ubuntu
> i also use software such as scratch
>
> so nothing that is going to be too demanding,  my older dell 10v can 
> cope with the above so with ion 2 (assuming that it is supported by 
> nvidia drivers) should give better performance.
>
> Paul
>

Yes I have one...have had it for about two months now, purchased from 
Ebuyer.

Mine came pre-installed with Linpus Linux which I quickly deleted and 
installed Ubuntu 11.04.

It works pretty much out of the box. You need to install the proprietary 
nvidia driver and there is a quick fix for the shutdown problem by 
blacklisting a particular wireless driver as follows:

place "blacklist rt2800pci" at the bottom of /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

and reboot. You will need to initially switch off the unit by holding 
the power button down for a few seconds but after you will be able to 
reboot/shutdown without any problem.

I am delighted with my little Revo, it runs on very low power and is 
almost completely silent.

It is perfect for everyday use and works great with multimedia by virtue 
of the onboard nvidia ion graphics chip.

If you require any further info Paul, please email me direct

I can thoroughly recommend.

regards,

Steve

macstevejb at gmail.com
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