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I`ve got some problems with new Acer Aspire S3

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I just got a new Acer Aspire S3 Laptop, and I've installed Ubuntu on it. Here is some problems:

1. Bluetooth (AR3012) can't find any devices. rfkill shows that everything is fine, but I still can't connect to any device. (Maybe it was turned off in stock windows?)

2. Can't change screen brightness (I've tried Timex's solution with new 3.2-rc kernel and some grub options, touchpad works fine,but I still can`t use Fn+Right/Left)

3. 720p video in all players(VLC, mplayer and totem) works wrong. I found some similar problems on intel video chips with vblank sync or something like that. Video plays as it should, but i always see a line which appears on action scenes (looks like some parts of a screen updates faster)

Maybe there are some solutions from similar laptops that I can find?

PS I've tried ubuntu 11.04 with old kernel and linux mint 12-rc with 3.2-rc2 kernel.

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answered 2 Years ago unsmmoth · Accepted Answer

1) Bluetooth works with kernel patch
2) Brightness needs lines in /etc/default/grub

    pcie_aspm=force

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="quiet splash pcie_aspm=force i915.i915_enable_rc6=1 acpi_osi=Linux acpi_backlight=vendor"

3) This problem calls "Screen Tearing". New intel video drivers will probably fix this.

Very similar laptop is Asus Zenbook UX21/31... It uses similar wifi/bt module...