Acer Aspire 9804

[Danny Bowman]

Hey all,

I realize laptop compatability is probably the most overdiscussed thing on
this list, but I can't find a single thing in the archives or on google
relating to running FreeBSD on an Acer Aspire 9804, so sadly, I'm desperate
enough to try posting here :P

Has anyone had any experience with the Acer Aspire 9804? I have it here
currently, but I can't install FreeBSD on it without voiding my tenative
agreement with the shop I got it from, to return it if I can't get linux
working on it.

Specifically, I'm hoping audio (internal speakers), wireless, and the tv
tuner work. An added bonus would be the USB attatched IRC received and its
remote.

I've included all relevant information - if you need more, let me know and
I'll grab it as soon as I can.

TIA
Grecko

========== lspci ===============
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PCI Express Graphics Port (rev
03)
00:1b.0 Class 0403: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition
Audio Controller (rev 02)  ** USES REALTEK ALC883 CODEC
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port
1 (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port
2 (rev 02)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port
3 (rev 02)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port
4 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #1
(rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #2
(rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #3
(rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #4
(rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI
Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GHM (ICH7-M DH) LPC Interface
Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) Serial
ATA Storage Controllers cc=IDE (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev
02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0398
(rev a1) ** nVidia Go card, supported by Linux version of Nvidia driver so I
assume will have support in FreeBSD?
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Unknown device
4363 (rev 12) ** Sky2 driver in linux
07:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Unknown device 4222 (rev 02)
** ipw3945 driver in linux
09:04.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7133 Video
Broadcast Decoder (rev d1)
09:06.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments Unknown device 8039
09:06.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments Unknown device 803a
09:06.2 Mass storage controller: Texas Instruments Unknown device 803b
09:06.3 Class 0805: Texas Instruments Unknown device 803c
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