acer aspire one 722 (solved)

[winwrecker]

i recently bought an aspire one as linux worked very well on the last one i had. the new one (722 series) comes with the amd dual core, raedon graphics and ddr3. linux will not load either thumb drive or external dvd player will work. i have the latest iso 2012.2 i believe just no luck installing. the only weird thing i noticed that it had that maybe would mess with things is the two finger mouse pad. i tried using a usb mouse during install but it didnt work either. i am sorry i didnt get the spot where it hangs but i know it goes through hardware thinking continues on and then hangs. i will try again later and post back with the exact spot where it hangs. i believe it wont let the mouse move so you can choose the us keyboard but it has been a while back and things here at the motel are really hopping with the 65 to 75 degree days. any ideas.

[Xenaflux]

You can try a few things( as I did with my new laptop )

On your existing PCLinuxOS install a new kernel and make a remaster.
That worked for me

OR

Take your usual 2012-2 LiveCD and boot up in Video Safe Mode FBDEV
Or, boot up in Safe boot

At command prompt,
You can configure all or most by entering the command: XFdrake

If this fails, please report

[loudog]

go into bios change the boot order to network ist all usb devices second, cd, then hard drive. the problem is when the wireless starts automatically i guess   it screws things up. it will take some tweaking to get the wireless working as far as the ubuntu forum posts about this particular acer model but the bios boot order is the first step to get it to load linux. lets see if i can get that web page, http://www.linlap.com/wiki/acer+aspire+one+722. so a good place to start.

[Xenaflux]

lets see if i can get that web page, http://www.linlap.com/wiki/acer+aspire+one+722. so a good place to start

Thanks for the link
Will come in handy sometime, I guess.

Xena

[winwrecker]

yep the bios boot order worked so now its time to try getting the wireless to work