Acer Aspire 1551

Preface
Acer 1551 is a AMDTM  dual core laptop, sold by Acer, with this vendor specs:


 * Lapspecs
 * Linlap
 * Acer support

/usr/sbin/lspci output

/usr/sbin/lsusb output

To start configuring, read Laptop, and consult this page as needed.

Kernel configuration
At the time of writing, kernel has version 2.6.37.

Video Device
This setup uses the open source ATI drivers, the closed source drivers provided for ATI have been not tested by the original author.

Choose a graphics driver from those available for your card and follow the linked guide.

Xorg
For external keyboards or mouse pointers (change your keyboard layout from latam to something appropriate for you):

For touchpad it is recommendable:

Drivers (firmware)
Emerge packages  for video (ATI Radeon) and wireless firmware before compiling the kernel.

Follow the report for

Related Links
ATI proprietary driver has been not tested, but, if you want to try, follow the fglrx guide below.
 * 1) Laptop
 * 2) Broadcom-brcm80211
 * 3) Symlinks fix
 * 4) Radeon
 * 5) fglrx

Acer Aspire 1551