Acer Aspire 5630

To be honest I am a little confused by Acer's model numbers. My laptops has 5630 writen in front, but I think it's a 5633. There are also several different types of 5633 / 5630 available,all with different specs. Mine for example doesn't have the camera.

Hardware Specification

 * Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T5500 @ 1.66GHz
 * RAM: 512MB
 * Video: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
 * Sound: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
 * HDD: 120GB
 * Optical: YES - DVD Writer
 * Network1: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX (rev 02)
 * Network2: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection (rev 02)
 * Mouse: Touchpad
 * Default OS : Vista Home Premium

Kernel modules
Output for lsmod Module                 Size  Used by i915                   29568  2 snd_hda_intel        333836  0 snd_pcm               59780  1 snd_hda_intel snd_timer             20104  1 snd_pcm snd                   39732  3 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm,snd_timer snd_page_alloc        10632  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm iwl3945              148468  0

I had some issues getting SATA and the wireless to work, but managed to get around those. Will try to post more details on what I did soon.

X11 configuration
I added the following drivers to support the mouse the video card. x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev x11-drivers/xf86-input-keyboard x11-drivers/xf86-input-mouse x11-drivers/xf86-input-synaptics x11-drivers/xf86-video-intel x11-drivers/xf86-video-vesa