Installation report for Acer TravelMate 8100

[ford42]

I recently purchased the Acer 8103.  It has the same hardware as the
8104.  I had trouble getting Ubuntu to install on it.  I currently got
Debian to install and am running that.  I will likely try a more
recently Ubuntu soon.  Anyone able to solve any of the following
problems:

1)  Getting the ATI X700 drivers working
2)  Getting the Wireless card working
3)  Getting the DVD drive to have DMA turned on

I finally got the the sound working but would really like to get the
rest working.  Thanks for any help.


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ford42