On 03/09/2015 05:45 PM, Dave Horsfall wrote:
I have a new Acer Aspire E15 that came pre-loaded with Billyware, and after first checking it out with FreeBSD I upgraded it to Debian 7.7.0 (although I see that 8 is now out). It sees neither the wireless nor the trackpad, although FreeBSD found them (and I can't remember what they were); I'm told that this is because they are proprietary devices; I wish I'd known that beforehand, but the laptop was offered as a special deal.
Check the reference: https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch02.en.html#_debian_archive_basics and add contrib and non-free to your package lists. Maybe it makes sense to install the latest kernel from backports, see: http://backports.debian.org/. Have a nice day! :-) J.R.