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Feisty (old release)

Gutsy (old release)

Hardy (current LTS)

Intrepid (supported)

Jaunty (supported)

Karmic (current)

Lucid Alpha2 (development)

Installation works?

Yes (LiveCD)

Yes (LiveCD)

Yes(Alternate install)

Yes (Alternate install)

Yes (Alternate install)

Yes (Alternate install)

Unknown (updated from Karmic)

Hardware Information

Screen & Monitors

Device

Works?

Feisty

Gutsy

Hardy

Intrepid

Jaunty

Karmic

Lucid (Alpha2)

Screen

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Correct resolution?

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Correct refresh rate?

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

3D Acceleration

unknown

unknown

unknown

unknown

unknown

unknown

unknown

External monitor works?

unknown

unknown

unknown

unknown

unknown

unknown

unknown

External monitor - mirrors

unknown

unknown

unknown

unknown

unknown

unknown

unknown

External monitor - extend desktop

unknown

unknown

unknown

unknown

unknown

unknown

unknown

Power Management

Battery detected?

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Hibernates?

unknown

unknown

unknown

unknown

unknown

unknown

unknown

Sleep

unknown

unknown

unknown

unknown

unknown

unknown

unknown

Dim monitor on battery

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Blank monitor on inactivity

unknown

Not tested

Lid Close

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Cpu frequency scaling

unknown

unknown

unknown

unknown

unknown

unknown

unknown

Sound

Sound works?

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Correct volume?

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Hardware volume switch

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Headphone jack

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Mic jack

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Networking

Wired NIC

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Wireless NIC

Yes(ndiswrapper)

Yes(ndiswrapper)

Yes(ndiswrapper)

Yes(ndiswrapper)

Yes(ndiswrapper)

Yes(ndiswrapper)

Yes(ndiswrapper

PCMCIA NIC

unknown

unknown

unknown

unknown

unknown

unknown

unknown

Firewire

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Modem

unknown

unknown

unknown

unknown

unknown

unknown

unknown

Infrared

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Touchpad & Mice

Touchpad

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Touchpad - Doubletap = double click

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Touchpad - Scroll down side

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

External mouse - USB

unknown

unknown

unknown

unknown

unknown

unknown

unknown

Docking Station/Port Replicator

AC through replicator

unknown

N/A

USB

unknown

N/A

Serial

unknown

N/A

Parallel

unknown

N/A

External Monitor - VGA

unknown

N/A

External Monitor - DVI

unknown

N/A

Modem

unknown

N/A

NIC

unknown

N/A

PS/2

unknown

N/A

Additional Hardware

Fingerprint reader

N/A

N/A

CD/DVD drive

unknown

Yes (Read/Write)

PCMCIA cards

unknown

Untested

Parallel Ports

unknown

N/A

Card reader(s)

unknown

Untested

Function and other keys

Fn key

Operation

Keycode

Works?

Bug # (See Notes)

in Breezy (current stable)?

in Feisty?

+ F1

Hot key help - Displays help on hot keys

unknown

Yes (Opens Yelp)

+ F2

Should: Launches the eSetting in the eManager set by the Acer Empowering Key e

e026

unknown

No

+ F3

Should launch Power Management

e027

unknown

No

+ F4

Should Put The Laptop in Sleep Mode

unknown

No

+ F5

Switch to external monitor and back

e029

unknown

No

+ F6

Turns the display screen backlight off to save power - Press any key to return also works

e071 and e 072

unknown

Yes

+ F7

Turns the internal touchpad on and off

unknown

Yes(altough atkbd.c reports that the keycode is unknown)

+ F8

Turns the speakers on and off

unknown

Yes

+ F11

NumLk

unknown

Yes

+ F12

Scr Lk

unknown

No

+ ↑

Volume up

unknown

Yes

+ ↓

Volume down

unknown

Yes

+ →

Increases the screen brightness

unknown

Yes

+ ←

Decreases the screen brightness

unknown

Yes

+ Home

Toggle Play/Pause

unknown

No

+ Pg Up

Stop Playing

unknown

No

+ Pg Dn

Previous Song

unknown

No

+ End

Next Song

unknown

No

Other special keys

Key

Operation

Keycode

Works?

Bug # (See Notes)

in Breezy (current stable)?

in Dapper Drake Flight6?

€

Dedicated € key

e033

unknown

No

$

Dedicated $ key

e034

unknown

No

Alt Gr + E

€ key

unknown

Yes

Windows Key + Tab

Activates the next Taskbar button

unknown

No

Windows Key + E

Should Open the My Computer window

unknown

No

Windows Key + F

Should Open the Find: All Files dialog box

unknown

No

Windows Key + M

Should Minimize all windows

unknown

No

Windows Key + R

Should Open the Run dialog box

unknown

No

Launch Key + Mail

Opens Evolution

unknown

Yes

Launch Key + Browser

Opens Firefox

unknown

Yes

Launch Key + e

Should: eManager (User-programmable)

unknown

No

Launch Key + P

Should: User-programmable Key

unknown

No