CompalHEL80

Revision 15 as of 2008-03-14 01:06:40

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The HEL80 is similar to the [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LaptopTestingTeam/CompalHEL81 HEL81]. The main differences are the Nvidia Geforce Go 7600, the presence of a web cam and a finger printer and four extra media buttons.

Compal sells the HEL80 with two different screens a glossy WXGA+ (1280x800) and a matte WSXGA+ (1680x1050) screen. The laptop used for testing has the latter screen.

Current Issues

System Info

#For Feisty and Gutsy
bios-version:116B
system-manufacturer:COMPAL
system-product-name:HEL80C
system-version:-

#For Hardy
bios-version:122B
system-manufacturer:COMPAL
system-product-name:HEL80I
system-version:-

Hardware details

in Feisty ?

in Gutsy (current stable)?

in Hardy (current development)

Installation works?

Yes

Yes

Yes

Hardware Information

Screen & Monitors

Device

Works?

Bug #

in Feisty ?

in Gutsy (current stable)?

in Hardy (current development)

Screen

Yes

Yes

Correct resolution?

Yes

Yes

Correct refresh rate?

Yes

Yes

3D Acceleration

Yes

Yes

External monitor works?

Yes

Yes

External monitor - mirrors

Yes

Yes

External monitor - extend desktop

Yes

Yes, see note 3

Power Management

Battery detected?

Yes

Yes

Hibernates?

Yes

Yes

Sleep

Yes

Yes

Yes, see note 5

Dim monitor on battery

No

Yes

Blank monitor on inactivity

Yes

Yes

Lid Close

Yes

Yes

Cpu frequency scaling

Yes

Yes

Sound

Sound works?

Yes

Yes

Correct volume?

Yes

Yes

Hardware volume switch

N/A

N/A

Headphone jack

Yes

Yes

Mic jack

Yes

Yes

Networking

Wired NIC

Yes

Yes

Wireless NIC

Yes

Yes

PCMCIA NIC

Untested

Untested

Firewire

Untested

Untested

Bluetooth

Yes

Yes

Modem

No

Untested

Infrared

N/A

N/A

Touchpad & Mice

Touchpad

Yes

Yes

Touchpad - Doubletap = double click

Yes

Yes

Touchpad - Scroll down side

Yes

Yes

Touchpad - turned off while typing

No

No

External mouse - USB

Yes

Yes

External mouse - Serial

N/A

N/A

Docking Station/Port Replicator

AC through replicator

N/A

N/A

USB

N/A

N/A

Serial

N/A

N/A

Parallel

N/A

N/A

External Monitor - VGA

N/A

N/A

External Monitor - DVI

N/A

N/A

Modem

N/A

N/A

NIC

N/A

N/A

PS/2

N/A

N/A

Additional Hardware

Fingerprint reader

No

No

CD/DVD drive

Yes

Yes

PCMCIA cards

Untested

Untested

Parallel Ports

N/A

N/A

Card reader(s)

No

Yes

Web Cam

Yes, see note 4

Yes, see note 4

Function and other keys

Fn key

Operation

Keycode

Works?

Bug #

in Feisty (current stable)?

in Gutsy (current development)?

+ F1

Sleep

Yes

Yes

+ F2

Wireless on/ off

No

No

+ F3

External monitor switch

Yes

Yes

+ F4

Brightness down

Yes (hardware)

Yes (software)

+ F5

Brightness up

Yes (hardware)

Yes (software)

+ F6

Volume mute

Yes

Yes

+ F7

Volume down

Yes

Yes

+ F8

Volume up

Yes

Yes

+ F9

Play/ pause

Yes

Yes

+ F10

Stop

Yes

Yes

+ F11

Previous track

Yes

Yes

+ F12

Next track

Yes

Yes

+ Num Lk

Scroll lock

Yes

No

+ Ins

Print screen

Yes

Yes

+ Del

SysRq

Yes

Yes

Other special keys

Key

Operation

Keycode

Works?

Bug #

in Feisty (current stable)?

in Gutsy (current development)?

User key 1

User- configured action

Yes, see note 1

Yes, see note 1

User key 2

User- configured action

Yes, see note 1

Yes, see note 1

Browser key

Launch web browser

Yes, see note 1

Yes, see note 1

Mail key

Launcher mail application

Yes, see note 1

Yes, see note 1

Mode / On/Off

Switches to 2nd workspace/ Starts Rhythmbox

Yes(?), see note 2

Yes

Next track / Volume up

Next track

Yes, see note 2

Yes, see note 2

Play/pause / Stop

Toggles play/ pause

Yes, see note 2

Yes, see note 2

Previous track / Volume down

Previous track

Yes, see note 2

Yes, see note 2

Notes

  1. These keys are located at the top, next to the leds for Caps Lock, Num Lock and Scroll Lock
  2. These keys are located on the left. They have a double meaning, but that is because rumour has it that Compal wanted to create a stand- alone media player, outside of an OS. But that idea was never realized. Hence, the Mode on/ off key has no special function.
  3. Made the external monitor work with this added to /etc/X11/xorg.conf: 

Section "Device"
...
#enable dual-screen
        Option          "TwinView"              "True"
        Option          "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "DFP, CRT"
        Option          "ConnectedMonitor"      "DFP-0,CRT-0"
        Option          "TwinViewOrientation"   "DFP LeftOf CRT"
        Option          "MetaModes"             "DFP-0: 1680x1050, CRT-0: 1400x1050_60; DFP-0: 1680x1050, CRT-0: NULL;"
...
#/enable dual-screen
EndSection

Add everything between both '...' (do not include the three dots) and edit the resolutions to what you need. Then restart X and you will be able to change the resolution under 'System' --> 'Preferences' --> 'Screen Resolution'.

  1. A binary driver for the built-in webcam(ID 0c45:624f) can be obtained [http://www.linux-projects.org/modules/news/ here]. For further information see the Webcam section of [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LaptopTestingTeam/Lenovo3000N100_0768 Lenovo 3000N]

  2. If followed [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NvidiaLaptopBinaryDriverSuspend this] to get suspend2ram working. But unlike stated there I set Option "NvAGP" "0" (not "1"). I followed step 2 as described. Furthermore I added two lines to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist: 

blacklist intel_agp
blacklist agpgart
  • Finally here comes the weird part. Run glxgears for a couple of seconds and suspend is working. Alternatively you can activate Desktop Effects to get it working.

See also

  1. [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FingerprintAuthentication Fingerprinter development]

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