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Feisty

in Dapper

in Edgy

in Gutsy

Installation works?

yes

yes

yes

yes

Hardware Information

Screen & Monitors

Device

Works?

Bug #

in Feisty

in Dapper

in Edgy

in Gutsy

Screen

yes

yes

yes

yes

Correct resolution?

no

no

no

yes

1368x768 instead of 1366x768, fixed in Gutsy

Correct refresh rate?

yes

yes

yes

yes

3D Acceleration

yes

yes

yes

yes

External monitor works?

no

no

no

yes

fixed in Gutsy - configuration with xrandr

External monitor - mirrors

no

no

no

yes

fixed in Gutsy - configuration with xrandr

External monitor - extend desktop

no

no

no

yes

fixed in Gutsy - configuration with xrandr

Power Management

Battery detected?

yes

yes

yes

yes

works fine, but shows never fully charged (Bug #27060)

Hibernates?

yes

yes

yes

yes

Sleep

yes

no

no

yes

works fine since Feisty

Dim monitor on battery

yes

yes

yes

yes

only manual with the F5/F6 keys - gnome brightness settings doesn't work (work fine with self compiled 2.6.24 rc kernel)

Blank monitor on inactivity

yes

yes

yes

yes

Lid Close

yes

yes

yes

yes

Cpu frequency scaling

yes

yes

yes

yes

before Gutsy only with the 386 kernel

Sound

Sound works?

yes

yes

yes

yes

Correct volume?

yes

yes

yes

yes

a bit lower in headphone than with windows

Hardware volume switch

partly

partly

partly

partly

mute button is ok (hardware switch), volume up, down doesn't work (both have the same keycode) but FN + F3-F4 can be used instead per default (Bug #76924)

Headphone jack

yes

yes

yes

yes

don't forget to put volume on in the sound preferences, the front speaker and the headphones volumes are different in sound manager

Mic jack

yes

untested

yes

yes

Networking

Wired NIC

yes

yes

yes

yes

Wireless NIC

yes

yes

yes

yes

WPA/WPA2 configuration through GUI (NetworkManager) since Feisty

Firewire

yes

yes

yes

yes

tested with external hard drive. good performance

Bluetooth

yes

yes

yes

yes

ok for file transfert, very easy. install "bluez" packages. not possible at this time to create internet acces with cellphone with a gui

Modem

untested

untested

untested

untested

Infrared

no irda

Touchpad & Mice

Touchpad

yes

yes

yes

yes

impossible to configure speed with mouse preferences (Bug #75819)

Touchpad - Doubletap = double click

yes

yes

yes

yes

Touchpad - Scroll down side

yes

yes

yes

yes

External mouse - USB

yes

yes

yes

yes

External mouse - Serial

no serial port

Docking Station/Port Replicator

AC through replicator

yes

yes

yes

yes

USB

yes

yes

yes

yes

Serial

no serial port

Parallel

no parallel port

External Monitor - VGA

partly

partly

partly

yes

i810 driver has many problems with external monitor - especially wide screen - fixed in Gutsy

External Monitor - DVI

no DVI port

Modem

no modem port

NIC

yes

yes

yes

yes

PS/2

no PS/2 port

Additional Hardware

Fingerprint reader

no fingerprint reader

CD/DVD drive

yes

yes

yes

yes

PCMCIA cards

yes

yes

yes

yes

Parallel Ports

no parallel port

Card reader(s)

partly

no

no

partly

SD works since Feisty but Memory Stick doesn't (Bug #48987)

Function and other keys

Fn key

Operation

Keycode

Works?

Bug #

in Feisty

in Dapper

in Edgy

in Gutsy

+ F5

Less luminosity

yes

yes

yes

yes

but one mode is missing (Bug #117327) and two in Gutsy (Bug #136380)

+ F6

More Luminosity

yes

yes

yes

yes

but one mode is missing Bug #117327) and two in Gutsy (Bug #136380)

+ F7

Screen Switching

no

no

no

no

key doesn't work with xrandr (Bug #133568) - but it is possible to use 'xrandr --output VGA --off/--auto' to de/activate external screen since Gutsy

+ F10

Screen Zoom

no

no

no

no

Bug #76924

+ F12

Sleep / Hibernates

yes

untested

untested

yes

+ right arrow

End

yes

yes

yes

yes

+ left arrow

Begin

yes

yes

yes

yes

+ up arrow

Previous

yes

yes

yes

yes

+ down arrow

Next

yes

yes

yes

yes

Other special keys

Key

Operation

Keycode

Works?

Bug #'

in Feisty

in Dapper

in Edgy

in Gutsy

Multimedia keys

play, next, stop, etc...

partly

no

no

yes

works fine since Gutsy