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• Contact: ["LukaRenko"]

• Make: HP
• Brand: Compaq
• Model: nw8240 (PY442EA#ABB)

• Website: [http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/uk/en/sm/WF06b/21675-283229-283229-283229-283239-12115746-48918183.html English]

• S/N: N/A

Current Issues

Dapper:

• Beta: wrong screen resolution after lid open - [https://launchpad.net/bugs/40808 40808] - Status: workaround (see note *8)

• Flight 4: system hangs on restart of X server - [https://launchpad.net/bugs/30447 #30447] - Status: no workaround yet

• Flight 4: suspend to RAM does not work - [https://launchpad.net/bugs/33827 #33827] [https://launchpad.net/bugs/32785 #32785] - Status: looks like klaptop bug + kernel issue

• Flight 3/4 & Beta: blank screen after installation ("ati" driver - was OK in Flight 2!) - [https://launchpad.net/bugs/29357 #29357] - Status: workaround (see note *6)

Breezy and Dapper:

• Special key assignment for volume controls - [https://launchpad.net/bugs/27542 #27542] - Status: workaround (see note *2)

• Special key assignment for Info, Presentation, Sleep, Battery keys - [https://launchpad.net/bugs/20317 #20317] - Status: workaround (see note *2)

• KsCD does not play CDs out of the box - [https://launchpad.net/bugs/30809 #30809] - Status: workaround (see note *3)

Breezy:

• Default font size is too huge on 147 DPI - [https://launchpad.net/bugs/25656 #25656] - Status: workaround (see note *1)

• Hibernation/Suspend does not work by default - Status: hibernate works with fglrx drivers from ATI (see note *4)

Closed issues

• Flight 5/6: major regression - installation hangs on splash screen - [https://launchpad.net/bugs/34586 #34586] - Status: general issue with ATI x700/x800 cards - FIXED with daily CD 2006-04-08 and confirmed with Beta

• Flight 5: hibernate broken with recent kernels - [https://launchpad.net/bugs/34587 #34587] - Status: FIXED with kernel 2.6.15-20

• Flight 4/6: install from gxfboot results in kernel panic - [https://launchpad.net/bugs/31974 #31974] - Status: workaround - press Esc and boot from text mode - cannot reproduce with Beta

Hardware details

Notes

Note: testing Breezy and Dapper Flight (dual-boot)

1. Default font sizes: default font size is huge on 147 DPI display

   • I have changed proposed solution, based on AchimBohnet hints and recent work done by Kubuntu developers to solve this issue in Dapper. BR Breezy: BR By default, fonts are huge and you should reduce them by 2 or 3 pt (7-9pt is OK). BR Dapper (as of 2006-02-23 update, confirmed with Beta): BR Default fonts sizes were recently reduced to nice state, therefore out-of-box setup looks great (thanks to _Sime, Tonio...). BR

2. Special keys: by default only wireless and brightness keys work (as they are HW keys).

   • I have installed also Ubuntu Beta to compare with Kubuntu:

     Key	showkey -u	Keycode	Ubuntu	Kubuntu
     Fn+F3 (Sleep)	0xe0 0x5f 0xe0 0xdf	223	Yes	NO
     Fn+F8 (Battery)	0xe0 0x59 0xe0 0xd9	241	NO	NO
     Info	0xe0 0x750xe0 0xf5	187	Help	NO
     Presentation	0xe0 0x1f 0xe0 0x9f	205	NO	NO
     Mute	0xe0 0x20 0xe0 0xa0	160	Yes	NO
     Volume Down	0xe0 0x2e 0xe0 0xae	174	Yes	NO
     Volume Up	0xe0 0x30 0xe0 0xb0	176	Yes	NO

     This should be handled by proper Keyboard Layout in X.org - as a workaround you can select

     "Laptop/notebook Compaq (eg.Armada)" layout which will enable at least audio keys. BR I have submitted bug to bugs.freedesktop.org - see [https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5893 bug 5893]. Proposed changes were commited to source on 2006-02-22.

3. KsCD: does not play audio CDs

   • CD/DVD works with Amarok, K3B and similar, but it does not play audio CDs with default player (KsCD). BR Workaround: Configure KsCD -> CD Player and enable "Use direct digital playback" BR If this does not work, try changing "Select audio backend:" to arts (instead of alsa).

4. fglrx drivers from ATI: make 3D acceleration and hibernation work

   • Breezy: BR I have installed ATI drivers for FireGL, version 8.19.10 from www.ati.com. I have used the instructions listed under ["BinaryDriverHowto/ATI"]. BR Note: you should remove restricted packages from machine before doing the install (sudo apt-get remove linux-restricted-modules-$(uname -r)). BR Dapper: BR Install xorg-driver-fglrx and fglrx-control packages and specify fglrx as Driver in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.

5. Dapper Flight 2: eth0 down after boot - FIXED in Flight 3

6. Dapper Flight 3/4 & Beta: monitor layout not autodetected (blank screen after install)

   • Default X driver ("ati") does not properly enable flat panel (even though that it detects it), this is why you need to manually specify monitor layout in "Device" section of your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file:

   •    Option "MonitorLayout" "LVDS,NONE"

     "ati" driver also does not properly detect screen size, therefore causing default 75 DPI to be used (instead of 147 DPI). You need to manually specify screen size in "Monitor" section of your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file:

        DisplaySize 330 210

7. Dapper Flight 4: ipw2200 module need hwcrypto=0 to work - FIXED in Flight 6

8. Dapper Beta: after opening lid, display is in wrong resolution

   • When closing lid, display is blank as it should, but after reopening I just get completely strange resolution as I can only see what is the mouse arrow (which is approfimately 3 times the original size and streched). BR Workaround: you can get back to normal by switching consoles (Ctrl-Alt-F1, Ctrl-Alt-F7).

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