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Screen & Monitors

Device

Works?

Bug #

in Ubuntu 6.10

Ubuntu 7.04

Ubuntu 7.10

Screen

work

work

work

Correct resolution?

yes (1024x768)

yes

yes

Correct refresh rate?

Untested (60Hz LCD)

Untested

Untested

3D Acceleration

yes

yes

yes

External monitor works?

yes

yes

no

when xserver starts with external monitor plugged then it's imposible to switch screen to LCD back

External monitor - mirrors

yes

yes

no

External monitor - extend desktop

Untested

Untested

Untested

Power Management

Battery detected?

yes

yes

Untested

Hibernates?

no

no

untested

Suspend

Untested

Untested

Untested

Dim monitor on battery

yes

yes

Untested

Blank monitor on inactivity

no

yes

yes

Lid Close

no

finaly work

blank, but can't lock screen

Cpu frequency scaling

yes

yes

yes

Sound

Sound works?

yes

yes

yes

Correct volume?

yes

yes

yes

Hardware volume switch

N/A

N/A

N/A

Networking

Wired NIC

yes

yes

yes

Wireless NIC

N/A

N/A

N/A

Firewire

Untested

yes(eth1394)

Untested

Bluetooth

N/A

N/A

N/A

Modem

Untested

Untested

Untested

Infrared

N/A

N/A

N/A

Touchpad & Mice

Touchpad

yes

yes

yes

Touchpad - Doubletap

yes

yes

yes

after manual setup

Touchpad - Scroll

yes

yes

yes

after manual setup

Additional Hardware

CD/DVD drive

yes

yes

Untested

PCMCIA cards

yes

yes

Untested

Parallel Ports

yes

yes

Untested

Card reader(s)

N/A

N/A

N/A

Function and other keys

Fn key

Operation

Keycode

Works?

Bug #

in Ubuntu 6.10

Ubuntu 7.04

+ F1

sleep(Untested)

sleep(Untested)

+ F3

mute(doesn't work)

mute(doesn't work)

+ F4

VGA switch

VGA switch

+ F5

volume up

volume down

+ F6

volume down

volume down

+ F7

brightness up

brightness up

+ F8

brightness down

brightness down