GatewayMX6027

Current Issues

Edgy untested

System Info

system-manufacturer:Gateway
system-product-name:MX6027
system-kernel: 2.6.15-26-386

Hardware details

in Dapper (current stable)?

in Edgy (current development)?

Installation works?

Tested (LiveCD)

Untested

Hardware Information

Screen & Monitors

Device

Works?

Bug #

in Dapper (current stable)?

in Edgy (current development)?

Screen

Yes

Untested

Correct resolution?

Yes (see notes)

Untested

Correct refresh rate?

Yes

Untested

3D Acceleration

Yes

Untested

External monitor works?

Yes

Untested

External monitor - mirrors

Yes

Untested

External monitor - extend desktop

Yes

Untested

Power Management

Battery detected?

Yes

Untested

Hibernates?

Yes

Untested

Sleep

Yes

Untested

Dim monitor on battery

Yes

Untested

Blank monitor on inactivity

Yes

Untested

Lid Close

Yes

Untested

Cpu frequency scaling

No

Untested

Sound

Sound works?

Yes

Untested

Correct volume?

Yes

Untested

Hardware volume switch

Yes

Untested

Headphone jack

Yes

Untested

Mic jack

Yes

Untested

Networking

Wired NIC

Yes

Untested

Wireless NIC

Yes (see notes)

Untested

PCMCIA NIC

Untested

Untested

Firewire

Yes

Untested

Bluetooth

N/A

N/A

Modem

Untested

Untested

Touchpad & Mice

Touchpad

Yes

Untested

Touchpad - Doubletap = double click

Yes

Untested

Touchpad - Scroll down side

Yes

Untested

Touchpad - turned off while typing

No

Untested

External mouse - USB

Yes

Untested

External mouse - Serial

N/A

N/A

Additional Hardware

Fingerprint reader

N/A

N/A

CD/DVD drive

Yes

Untested

PCMCIA cards

Yes

Untested

Parallel Ports

N/A

N/A

Card reader(s)

Untested

Untested

Function and other keys

Fn key

Operation

Keycode

Works?

Bug #

in Dapper (current stable)?

in Edgy (current development)?

+ F5

No

Untested

+ F6

No

Untested

+ F7

No

Untested

+ F10

No

Untested

+ F12

No

Untested

Other special keys

Key

Operation

Keycode

Works?

Bug #

in Dapper (current stable)?

in Edgy (current development)?

S1

?

No

Untested

S2

?

No

Untested

Notes

From the LiveCD this notebook works very well, as well as the other install CDs. The hotkeys for changing screen brightness and sound volume work but display a small visual artifact in the top-right (where the HUD appears) and will then move around with the mouse cursor until the mouse cursor is repainted. Hibernation is fully supported and works great, and also works with Windows XP for switching fast.

The wireless adapter is a broadcom 43xx. It does not work "out of the box" becaus the firmware needs to be ripped. To do that you must get bcm43xx-fwcutter and rip the firmware from a driver (or use exiting ripped firmware). You can use the working ethernet connection to do this or download the .deb files onto a flash drive. A great guide for doing this is available in this thread.

The native resolution of 1280x800 is not accessable "out of the box." The fix is very simple and only requires that you obtain the 915resolution package (despite it's name it works on the 800 series of adapters, of which the MX6027 uses the i815). To enable the 1280x800 resolution you can do the following: 

sudo -s
apt-get install 915resolution
915resolution 3c 1280 800

In the above we get the 915resolution package and run it to patch the video BIOS mode 3c (which is a resolution that isn't ever used because it's too large for the display) to 1280x800. This should create an entry in the initd that will run before the xserver is started. The 1280x800 resolution will automatically be selected at boot time.

You should read the 915resolution README file that explains setting the XRES and YRES environment variables.

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LaptopTestingTeam/GatewayMX6027 (last edited 2010-02-26 17:53:50 by host226-241-dynamic)