GatewayMX6421
Contact: nezroy
- Brand: Gateway
- Make :
- Model: MX6421
Website: http://support.gateway.com/s/Mobile/Q106/Blade/5956nv.shtml
Current Issues
System Info
bios-version:68.04 system-manufacturer:Gateway system-product-name:MX6421 system-version:3402558
Hardware details
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in Edgy (current stable)? |
in Feisty (current development)? |
Installation works? |
Yes |
Untested |
Hardware Information |
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Screen & Monitors |
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Device |
Works? |
Bug # |
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in Edgy (current stable)? |
in Feisty (current development)? |
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Screen |
Yes |
Untested |
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Correct resolution? |
Yes |
Untested |
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Correct refresh rate? |
Yes |
Untested |
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3D Acceleration |
No |
Untested |
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External monitor works? |
Untested |
Untested |
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External monitor - mirrors |
Untested |
Untested |
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External monitor - extend desktop |
Untested |
Untested |
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Power Management |
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Battery detected? |
Yes |
Untested |
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Hibernates? |
Yes |
Untested |
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Sleep |
Yes(3) |
Untested |
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Dim monitor on battery |
Yes |
Untested |
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Blank monitor on inactivity |
Yes |
Untested |
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Lid Close |
Yes |
Untested |
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Cpu frequency scaling |
Yes |
Untested |
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Sound |
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Sound works? |
Yes |
Untested |
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Correct volume? |
Yes |
Untested |
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Hardware volume switch |
Yes(1) |
Untested |
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Headphone jack |
Untested |
Untested |
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Mic jack |
Untested |
Untested |
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Networking |
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Wired NIC |
Yes |
Untested |
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Wireless NIC |
Yes(2) |
Untested |
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PCMCIA NIC |
Untested |
Untested |
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Firewire |
Untested |
Untested |
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Bluetooth |
Untested |
Untested |
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Modem |
Untested |
Untested |
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Infrared |
Untested |
Untested |
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Touchpad & Mice |
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Touchpad |
Yes |
Untested |
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Touchpad - Doubletap = double click |
Yes |
Untested |
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Touchpad - Scroll down side |
Yes |
Untested |
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Touchpad - turned off while typing |
Yes |
Untested |
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External mouse - USB |
Yes |
Untested |
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External mouse - Serial |
Untested |
Untested |
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Docking Station/Port Replicator |
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AC through replicator |
Untested |
Untested |
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USB |
Untested |
Untested |
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Serial |
Untested |
Untested |
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Parallel |
Untested |
Untested |
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External Monitor - VGA |
Untested |
Untested |
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External Monitor - DVI |
Untested |
Untested |
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Modem |
Untested |
Untested |
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NIC |
Untested |
Untested |
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PS/2 |
Untested |
Untested |
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Additional Hardware |
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Fingerprint reader |
Untested |
Untested |
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CD/DVD drive |
Yes |
Untested |
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PCMCIA cards |
Untested |
Untested |
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Parallel Ports |
Untested |
Untested |
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Card reader(s) |
Untested |
Untested |
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Function and other keys |
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Fn key |
Operation |
Keycode |
Works? |
Bug # |
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in Edgy (current stable)? |
in Feisty (current development)? |
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+ F2 |
Turn on/off wireless |
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Yes |
Untested |
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+ F3 |
Enter/exit sleep |
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Yes(3) |
Untested |
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+ F4 |
Enable/disable external monitor |
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Untested |
Untested |
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+ F9 |
Play/Pause |
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Yes |
Untested |
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+ F10 |
Stop |
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No |
Untested |
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+ F11 |
Next |
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No |
Untested |
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+ F12 |
Prev |
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No |
Untested |
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+ ArrowUp |
Brightness up |
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Yes |
Untested |
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Brightness down |
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Yes |
Untested |
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+ PgUp |
Volume up |
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Yes(1) |
Untested |
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+ PgDown |
Volume down |
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Yes(1) |
Untested |
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+ Home |
Volume mute |
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Yes(1) |
Untested |
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Notes
(1) - The Fn-volume keys work, and the Ubuntu volume dialog shows up as expected. However, when running off the live CD, the on-screen display built-in to the BIOS (which shows up in a blue window in the upper left usually) is corrupted. It does not seem to cause any issues though, and the OSD does not stay visible for long. This issue does not occur with my regular HD-based Edgy install; just when using the live CD.
(2) - The laptop WiFi does not work out of the box with Edgy Final. This is because this laptop uses the Broadcom driver (bcm43xx) which requires firmware to be extracted from the Windows bcmwl5.sys Windows driver file. The wired connection does work by default however, so if you have internet access then it is easy to get firmware. Follow the "native driver" directions here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/bcm43xx/Edgy. I tried several versions of the bcmwl5.sys file (3.20 and 4.10 in particular) from various online sources, and none seemed to work. Only the original bcmwl5.sys that was present on my Windows installation worked, which was version 3.10, though possibly any 3.10 version would have worked. I did not try ndiswrapper; however the driver INF appears to be in oem12.inf in the default Gateway windows install, if you're looking for it.
(3) - After coming out of sleep mode, the touchpad and audio no longer work. USB mouse and network continue to function fine however.
LaptopTestingTeam/GatewayMX6421 (last edited 2010-02-26 17:09:49 by host226-241-dynamic)