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Screen & Monitors

Device

Works?

Bug #

in Ubuntu Jaunty

in Karmic (current development)

Screen

Yes

Yes

Correct resolution?

Yes

Yes

Correct refresh rate?

Yes

Yes

3D Acceleration

Yes

Yes

External monitor works?

Yes

Untested

External monitor - mirrors

Yes

Untested

External monitor - extend desktop

Untested

Untested

Power Management

Battery detected?

Yes

yes

Hibernates?

No

Untested

Suspend

Yes

yes

Dim monitor on battery

Yes

yes

Blank monitor on inactivity

Untested

yes

Lid Close

Yes

Yes

Cpu frequency scaling

Yes (after adding addon to panel)

No

Sound

Sound works?

Yes

Yes

Correct volume?

Yes

yes

Hardware volume switch

Yes

yes

Headphone jack

Untested

yes

Mic jack

Untested

Untested

Networking

Wired NIC

Yes

yes

Wireless NIC

Yes

yes

PCMCIA NIC

Untested

Untested

Firewire

Untested

Untested

Bluetooth

Untested

Untested

Modem

Untested

Untested

Infrared

Untested

Untested

Touchpad & Mice

Touchpad

Yes

yes

Touchpad - Doubletap = double click

Yes

yes

Touchpad - Scroll down side

Yes

yes

External mouse - USB

Yes

yes

External mouse - Serial

NA

NA

Docking Station/Port Replicator

AC through replicator

Untested

Untested

USB

Untested

Untested

Serial

Untested

Untested

Parallel

Untested

Untested

External Monitor - VGA

Untested

Untested

External Monitor - DVI

NA

NA

Modem

Untested

Untested

NIC

Untested

Untested

PS/2

Untested

Untested

Additional Hardware

CD/DVD drive

Yes

yes

PCMCIA cards

Untested

Untested

Card reader(s)

Yes

Yes

Crystal Eye Webcam

Yes

Yes

Function and other keys

Fn key

Operation

Keycode

Works?

Bug #

in Ubuntu Jaunty?

in Karmic (current development)?

+ Space

Untested

Untested

+ Esc

Untested

Untested

+ F1

no

Untested, help function

+ F2

no

no, Acer settings

+ F3

Yes

no, Acer epower management, Displays Power Information

+ F4

Untested

no, sleep

+ F5

Untested

Untested

+ F6

Yes

yes, screen blank

+ F7

Yes

yes, touch pad toggle

+ F8

Yes

yes, Speaker Mute

+ F9

Untested

Untested

+ F10

Untested

Untested

+ F11

Yes

Yes, number lock

+ F12

Untested

Untested

Other special keys

Key

Operation

Keycode

Works?

Bug #

in Ubuntu Jaunty

Karmic (current development)

wireless on/off

Yes

untested

bluetooth on/off

Button increases brigthness

untested

launch default browser

Yes

Yes

launch default email client

Yes

Yes