CompaqPresario2500

  • Contact: PaulSwartz

  • Make: HP Compaq
  • Brand: Presario
  • Model: 2500
  • Website:

Current Issues

  • ACPI (sleep and hibernate)
  • new ATI driver update for Gutsy not working (Scrambled screen) -> Use Feisty driver instead

  • Compiz fusion not working correctly
  • multimedia keys: untested

Hardware details

in Breezy?

in Dapper

in Gutsy

Installation works?

Yes

dist-upgrade from Breezy worked

dist-upgrade from Feisty worked

Hardware Information

Screen & Monitors

Device

Works?

Bug #

in Breezy?

in Dapper (current development)?

Screen

Yes

Yes

Correct resolution?

Yes

Yes

Correct refresh rate?

Yes

Yes

3D Acceleration

Yes

Yes

External monitor works?

TODO

Untested

External monitor - mirrors

TODO

Untested

External monitor - extend desktop

TODO

Untested

Power Management

Battery detected?

Yes

Yes

Hibernates?

Yes

Yes, but ocasionally crashes shortly after loading X

Sleep

Untested

No, does not wake up

Dim monitor on battery

Yes

Yes

Blank monitor on inactivity

Yes

Yes

Lid Close

Yes

Yes

Cpu frequency scaling

Seems to be stuck at 66%. Will test more.

Yes

Sound

Sound works?

Yes

Yes

Correct volume?

Yes

Yes

Hardware volume switch

Yes

No

Headphone jack

TODO

Yes

Mic jack

Untested

Untested

Networking

Wired NIC

Yes

Yes

Wireless NIC

--

Yes, but I have to disable bcm43xx and enable ndiswrapper

PCMCIA NIC

Untested

Untested

Firewire

Untested

Untested

Bluetooth

--

--

Modem

Untested

Untested

Infrared

Untested

Had to manually modprobe irda, and then still No

Touchpad & Mice

Touchpad

Yes

Yes

Touchpad - Doubletap = double click

Yes

Yes

Touchpad - Scroll down side

Yes

Yes

External mouse - USB

Yes

Unstested

External mouse - Serial

TODO

Untested

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

Untested

Untested

Modem

Untested

Untested

NIC

Untested

Untested

PS/2

Untested

Untested

Additional Hardware

Fingerprint reader

Untested

--

CD/DVD drive

Yes

Yes

PCMCIA cards

Untested

Untested

Parallel Ports

TODO

After mantually modprobing lp

Card reader(s)

Untested

--

Function and other keys

Fn key

Operation

Keycode

Works?

Bug #

in Breezy?

in Dapper (current development)?

+ Space

None

--

--

+ Esc

None

--

--

+ F1

Brightness down

Yes

Yes

+ F2

Brightness up

Yes

Yes

+ F3

None

--

--

+ F4

None

--

--

+ F5

Screen

Untested

Untested

+ F6

None

--

--

+ F7

None

--

--

+ F8

Numeric keypad?

Yes

Yes, but arrows not numbers

+ F9

None

--

--

+ F10

None

--

--

+ F11

None

--

--

+ F12

Eject

Untested

No

+ 1

Untested

Untested

+ 2

Untested

Untested

Other special keys

Key

Operation

Keycode

Works?

Bug #

in Breezy?

in Dapper (current development)?

Email

Yes

Yes

Magnifying glass

Untested (might need to install a magnifying glass app)

Untested

Browser

Yes

Yes

Lock?

No

No

Help

Yes

No

Notes

LaptopTestingTeam/Old/CompaqPresario2500 (last edited 2010-02-26 23:52:08 by 94)