FujitsuEsprimoV5505

Current Issues

System Info

system-manufacturer: FUJITSU SIEMENS
system-product-name: ESPRIMO Mobile V5505
system-version: 20
bios-version: R01-A0X

Hardware details

Screen & Monitors

Device

Works?

Bug #

in Gutsy Gibbon (current stable)?

in Hardy Heron (current development)?

Screen

Yes

Yes

Correct resolution?

Yes

Yes

Correct refresh rate?

Yes

Yes

3D Acceleration

Yes

Yes

External monitor works?

Yes - the resolution of the laptop display becomes that of the external monitor

Yes - See Notes

External monitor - mirrors

Untested

Yes - See Notes

External monitor - extend desktop

Untested

Yes - See Notes

Power Management

Battery detected?

Yes

Yes

Hibernates?

Yes

Yes

Suspend

Yes

Yes

Dim monitor on battery

Yes

Yes

Blank monitor on inactivity

Yes

Yes

Lid Close

Yes

Yes

Cpu frequency scaling

Yes

Yes

Sound

Sound works?

Yes

Yes

Correct volume?

Yes

Yes

Headphone jack

Yes - but does not cut the speakers (easily fixable)

Yes

Mic jack

Yes

Yes

Networking

Wired NIC

Yes

Yes

Wireless NIC

Yes

Yes

PCMCIA NIC

Untested

Untested

Firewire

Untested

Untested

Bluetooth

Yes

Yes

Touchpad & Mice

Touchpad

Yes

Yes

Touchpad - Doubletap = double click

Yes

Yes

Touchpad - Scroll down side

Yes

Yes

External mouse - USB

Yes

Yes

Additional Hardware

CD/DVD drive

Yes

Yes

PCMCIA cards

Untested

Untested

Parallel Ports

Untested

Untested

Card reader(s)

Yes

Untested

Function and other keys

Fn key

Operation

Keycode

Works?

Bug #

in Gutsy Gibbon (current stable)?

in Hardy Heron (current development)

+ F1

Wireless switch

No

No

+ F3

Mute

Yes

Yes

+ F4

Volume Down

Yes

Yes

+ F5

Volume Up

Yes

Yes

+ F6

Lock Touchpad

Yes - But unable to unlock touchpad

Yes - But unable to unlock touchpad

+ F7

Camera

Untested

Untested

+ F8

Brightness Down

Yes

No

+ F9

Brightness Up

Yes

No

+ F10

External Monitor

No

No

+ F12

Sleep

Yes

Yes

+ Insert

Print Screen

No

Yes

+ Del

Sys Rq

No

Acts as Print Screen

Notes

Basically everything worked out of the box except for the sound which had to be configured independently (see http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=588089). Manual configuration of the sound hardware is no longer necessary in Hardy Heron.

Compiz also works quite smoothly.

The V5505 has troubles with the load/unload cycles of the hard drive. See the bug report https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/acpi-support/+bug/59695.

To fully understand the nature of the issue, it is advisable to thoroughly read http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=3675960&postcount=26. This post provides you with information on how to diagnose and fix the issues.

(and now, some MS bashing: Should you be thinking of escaping this issue by changing to Windows, I feel obliged to inform you that - at least with my current bios version/ device drivers - Vista suffers from very much the same problem, except for the fact that there is no solution that I'm aware of, and there is also no information regarding this fault on the FujitsuSiemens driver download page.)

Using an external Monitor works in general. However, in order to use mirror- or big desktop-mode, you have to adjust your "Screen" section in /etc/X11/xorg.conf so that it looks something like this: 

Section "Screen"
        Identifier      "Default Screen"
        Device          "Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller"
        Monitor         "Generic Monitor"
        DefaultDepth    24
        SubSection "Display"
                Modes           "1280x800"
                Virtual         2048 2048
        EndSubSection
EndSection

However, the desktop size (which includes the internal monitor and the external monitor) is limited to 2048x2048 (which seems to be the maximum value that is supported by the driver).

LaptopTestingTeam/Old/FujitsuEsprimoV5505 (last edited 2010-02-24 14:45:22 by host58-172-dynamic)