HPNC6120

Revision 28 as of 2005-09-11 00:39:44

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* Contact: [Jean-Louis Boers]

Current Issues

RE: Breezy

Any reference to the HP-ized Hoary by Thomas Schneller is the iso found at this link: http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/custom/20050516/

1) Hibernation does not work. Laptop performs the hibernation shutdown but will not resume. Permissions isssue with the bootsplash is where it hangs. Must perform a restart. Works OK with the HP-ized Hoary from Thomas Schneller.

2) SUSPEND TO RAM WORKS NOW!!!(with minor edit) as of 31 AUG 2005! See NOTE 6 #Suspend to RAM does not work properly at all on Hoary proper or HP-ized Hoary.

3) IPW2200 wireless is flaky. will not resume from hibernation wake. does not always start up and associate with an open AP. Profiles between "home" and "work", changes get confused. Home is open. work is WEP. Usually rmmod ipw2200 and modprobe ipw2200 gets things going again along with a reconfigure using the taskbar network monitor applet. Limited success with Network-Manager software. (bug 15144)

Hardware details

in Hoary (current stable)?

in Breezy (current development)?

Installation works?

Y

Y

Hardware Information

Screen & Monitors

Device

Works?

Bug #

in Hoary (current stable)?

in Breezy (current development)?

Screen

Y

Y

Correct resolution?

Y

Y

Correct refresh rate?

Y

Y

3D Acceleration

N *NOTE 1

Y

External monitor works?

Untested

Untested

External monitor - mirrors

Untested

Untested

External monitor - extend desktop

Untested

Untested

Power Management

Battery detected?

Y

Y

Hibernates?

N *NOTE2

N

15141

Sleep

N

N *NOTE 6 for suspend to ram action

15142

Dim monitor on battery

Y

Y

Blank monitor on inactivity

Y

Y

Lid Close

Y - Blanking Only

Y - Blanking Only *NOTE 6 for suspend to ram action

15142

Cpu frequency scaling

Y

Y

Sound

Sound works?

Y

Y

Correct volume?

Y

Y

Hardware volume switch

Y

Y

Headphone jack

Y

Y

Mic jack

Y

Y

Networking

Wired NIC

Y

Y

Wireless NIC

Y *Note 3

Y *Note 3

PCMCIA NIC

Y

Y

Firewire

Untested

Untested

Bluetooth

Untested

Untested

Modem

N *NOTE 4

Y

Infrared

Untested

Y

Touchpad & Mice

Touchpad

Y

Y

Touchpad - Doubletap = double click

N *SEE NOTE 5 FOR FIX

Y

Touchpad - Scroll down side

Y

Y

External mouse - USB

Y

Y

External mouse - Serial

Untested

Untested

Docking Station/Port Replicator(Not available for testing)

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

NA

NA

CD/DVD drive

Y

Y

PCMCIA cards

Y

Y

Parallel Ports

Y

Y

Card reader(s)

N

Untested

Function and other keys

Fn key

Operation

Keycode

Works?

Bug #

in Hoary (current stable)?

in Breezy (current development)?

+ Space

NA

NA

NA

+ Esc

NA

NA

NA

+ F1

NA

NA

NA

+ F2

NA

NA

NA

+ F3

Sleep

N

N *NOTE 6 FOR FIX

15142

+ F4

External Monitor

Untested

Untested

+ F5

NA

NA

NA

+ F6

NA

NA

NA

+ F7

NA

NA

NA

+ F8

Battery

Untested

Untested

+ F9

Screen Dim

Y

Y

+ F10

Screen Bright

Y

Y

+ F11

NA

NA

NA

+ F12

NA

NA

NA

+ 1

NA

NA

NA

+ 2

NA

NA

NA

Other special keys

Key

Operation

Keycode

Works?

Bug #

in Hoary (current stable)?

in Breezy (current development)?

WiFi On/Off

WiFi On/Off

Y

Y

WiFi On/Off LED

WiFi On/Off LED

N

N *SEE NOTE 7 FOR FIX

15143

"I" Button

Gnome Help

Y

Y

Presentation Button

External Monitor

Untested

Untested

Volume Mute

Volume Mute

Y

Y

Volume Down

Volume Down

Y

Y

Volume Up

Volume Up

Y

Y

Notes

*NOTE 1: 3D Accel works when using HP-ized Hoary from Thomas Schneller.

*NOTE 2: Hibernate works when using HP-ized Hoary from Thomas Schneller.

*NOTE 3: Wireless IPW2200 works out of the box but is somewhat buggy. Configuration profiles get confused when switching between them. i.e. home vs work. Open vs. WEP. WiFi nic does not like to resume after hibernate. Sometimes does not always associate after a fresh start. Decent success obtained with network-manager (bug 15144)

*NOTE 4: Modem works out of the box when using HP-ized Hoary from Thomas Schneller. Not with the regular Hoary release. OK on Breezy.

*NOTE 5: TRACKPAD MOUSE ISSUE FIX. Applies to Hoary. Works out of the box on Breezy Colony 4.

The ultra sensitive mouse issue and the crazy tapping, tap=middle click, random tap clicks without touching the pad etc. have been solved.

Turns out the synaptics driver is not in the xorg config file and adding 4 more lines solves the random tapping stuff. I now have a fully useable touchpad on my HP NC6120. This has been tested on a stock Hoary and a Breezy colony 4 installation.

edit your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file and add the 4 identified lines to your /etc/X11/xorg.conf as I have oulined at http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=312603&postcount=4

*NOTE 6: Suspend to RAM works but you must edit /etc/default/acpi-support and uncomment the line that states : ACPI_SLEEP=true . Then you will find that after a reboot you will be able to use the Fn-F3 key and/or the logout applet to suspend to RAM. To get the lid switch to activate suspend to RAM, edit /etc/acpi/events/lidbtn and change "action=/etc/acpi/lid.sh" to "action=/etc/acpi/sleep.sh"

*NOTE 7: Wifi Status LED can be made to work easily by editing /etc/modprobe.d/ipw2200. i.e. 'sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/ipw2200' add the following text to it, save, and after your next reboot you will have a functioning blue LED. 'options ipw2200 led=1'

The wifi on/off switch works properly for me on Breezy C-4