HPNC6120

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* Contact: [Jean-Louis Boers]

Current Issues

Running Breezy Badger 5.10 Release.

Built in media card reader is not supported by Linux. Manufacturer is Texas Instruments. Rumors are present that something is in the works, however I have not found anything about it.

Items marked as "N" (not working) refer to the out-of-the-box state.

Some items under Breezy are marked untested and need input from someone who has the hardware. i.e. bluetooth device, IR, docking station ,firewire device etc... Please add the additional info to the end of the wiki.

Hardware details

in Breezy (current stable)?

in Dapper (current development)?

Installation works?

Y

Y

Hardware Information

Screen & Monitors

Device

Works?

Bug #

in Breezy (current stable)?

in Dapper (current development)?

Screen

Y

Y

Correct resolution?

Y on 1024x768 model only * NOTE 1 for 1400x1050

Y on 1024x768 model only * NOTE 1 for 1400x1050

Correct refresh rate?

Y

Y

3D Acceleration

Y

Y

External monitor works?

Y

Untested

External monitor - mirrors

Y

Untested

External monitor - extend desktop

N

Untested

no automatic or gui method available.

Power Management

Battery detected?

Y

Y

Hibernates?

Y

Y

with minor tweaking in Dapper sometimes.

Sleep

Y

Y

Dim monitor on battery

Y

Y

Blank monitor on inactivity

Y

Y

Lid Close

Y - Blanking Only *NOTE 2 to enable suspend to ram action

Y - Blanking Only *NOTE 2 to enable suspend to ram action

Cpu frequency scaling

Y

Y

Sound

Sound works?

Y

Y

Correct volume?

Y

Y

Hardware volume switch

Y

Usually,, depends on build used

Headphone jack

Y

Y

headphone jack sense sometimes broken

Mic jack

Y

Y

Networking

Wired NIC

Y

Y

Wireless NIC

Y *Note 3

Y

PCMCIA NIC

Y

Y

orinoco based card used.

Firewire

Untested

Untested

Bluetooth

Untested

Untested

Modem

Y

Y

Infrared

Untested

Untested

Touchpad & Mice

Touchpad

Y

Y

Touchpad - Doubletap = double click

Y

Y

Touchpad - Scroll down side

Y

Y

External mouse - USB

Y

Y

External mouse - Serial

Not available for testing

Not available for testing

Docking Station/Port Replicator(tested by phen@gmx.de)

AC through replicator

Y

Untested

USB

Y

Untested

Serial

Untested

Untested

Parallel

Untested

Untested

External Monitor - VGA

Y (see note 5)

Untested

External Monitor - DVI

Unsupported from laptop

Untested

Modem

Untested

Untested

NIC

Untested

Untested

PS/2

Untested

Untested

Additional Hardware

CD/DVD drive

Y

Y

PCMCIA cards

Y

Y

Parallel Ports

Y

Y

T.I. Card reader

Unsupported in Linux

Unsupported in Linux

Function and other keys

Fn key

Operation

Keycode

Works?

Bug #

in Breezy (current stable)?

in Dapper (current development)?

+ F3

Sleep

Y

Usually depends on build used

+ F4

External Monitor

Y

Y

+ F8

Battery

N

N

+ F9

Screen Dim

Y

Y

+ F10

Screen Bright

Y

Y

Other special keys

Key

Operation

Keycode

Works?

Bug #

in Breezy (current stable)?

in Dapper (current development)?

WiFi On/Off

WiFi On/Off

Y

Y

WiFi On/Off LED

WiFi On/Off LED

N *SEE NOTE 4 TO ENABLE

N *SEE NOTE 4 TO ENABLE

15143

"I" Button

Gnome Help

Y

Y

Presentation Mode Button

Power Schema or Application

Key is not assigned

Key is not assigned

5229

Volume Mute

Volume Mute

Y

Y

Volume Down

Volume Down

Y

Y

Volume Up

Volume Up

Y

Y

Notes

*NOTE 1: If you have a screen able to reach 1400x1050, take a look at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/i915Driver

*NOTE 2: Suspend to RAM works out of the box on breezy. 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 3: Great success obtained with GTKWiFi version 1.09. Appears to work 100% of the time with this.

Out of the box: 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. Sometimes does not always associate after a fresh start. Decent success obtained with network-manager (bug 15144 marked as will not fix, will include in Dapper release) Use GTKWiFi 1.09 or better for proper operation.

*NOTE 4: Wifi Status LED can be made to work easily by creating/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

*NOTE 5: The external monitor can be used with dual head setup fully funtional. If you try to clone the primary display to an external monitor with a higher resolution than your laptops internal display, you have to follow these steps: add your external monitors resolution to xorg.conf as if it were for the internal screen, boot into text mode, turn off the internal screen (via hotkey) and start X. The system now tries the highest resolution for the active display. that is 1024x786 for the internal and 1280x1024 for the external display. that was the only way for me to use my external monitor with its native resolution, while the laptop is closed and hidden under my desk.

Is there a command to switch between internal / external / internal+external display?

Further observations by Torsten 2005-10-25:

Ubuntu 5.10 "Breezy Badger"

  • plugged in ieee1394 device is not detected (please provide some additional info about the device and if possible, relevant output of "dmesg"
  • watching movies with mplayer occasionally results in x.org server breakdown

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