HPOmniBookXE4500

Current Issues (edgy)

  • Suspend/Hibernate/Resume fails, because of screen corruption issues.
    • Resumes with a corrupted screen (band of green vert bars at tap, a band of horizontal garbage bars, and a white band, rest of screen black)
    • Can be sshed into for around a minute after booting, then dies - presume memory corruption....
  • TV Out not available, fglrx isn't available for ATI Radeon Mobility M6
  • No 3D acceleration
  • Some special keys don't work
  • IRDA doesn't work out of the box

Dapper Issues

  • TV Out not available
  • Corrupted widgets: Lots of buttons are covered with black dots.
  • Some special keys don't work
  • IRDA doesn't work out of the box

System Info

bios-version:KB.M1.94
system-manufacturer:Hewlett-Packard
system-product-name:HP OmniBook PC
system-version:HP OmniBook xe4500

Hardware details

in Dapper

in Edgy

in Feisty

Installation works?

Yes

Untested (upgraded)

Untested

Hardware Information

Screen & Monitors

Device

Works?

Bug #

in Dapper

in Edgy

in Feisty

Screen

Yes

Yes

Untested

Correct resolution?

Yes

Yes?

Untested

Correct refresh rate?

Yes

Yes

Untested

3D Acceleration

Yes

No (glxgears crashes)

Untested

#71265

External monitor works?

Untested

Untested

Untested

#45021

External monitor - mirrors

Untested

Untested

Untested

External monitor - extend desktop

Untested

Untested

Untested

Power Management

Battery detected?

Yes

Yes

Untested

Hibernates?

Untested

No

Untested

#71258

Sleep

Untested

No

Untested

#71258

Dim monitor on battery

Yes

Yes

Untested

Blank monitor on inactivity

No?

Yes (but not off)

Untested

#45021

Lid Close

Yes

Yes

Untested

Cpu frequency scaling

Yes

Yes

Untested

Sound

Sound works?

Yes

Yes

Untested

Correct volume?

Yes

Yes

Untested

Hardware volume switch

Yes

Yes

Untested

Headphone jack

Yes

Yes

Untested

Mic jack

Yes

Untested

Untested

Networking

Wired NIC

Yes

Yes

Untested

Wireless NIC

N/A

N/A

N/A

PCMCIA NIC

Yes

Yes

Untested

Firewire

Untested

Untested

Untested

Bluetooth

N/A

N/A

N/A

Modem

Untested

Untested

Untested

Infrared

No

Untested

Untested

Touchpad & Mice

Touchpad

Yes

Yes

Untested

Touchpad - Doubletap = double click

Yes

Yes

Untested

Touchpad - Scroll down side

Yes

Yes

Untested

Touchpad - turned off while typing

No

No

Untested

#45021

External mouse - USB

Yes

Yes

Untested

External mouse - Serial

Untested

Untested

Untested

Docking Station/Port Replicator

AC through replicator

Untested

Untested

Untested

USB

Untested

Untested

Untested

Serial

Untested

Untested

Untested

Parallel

Untested

Untested

Untested

External Monitor - VGA

Untested

Untested

Untested

External Monitor - DVI

Untested

Untested

Untested

Modem

Untested

Untested

Untested

NIC

Untested

Untested

Untested

PS/2

Untested

Untested

Untested

Additional Hardware

Fingerprint reader

N/A

N/A

N/A

CD/DVD drive

Yes

Yes

Untested

PCMCIA cards

Yes

Yes

Untested

Parallel Ports

Yes

Yes

Untested

Card reader(s)

N/A

N/A

N/A

Function and other keys

Fn key

Operation

Keycode

Works?

Bug #

in Dapper

in Edgy

in Feisty

+ F1

LCD Brightness -

None?

Yes

Yes

Untested

#45021

+ F2

LCD Brightness +

None?

Yes

Yes

Untested

#45021

+ F5

CRT/LCD

None?

Untested

Untested

Untested

#45021

+ F8

Numpad

None?

Yes

Yes

Untested

+ F12

Hibernate

Untested

No

Untested

#45021

+ NumLock

Scroll Lock

No?

No?

Untested

+ BackSpace

Mute

0xA0

Yes

Yes

Untested

+ PgUp

Vol Up

0xB0

Yes

Yes

Untested

+ PgDown

Vol Down

0xAE

Yes

Yes

Untested

Other special keys

Key

Operation

Keycode

Works?

Bug #

in Dapper

in Edgy

in Feisty

Mail

Evolution

0xEC

Yes

Yes

Untested

TV

No

No

Untested

#45021

Web

Firefox

0xB2

Yes

Yes

Untested

Lock

No

No

Untested

#45021

Help

No

No

Untested

#45021

VolUp

Vol Up

0xB0

Yes

Yes

Untested

VolDn

Vol Dn

0xAE

Yes

Yes

Untested

Mute

Mute

?

No (may be damaged)

Untested

#45021

Touchpad Disable

Disables Touchpad

Yes

Yes

Untested

Notes


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