PackardBellEN8500
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* Model: A8500 * Website: http://www.packardbell.se/products/node1822.asp (A8xxx is closest, I guess) |
* Model: A8 (A8500) * Website: http://www.packardbell.se/products/node1822.asp (A8 xxx is closest, I guess) |
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|| Sound works? || No || No || Alsabugs [https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/alsa-bug/view.php?id=1756 #1756 (breezy user on Easy``Note A8)] , which seems to be a duplicate of [https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/alsa-bug/view.php?id=1134 #1134 (detailed, old and unresolved...)] || | || Sound works? || No || No || Alsabugs [https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/alsa-bug/view.php?id=1756 #1756 (breezy user on EasyNote A8)] , which seems to be a duplicate of [https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/alsa-bug/view.php?id=1134 #1134 (detailed, old and unresolved...)] || |
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|| Modem || Untested || Untested || || | || Modem || Untested || No || Responds to AT-commands with [http://www.linuxant.com/drivers/hsf/index.php linuxant driver] || |
Contact: ["JoacimHaglund"]
- Make: Packard Bell
Brand: EasyNote
- Model: A8 (A8500)
Website: http://www.packardbell.se/products/node1822.asp (A8 xxx is closest, I guess)
- S/N: Only needed if you have a Canonical supplied laptop
- Processor : Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1.73GHz ("Sonoma" 740)
- Chipset : Intel Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML (rev 03)
- Southbridge : Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) rev. 04
- Memory : 1024 MBytes
- Touchpad : Synaptics Touchpad, model: 1, fw: 5.10
- Audio : Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 04)
- Codec: Conexant AMC97 id 31?
- NIC : Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
WiFi : Intel (R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG (rev. 05)
- Video : Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 03)
- Display : 1280x760
Current Issues
Dapper Flight 3 chooses vesa instead of i810 on installation. Running dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg fixes this.
- 1280x768 still won't work with the provided packages without tweaking.
- No sound, no error messages. Seems far from being resolved looking at the alsa bug report from May 2005.
- Hibernate (attempt) corrupts swap partition?
Hardware details
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in Breezy? |
in Dapper (current development)? |
Installation works? |
Yes |
Yes |
Hardware Information |
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Screen & Monitors |
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Device |
Works? |
Bug # |
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in Breezy? |
in Dapper (current development)? |
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Screen |
Yes |
Yes |
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Correct resolution? |
No (requires [http://www.geocities.com/stomljen/ 915resolution]) |
No |
[https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/9525 #9525] (Comment at bottom by Andreas Schildbach) |
Correct refresh rate? |
Yes |
Yes |
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3D Acceleration |
Yes |
Yes |
[https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/30300 #30300] |
External monitor works? |
Untested |
Untested |
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External monitor - mirrors |
Untested |
Untested |
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External monitor - extend desktop |
Untested |
Untested |
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Power Management |
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Battery detected? |
No |
Yes (with the latest updates) |
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Hibernates? |
Untested |
No |
Swap "missing signature" after attempt to hibernate |
Sleep |
No (had to enable manually in /etc/default/acpi-support) |
Yes |
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Dim monitor on battery |
Yes |
Yes |
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Blank monitor on inactivity |
Yes |
Untested |
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Lid Close |
Screen off, no hibernation |
Untested |
/etc/acpi/lid.sh uses xscreensaveer, but doesn't seem to want to hibernate? |
Cpu frequency scaling |
Yes |
Yes |
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Sound |
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Sound works? |
No |
No |
Alsabugs [https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/alsa-bug/view.php?id=1756 #1756 (breezy user on EasyNote A8)] , which seems to be a duplicate of [https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/alsa-bug/view.php?id=1134 #1134 (detailed, old and unresolved...)] |
Correct volume? |
Untested |
Untested |
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Hardware volume switch |
Untested |
Untested |
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Headphone jack |
Untested |
Untested |
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Mic jack |
Untested |
Untested |
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Networking |
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Wired NIC |
Yes |
Untested |
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Wireless NIC |
Yes |
Untested |
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PCMCIA NIC |
Untested |
Untested |
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Firewire |
Untested |
Untested |
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Bluetooth |
Untested |
Untested |
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Modem |
Untested |
No |
Responds to AT-commands with [http://www.linuxant.com/drivers/hsf/index.php linuxant driver] |
Infrared |
Untested |
Untested |
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Touchpad & Mice |
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Touchpad |
Yes |
Yes |
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Touchpad - Doubletap = double click |
Yes |
Yes |
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Touchpad - Scroll down side |
No? |
Yes |
The touchpad is oval -- difficult, but possible, to scroll down side |
External mouse - USB |
Untested |
Untested |
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External mouse - Serial |
Untested |
Untested |
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Docking Station/Port Replicator |
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AC through replicator |
Untested |
Untested |
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USB |
Untested |
Untested |
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Serial |
Untested |
Untested |
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Parallel |
Untested |
Untested |
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External Monitor - VGA |
Untested |
Untested |
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External Monitor - DVI |
Untested |
Untested |
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Modem |
Untested |
Untested |
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NIC |
Untested |
Untested |
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PS/2 |
Untested |
Untested |
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Additional Hardware |
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Fingerprint reader |
N/A |
Untested |
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CD/DVD drive |
Yes? |
Yes? |
Some ide errors during boot (DriveReady Error) and failed to burn iso properly |
PCMCIA cards |
Untested |
Untested |
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Parallel Ports |
Untested |
Untested |
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Card reader(s) |
Untested |
Untested |
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Function and other keys |
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Fn key |
Operation |
Keycode |
Works? |
Bug # |
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in Breezy? |
in Dapper (current development)? |
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+ F1 |
Sleep |
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Yes |
Yes |
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+ F2 |
Screen blank? |
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Yes |
Untested |
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+ F3 |
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Untested |
Untested |
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+ F4 |
WLAN radio on/ off |
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Yes |
Untested |
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+ F5 |
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Untested |
Untested |
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+ F6 |
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Untested |
Untested |
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+ F7 |
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Untested |
Untested |
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+ F8 |
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Untested |
Untested |
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+ F9 |
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Untested |
Untested |
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+ F10 |
Mute |
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Yes? |
Yes? |
No Sound, but OSD message displayed |
+ F11 |
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Untested |
Untested |
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+ F12 |
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Untested |
Untested |
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+ Up/ Dn Arrow |
+/ - brightness |
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Yes |
Yes |
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+ R/ L Arrow |
+/ - volume |
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Untested |
Gnome shows volume |
No Sound... |
Other special keys |
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Key |
Operation |
Keycode |
Works? |
Bug # |
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in Breezy? |
in Dapper (current development)? |
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"Globe" |
Web Home? |
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Yes |
Yes |
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"Brief" |
Mail? |
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Nothing happens (kubuntu) |
Yes |
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Notes
Breezy
Using kubuntu install iso.
/proc/acpi is missing some entries: battery/* -- no battery life monitor, ac_adapter/* -- laptop mode won't start. Could it have something with this snippet from the syslog to do?:
i2c-acpi-ec.c: ACPI EC SMBus adapter at 0x18 ibm_acpi: ec object not found
Yes, this is the cause of the problem. Possibly the Embedded Control is at a non-standard address. Please file a bug assigned to acpi-support (although technically the problem is with linux-source). -PaulSladen
Dapper
Using ubuntu flight 3 install iso.
- After updating to the latest packages in dapper, the battery and ac_adapter entries exist in /proc. (i2c_acpi_ec loads without complaining).
LaptopTestingTeam/Old/Old/PackardBellEN8500 (last edited 2011-03-09 21:20:18 by 94)