DellLatitudeD500

Current Issues

  • I'm having problems with the xserver in Breezy, that I haven't had in Hoary !

    When I switch to the console using Ctrl-Alt-F1 and then back to X via Ctrl-Alt-F7 the xserver crashes and restarts so I end up at the login screen again. This is of course not only annoying when using the console, but I also can't use suspend to disk because of this. I filed a bug report (Bug #17698), but haven't got any response yet.

    Oh, the problem does not occur when using the breezy live-cd.

  • Another less annoying problem is regarding the execution order of init scripts: wpasupplicant is started after ntp-date, causing ntp-date to wait until I press Ctrl-C, since the network isn't available at that point. I hope this will be fixed, although wpasupplicant is in universe (Bug #16551)

Hardware details

in Hoary (old stable)?

in Breezy (current stable)?

Installation works?

yes

yes

Hardware Information

Screen & Monitors

Device

Works?

Bug #

in Hoary (old stable)?

in Breezy (current stable)?

Screen

yes

yes (problems with Xserver, see above)

#17698

Correct resolution?

yes (for the console vga=773)

yes (vga=773)

Correct refresh rate?

yes

yes

3D Acceleration

Untested

yes

External monitor works?

Untested

Untested (worked with other distributions though)

External monitor - mirrors

Untested

Untested

External monitor - extend desktop

Untested

Untested

Power Management

Battery detected?

yes

yes

Hibernates?

yes, but very slow (better with custom kernel and suspend2-patch)

Untested

Sleep

no

no (screen doesn't wake up)

Dim monitor on battery

yes (BIOS)

yes(BIOS)

Blank monitor on inactivity

yes

yes

Lid Close

Untested

Untested

Cpu frequency scaling

yes

yes, but prefer govenor ondemand instead of userspace

Sound

Sound works?

yes

yes

Correct volume?

Untested

Untested

Hardware volume switch

Untested

Untested

Headphone jack

yes

yes

Mic jack

Untested

Untested

Networking

Wired NIC

yes

yes

Wireless NIC

yes

yes (ndiswrapper, wpasupplicant)

but: #16551

PCMCIA NIC

Untested

Untested

Firewire

n/a

n/a

Bluetooth

n/a

n/a

Modem

Untested

Untested

Infrared

yes

Untested

Touchpad & Mice

Touchpad

yes

yes

Touchpad - Doubletap = double click

yes

yes, but psmouse should be loaded with proto=exps

Touchpad - Scroll down side

n/a

n/a

External mouse - USB

yes

yes

External mouse - Serial

Untested

Untested

Docking Station/Port Replicator

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

n/a

n/a

CD/DVD drive

yes

yes

PCMCIA cards

Untested

Untested

Parallel Ports

Untested

Untested

Card reader(s)

Untested

Untested

Function and other keys

Fn key

Operation

Keycode

Works?

Bug #

in Hoary (current stable)?

in Breezy (current development)?

Fn+Space

Untested

no

Fn+Esc

Hibernate

works

Untested

Fn+F1

Untested

Untested

Fn+F2

Untested

Untested

Fn+F3

Untested

Untested

Fn+F4

Untested

Untested

Fn+F5

Untested

Untested

Fn+F6

Untested

Untested

Fn+F7

Untested

Untested

Fn+F8

Untested

Untested

Fn+F9

Untested

Untested

Fn+F10

eject

Untested

no

Fn+F11

Untested

Untested

Fn+F12

Untested

Untested

Fn+1

Untested

Untested

Fn+2

Untested

Untested

Other special keys

Key

Operation

Keycode

Works?

Bug #

in Hoary

in Breezy

Fn+Pg-Up

Vol-Up

Untested

yes

Fn+Pg-Down

Vol-Down

Untested

yes

Notes

Additional information about using Linux on this laptop: http://www.physik.uni-freiburg.de/~roland/dell_d500/

SergioZanchetta/Old/DellLatitudeD500 (last edited 2010-02-26 13:25:14 by host226-241-dynamic)