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• Contact: LukaRenko

• Make: HP
• Brand: Compaq
• Model: nw8240 (PY442EA#ABB)

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Current Issues

Gutsy

• Tribe5: regression - suspend to RAM is broken - #136258 - Status: no workaround

• Tribe5: regression - restart of system is broken #136257 - Status:: workaround: shutdown the system and power-on

Gutsy & Feisty & Edgy

• Edgy Knot1-Gutsy Tribe5: battery info does not change after hibernation/resume - #63123 - Status: no workaround yet (see note *13)

Gutsy & Feisty & Edgy & Dapper

• Dapper-Gutsy Tribe5: wrong screen resolution after lid open - 40808 - Status: workaround (see note *8)

Issues with Older Releases (closed in current release)

• Feisty Beta-Release: regression - blanks screen with live CD after xorg 7.2 update #90571 - Status: workaround (see note *14)

• Edgy RC-Feisty: wrong screen resolution (1024x768) with Desktop CD - #61390 - Status: workaround (see note *12)

• Dapper Flight3-Release: blank screen after installation (was OK in Flight2) - #22985 - Status: workaround (see note *6)

• Dapper Flight4-Release: suspend to RAM almost works with "ati" driver - #33827 - Status: workaround (see note *9)

• Dapper Flight4-Release: system hangs on restart of X server with fglrx - #30447 - Status: workaround (see note *10)

• Breezy-Dapper: Special key assignment for volume controls - #46948 - Status: workaround (see note *2)

• Breezy-Dapper: Special key assignment for Info, Presentation, Sleep, Battery keys - #20317 - Status: workaround (see note *2)

• Breezy-Dapper: KsCD does not play CDs out of the box - #30809 - Status: workaround (see note *3)

Closed issues

• Herd1: regression - suspend to RAM is broken - #74877 - Status: fixed with 2.6.20-15 kernel

• Knot2: white stripes when booting Desktop CD - #58455 - Status: fixed with usplash in Edgy RC

• Knot1/2: blank screen after Desktop CD boot/install - #22985 - Status: fixed with new xorg ati driver in Edgy RC

• Flight 4 & Beta: suspend to RAM does nothing from klaptop - #32785 - Status: fixed in acpi-support

• Flight 5/6: major regression - installation hangs on splash screen - #34586 - Status: general issue with ATI x700/x800 cards - FIXED with daily CD 2006-04-08 and confirmed with Beta

• Flight 5: hibernate broken with recent kernels - #34587 - Status: FIXED with kernel 2.6.15-20

• Flight 4/6: install from gxfboot results in kernel panic - #31974 - Status: workaround - press Esc and boot from text mode - cannot reproduce with Beta

• Breezy: Default font size is too huge on 147 DPI - #25656 - Status: fixed with Dapper (see note *1)

• Breezy: Hibernation/Suspend does not work by default - Status: hibernate works with fglrx drivers from ATI (see note *4)

Hardware details

Notes

1. CLOSED: Default font sizes: default font size is huge on 147 DPI display - FIXED in Dapper Beta

2. Special keys: by default wireless and brightness keys work (as they are HW keys). - #46948

   • Other keys, have properly assigned xkeysyms, just that some operations do not work yet (Sleep, Battery, Presentation) as no action is assigned.

     Key	showkey -u	Keycode	lshal -m	Ubuntu	Kubuntu
     Fn+F3 (Sleep)	0xe0 0x5f 0xe0 0xdf	223	sleep	Yes	XF86StandBy
     Fn+F8 (Battery)	0xe0 0x59 0xe0 0xd9	241	battery	NO	XF86LaunchB
     Info	0xe0 0x750xe0 0xf5	245	help	Help	Help
     Presentation	0xe0 0x1f 0xe0 0x9f	205	presentation	NO	XF86LaunchC
     Mute	0xe0 0x20 0xe0 0xa0	160	mute	Yes	Yes
     Volume Down	0xe0 0x2e 0xe0 0xae	174	volumedown	Yes	Yes
     Volume Up	0xe0 0x30 0xe0 0xb0	176	volumeup	Yes	Yes

     See KubuntuLaptopButtons specification for more details how this will be addressed for Edgy.

3. CLOSED: KsCD: does not play audio CDs - FIXED in Edgy RC

4. fglrx drivers from ATI: make 3D acceleration support

   • I have used the instructions listed under BinaryDriverHowto/ATI.
     Breezy: fixes hibernation (which does not work with "ati" driver)
     Dapper: fixes suspend to RAM (which does not work without workaround with "ati" driver)
     Edgy: fixes lid close screen corruption

5. CLOSED: Dapper Flight2: eth0 down after boot - FIXED in Flight3

6. CLOSED: Dapper Flight3-Release; Edgy Knot1/2: monitor layout not auto detected (blank screen after install) - FIXED in Edgy RC

7. CLOSED: Dapper Flight4: ipw2200 module need hwcrypto=0 to work - FIXED in Flight6

8. Dapper Beta-Release/Edgy RC: after opening lid, display is in wrong resolution ("ati" driver) - 40808

   • When closing lid, display is blank as it should, but after reopening I just get completely strange resolution as I can only see what is the mouse arrow (which is approximately 3 times the original size and stretched). This is only with "ati" driver, while "fglrx" driver does not have this problem.
     Workaround: you can get back to normal by switching consoles (Ctrl-Alt-F1, Ctrl-Alt-F7).

9. CLOSED: Dapper Beta-Release: suspend to RAM works, but resume needs help ("ati" driver) - FIXED in Edgy RC

10. Dapper Flight4-Release: system hangs on restart of X server with fglrx - #30447

    • When X server is restarted it may hang the system. This only happens with "fglrx" driver, while "ati" works as expected.
      Workaround: add (uncomment) the line TerminateServer=true in section [X-:*-Core] in /etc/kde3/kdm/kdmrc file

11. CLOSED: Edgy Knot2: Desktop CD boots into white stripes - FIXED in Edgy RC

12. CLOSED: Edgy RC: wrong resolution detected by Desktop CD - Fixed in Gutsy Tribe5

13. Edgy Knot1-RC: battery info does not change after hibernate/resume - #63123

    • Hibernate works, but after resume battery information does not get updated anymore. Info is not updated already on kernel level (/proc/acpi/battery/*/*). Sometimes it helps if AC adapter is unplugged and plugged.

14. CLOSED: Feisty Beta-Release: regression - blanks screen with live CD after xorg 7.2 update - FIXED in Gutsy Tribe5

15. Next note should go here...

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