DellInspiron2650

Current Issues

Ubuntu 8.04 - Installation report

Boots and installs fine -- no 3D hardware acceleration, though. "Number pad" on keyboard doesn't work -- touchpad requires addition of 'SHMConfig "true"' being added to the xorg.conf file.

Gutsy 7.10 beta (development) - installation report

First boot of Gutsy 7.10beta live CD loaded fine but failed to set the video mode correctly on Gnome load. Pressing <Ctrl>+<Alt>+<F1> switched to text mode log on fine and then pressing <Ctrl>+<Alt>+<F7> brought up the gnome desktop with correct video mode.

Clock had lost day-light savings setting.

The installer failed after pressing "Next" at "Migrate Documents and Settings". The computer stood silent with no processor/disk load for 10 minutes. After pressing cancel I started filling in this report (i.e. no hang). Second attempt got as far as "Installing System", "5% - Creating ext3 file system for / in partition #3 of SCSI1 (0,0,0)..." and again silently stopped.

After a reboot of the live-cd daylight saving setting was automatically corrected.

Installation went smoothly on this attempt.

Downloaded and installed updates ("partial upgrade required"). Enabled 3rd party driver for nVidia 3D acceleration.

System Info

Dell Computer Corporation Inspiron 2650 Revision A0

Linux ubuntu 2.6.22-12-generic #1 SMP Sun Sep 23 18:11:30 GMT 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

Hardware details

Screen & Monitors

Device

Works?

Bug #

in Ubuntu 6.06 LTS

in 7.04 (Feisty)

in Gutsy (current development)

Screen

Untested

Yes

Yes

Correct resolution?

Untested

Yes, automatically

Yes, 1024x768

Correct refresh rate?

Untested

Yes

Yes, 60Hz

3D Acceleration

Untested

Yes (Beryl and Ubuntu Desktop Effects

Yes

External monitor works?

Untested

Untested

Untested

External monitor - mirrors

Untested

Untested

Untested

External monitor - extend desktop

Untested

Untested

Untested

Power Management

Device

Works?

Bug #

in Ubuntu 6.06 LTS

in 7.04 (Feisty)

in Gutsy (current development)

Battery detected?

Untested

Yes

Yes

Hibernates?

Untested

Untested

No - hangs on wake up

Suspend

Untested

Untested

No - hangs on wake up

Dim monitor on battery

Untested

Untested

No

Blank monitor on inactivity

Untested

Yes

Yes

Lid Close

Untested

Yes

Yes

Cpu frequency scaling

Untested

Yes - 1.2GHz and 1.7GHz only

Yes

Sound

Device

Works?

Bug #

in Ubuntu 6.06 LTS

in 7.04 (Feisty)

in Gutsy (current development)

Sound works?

Untested

Yes

Yes

Correct volume?

Untested

Yes

Yes

Hardware volume switch

N/A

Yes

N/A

Headphone jack

Untested

Yes

Yes

Mic jack

Untested

Yes

Untested

Networking

Device

Works?

Bug #

in Ubuntu 6.06 LTS

in 7.04 (Feisty)

in Gutsy (current development)

Wired NIC

Untested

Yes

Yes

Wireless NIC

Untested

N/A

Yes - pcmcia rt60

PCMCIA NIC

Untested

Yes

Yes

Firewire

N/A

N/A

N/A

Bluetooth

N/A

N/A

N/A

Modem

Untested

Untested

Untested

Infrared

N/A

N/A

N/A

Touchpad & Mice

Device

Works?

Bug #

in Ubuntu 6.06 LTS

in 7.04 (Feisty)

in Gutsy (current development)

Touchpad

Untested

Yes

Yes

Touchpad - Doubletap = double click

Untested

Yes

Yes

Touchpad - Scroll down side

Untested

Untested

Yes

External mouse - USB

Untested

Yes

Yes

External mouse - Serial

Untested

Untested

Untested

Docking Station/Port Replicator

Device

Works?

Bug #

in Ubuntu 6.06 LTS

in 7.04 (Feisty)

in Gutsy (current development)

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

Device

Works?

Bug #

in Ubuntu 6.06 LTS

in 7.04 (Feisty)

in Gutsy (current development)

Fingerprint reader

Untested

N/A

Untested

CD/DVD drive

Untested

Yes

Yes

PCMCIA cards

Untested

Yes

Yes, Wireless (RT60 driver)

Parallel Ports

N/A

Untested

N/A

Card reader(s)

N/A

N/A

N/A

Function and other keys

Fn key

Operation

Keycode

Works?

Bug #

in Ubuntu 6.06 LTS?

in 7.04 (Feisty)

in Gutsy (current development)

+ Space

Space

Untested

Space

Just a space

+ Esc

Suspend

Untested

Suspend (doesn't work fully

Suspend

+ F1

None

Untested

Untested

None

+ F2

None

Untested

Untested

None

+ F3

None

Untested

Untested

None

+ F4

None

Untested

Untested

None

+ F5

None

Untested

Untested

None

+ F6

None

Untested

Untested

None

+ F7

Font

Untested

Untested

Yes

Font (changes text mode from full screen to half screen)

+ F8

CRT/LCD Switch

Untested

Yes

Yes

+ F9

None

Untested

Untested

None

+ F10

CD/DVD Tray

Untested

Yes

Yes

+ F11

Num Lk

Untested

No

Num Lk

+ F12

Scroll Lk

Untested

No

Scroll Lk

+ Pause

Untested

Untested

Break

+ Insert

Print Screen

Yes

Yes

Yes

+ Delete

SysRq

Untested

Untested

SysRq

+ Up

Brightness Up

Untested

Yes

Yes

+ Dn

Brightness Dn

Untested

Yes

Yes

+ Pg Up

Volume Up

Untested

Yes

Yes

+ Pg Dn

Volume Dn

Untested

Yes

Yes

Notes

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