Hardware Compatability Template - Laptop Computers

Laptop template

Use this template to document laptop compatibility with Ubuntu MATE. Under each component it’s important to include as much information as possible. Note if the device works out of the box and if not, were you able to get it working and describe in detail how you resolved the issue.

Laptop Name

Describe the laptop in the first paragraph, noting its specifications and any interesting features.

Compatibility

BIOS/UEFI mode

  • Does the device use legacy bios or the newer UEFI mode?
  • Can the bios be replaced or flashed with SeaBios/CoreBoot?
  • Does updating the BIOS/UEFI provide improved performance or hardware compatibility?
  • If UEFI is present does it support 64bit bootloaders?
  • Is reFIND supported?
  • If the device supports both legacy mode and UEFI are there driver issues if using one or the other?

Suspend and Hibernation

Suspend

  • Does suspend work out-of-the-box?
  • Did you have to manually configure suspend? If so how?
  • Does closing the lid initiate suspend?
  • Does opening the lid initiate resume?
  • Are there any issues on resume, such as devices failing to load?

Hibernate

  • Does the system support hibernation? Does it work out-of-the-box?
  • Did you have to manually configure hibernation? If so how?
  • Does closing the lid initiate hibernation?
  • Does opening the lid initiate resume?
  • Are there any issues on resume, such as devices failing to load?

Thermal management

  • Does the device’s thermal management system work as expected?
  • Does the system run excessively hot?
  • Are the hardware sensors supported by lm_sensors?
  • Did you have to install any additional packages to get thermal management working?

Storage

  • If the device has an SSD drive, does TRIM work? Did you have to manually set up trim using a cronjob?
  • If there is an SD card slot, is it working?

Graphics

  • What is the graphics chipset?
  • Does it have hybrid graphics? Does switching work?
  • Does it work with open-source drivers? If so, what version?
  • Does it work with closed-source drivers? If so, what version?
  • Does it work with external displays? If so what is supported at what resolutions?
  • Is there any tearing? If so are you able to overcome it manually?
  • Does video acceleration work?
  • If using HDMI or DisplayPort, does digital audio work?
  • Does the device have a webcam? Does it work?

Internal display

  • Does the internal display work as expected at full resolution?
  • Is it a HiDPI display? If so does pixel doubling work?
  • Does the backlight work with hotkeys? Did you have to install xbacklight?

Sound

  • What is the audio chipset?
  • Does it work with open-source drivers? If so, what version?
  • Does it work with closed-source drivers? If so, what version?
  • Do the analogue audio ports work?
  • Does it have an internal microphone? Does it work?
  • Does it have digital audio such as SPDIF or HDMI? Do they work?
  • Have you used external audio cards, such as USB or Firewire devices? Do they work?

Networking and Bluetooth

Ethernet

  • What is the ethernet chipset? Is it supported?
  • Is a proprietary driver required?
  • Does it work at 100 and 1000mb speeds?

Wifi

  • What is the wifi chipset?
  • Is it supported by open-source drivers?
  • Does it require proprietary drivers?
  • Does it support 5GHZ and if so is it working?
  • Does it support AC and if so is it working?

Bluetooth

  • What is the Bluetooth chipset?
  • Does it work out-of-the-box?
  • Does it require a third-party driver?
  • What profiles are supported/working?
  • Does Bluetooth audio work?

Pointing devices

  • Is the touchpad/trackpoint working?
  • Do the physical buttons work?
  • Is multitouch supported and working?
  • Does scrolling work?
  • Do gestures work?
  • Did you do any manually configurations in ~/.xsessionrc?

Keyboard

  • Does the keyboard work?
  • Are the media/function keys recognised and working?
  • If the device has a keyboard backlight, is working?

lspci output

Optionally include the output of lspci here

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I have a Dell 1564 - 64 bit lappy -

Uses legacy bios

Suspend and Hibernation works well, no problems.

Thermal Management - everything works well except overheats if using Google chrome to chromecast video will rise to 99 c then shutdown. (note: this is true for all distros i’ve tried so far.)

Storage - tradition 320 gb Hard drive - no problems.

Intell hd Graphics works well no problems.
Resolution 1366x768

Neworking (no bluetooth)
Ethernet is supported and works well.

Wifi - Broadcom 4312 - needs proprietary Driver found in driver manager. Works great once installed.

Pointing Devices - touchpad too sensitive , usable but touchy, I use an external wireless mouse instead.

Keyboard- works great.

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