Proprietary vs Open source drivers w/ Laptop Testing

[Andrew Barilla]

I have a newer ATI card in my laptop which doesn't have adequate 3d
acceleration.  Unity runs fine but Minecraft will only get 6-15fps.  ATI's
proprietary drivers still don't work with Xorg 1.1 so this question is moot
for Natty, but if I'm testing Maverick which drivers should I test?  Or
should I do both if I can?
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New Laptop Tester Clarification

[Andrew Barilla]

I'm all setup with profiles and accounts to be a tester but was wondering
about a couple issues.

1) If we're testing something is in active development like Natty, should we
install the Milestone release and then not do any updates before doing the
testing or should the system be full updated?

2) How important is it too remove all configuration from the home directory
before doing testing?  I haven't looked through the instructions for every
test yet, but I'm wondering if it's possible that existing configuration
could mess up the tests?

Thanks,
Andy
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Laptop Testing

[Andrew Barilla]

In response to the article here:
http://primes2h.wordpress.com/2011/03/25/lets-test-your-laptop-now/ and the
fact that I've been in the Linux world for 16 years and haven't contributed
as much as I should have, I've followed the instructions so I can contribute
to laptop testing.

My primary laptop that I can do whatever I want with in terms of testing is
an HP Pavillion DV7-4263cl.  I can also do non-destructive testing on an
older HP nx6310 and Toshiba A205-S5864.

Thanks,
Andy
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Re: New Tester

[Andrew Barilla]

About the Fn key issue - is it possible that it's reversed?  For example to
change my volume I just press the F9, F10 or F11 keys but to send F9 I
actually have to press Fn-F9.  I'm getting this in all versions of Linux
I've tried on this laptop : natty, maverick, arch and opensuse 11.4.

On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 11:05 AM, Louis Casillas oxa...@gmail.com wrote:

 Neil-

 Thanks for the welcome!

 So far a few of the issues I've seen that do not happen on 10.10:

- ASUS DPI mouse not recognized.
- Unplugging and plugging back in the AC power source has twice
randomly turned off the monitor and forced me to hard shutdown my laptop.
- The Fn (Function) key no longer works for things such as lowering
volume, turning on/off wireless internet, ...

 There's been other smaller issues such as improper window redrawing
 artifacts.

 I'll try to find ways to properly reproduce the issues and make bug reports
 when I can get a little bit more information.

 Look forward to working with you!

 -Louis Casillas

 On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 12:56 PM, Neil Perry npe...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hello Louis,

 Great news about helping make Ubuntu better!

 What kind of problems are you having? Its always best to open a bug report
 per issue you are having.

 Remember that 'ubuntu-bug' is your friend from the terminal! It'll try to
 include everything that is needed for the developer to fix your issue!

 Thanks
 Neil Perry


 On 25 March 2011 16:45, Louis Casillas oxa...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hello!

 My name is Louis Casillas and I'd like to do my part in making Ubuntu
 better and better.

 My main machine is an ASUS G73JW series laptop.  I triple boot Windows 7,
 Ubuntu 10.10, and now Ubuntu Natty Narwhal A3.

 So far I've been having a lot of issues running Natty Narwhal so I'd be
 interested in getting in touch with the best people to discuss these issues.

 Look forward to being useful!

 -Louis Casillas

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