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HowTo: Ubuntu Linux on HP Pavilion series laptops

September 8th, 2007 at 11:40am |

QUESTA GUIDA E’ DISPONIBILE ANCHE IN ITALIANO (aggiornata di rado)

This guide guides you through Ubuntu Linux setup and tweaking. It applies to all HP Pavilion computers with Intel Centrino processors, Santa Rosa platform, and AMD Turion platform.

Almost almost all features of HP Pavilion DV2000 DV6000 and DV9000 series are fully supported by newest Ubuntu: Installation and configuration of Ubuntu on HP Pavilion dv6000 was easier and much faster then installation of Windows Vista!

Changelog:

2009 11 04 - improved audio support through alsa backport drivers for on latest HP Pavilion models
2009 10 13 - added some more boot parameters to overcome ACPI issues at boot
2009 05 19 - fixed resume from suspend/standby issues in Pavilion DV4 DV5 and DV7 models (thanks Enrico)
2009 05 19 - internal microphone support for Pavilion DV4 DV5 and DV7 models (thanks Enrico)
2009 05 12 - updated fingerprint authentication schema either/or
2009 03 28 - added script to automatically update alsa audio drivers to latest stable version to support recent laptops audio subsystem
2009 03 28 - added support for Feiya Technology webcams
2009 03 27 - updated wireless section to support Atheros and better support Broadcom wireless cards
2009 03 25 - updated to Ubuntu Jaunty 9.04
2009 03 07 - further suspend debugging
2009 01 18 - Added details on supposed hard disk wear out fears.
2009 01 17 - Updated S-Video support for Intel video cards (thanks ErikK)
2009 01 14 - HDMI support updated (thanks Giorgio)
2008 10 26 - upgrade to Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex
2008 09 01 - added multiple authentication schemas for fingerprint authentication
2008 08 25 - added workaround for touchpad losing vertical scroll functionality and freezing
2008 07 29 - added support for DV9000 series Ricoh integrated webcam (thanks yecarrillo!)
2008 07 18 - fixed a typo and tagged first step as not not more necessary in fingerprinting suppot
2008 07 16 - improved guide on biometrics fingerprinting support to support log in and sudo auth.
2008 05 22 - Firmware F.2A has been reported to fix cpu-freq related problems on INTEL dv2000 series (incl. dv2765tx) download here
2008 05 01 - published a tutorial for customizing touch sensible buttons
2008 04 20 - more on brightness control failures on dv2xxx here (thanks Chris!)
2008 04 16 - updates on the bluetooth issue at boot and on Intel wireless issues on Ubuntu Hardy
2008 04 15 - address Broadcom wireless losing signal design flaw on dv60xx-dv63xx and dv90xx-93xx.
2008 04 01 - wireless LED now toggling on/off (at last!)
2008 04 02 - updated and improved my power saving tips, getting as low as ~13watts, no joke!
2008 03 31 - added support for Broadcom Wireless cards shipped with AMD Turion laptops2008 03 28 - added support for modem and lightscribe on x86_64 (64bit) Ubuntu (thanks rac)
2008 03 16 - added workaround for bluetooth module preventing the system to boot (thanks Philip)
2008 01 31 - new host, restyled, cleaned, improved some sections with tips from old comments
2008 01 16 - added more powersaving options (sata link and audio suspend)  in Laptop Mode energy saving

Check also my other posts related to HP Pavilion laptops

Index

  1. Choosing the Right Ubuntu CD
  2. Booting into Ubuntu
  3. Installing Ubuntu
  4. Video Device
  5. Wireless Adapter
  6. Webcam
  7. Touchpad
  8. Media Cards Reader
  9. VGA, S-Video & HDMI Outputs
  10. Remote Control
  11. Firewire
  12. Battery Recalibration
  13. Energy Saving
  14. Suspend & Hibernate
  15. Lightscribe Support
  16. Audio Subsistem
  17. Fingerprint Scanner
  18. Hardware Sensors
  19. Modem
  20. Touch Sensible Buttons
  21. Ethernet
  22. Bluetooth
  23. TV Tuner
  24. Hard Disk

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292 Responses to “HowTo: Ubuntu Linux on HP Pavilion series laptops”

  1. Alper Yilmaz says:
    21 September 2009 at 20:11

    I have dv7 2180us, and my ubuntu experience is very unpleasant so far. I didn’t have so much problems in my previous laptop. i’m tired of spending too many hours fixing errors.
    video: (ATI Radeon HD 4650) 3D compositing is working fine. but there are frequent hang-ups that require hard-boot. i need to spend hours to find the problem..
    Hibernate works fine but computer can suspend, cannot awake.
    I’m trying to use the latest drivers from Xorg and at each update somehing is broken. Right now webcam is not working, but it was fine before the latest update.

    sound: this is the show stopper for me and killed all my enthusiasm using the new machine with ubuntu. you need to try each model one by one to find the best one in /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf . i found one model name which works but it’s not as expected. When I plugin headphone, the speaker is not muted!?! I do that manually. Also, as far as I can tell from speaker-test, there’s no multi-channel support.

    other items:
    * remote does not work (or needs major setup, i tested “xev” and only one button was recognised as event)
    * the sound bar button, on top of keyboard is touchy, it’s hard to control volume. even if it allowed fine control, it wouldn’t matter, current volume applet is useless, i open volume control and adjust master, speake, PCM and Front manually each time.

    Reply
    • aldeby says:
      8 October 2009 at 13:56

      Thanks for the feedback Alper Yilmaz. Not owning a dv4 model right now yours has been extremely valuable!

      Reply
  2. Ahmed Helmy says:
    28 September 2009 at 15:45

    hi there, i have pavilion dv4 and i was just wondering what are the functions that would not be supported in ubuntu and what is the best version that i could use

    Reply
  3. 2xd says:
    7 October 2009 at 20:56

    thanks man !

    your advise on section 14 regarding the VBE helped my dv3-2150ej to regain battery status after suspend.

    also i used you advise on section 18 regarding the cPU and HDD sensors. if you could add any kind of information table for what is the normal heat level i will really appreciate it !

    thanks again !

    Reply
    • aldeby says:
      8 October 2009 at 13:55

      2xd, thank you for your feedback!
      Regarding CPU and HDD sensors I cannot provide you with a table with values given the huge number of different devices out there. It should be the laptop owner task to locate the model number through lshw command and search on the internet for the device technical specifications. Over there he will find the working temperature range.

      Reply
      • 2xd says:
        17 October 2009 at 14:02

        hi again,

        little problem with the VBE solution. as i have mentioned earlier, it did helped my dv3-2150ej to regain battery status after suspend, but only one time.

        since that time, it doesnt work no more. i dont mean that it can restore the battery status only after 1 suspension, its just stop working at all.

        i went back to “/etc/default/acpi-support” to check maybe it returned to true autometicly but its still on ‘false”

        any idea ?

        thanks ahed

        Reply
  4. giorgio says:
    15 October 2009 at 22:39

    Hi. with latest karmic ubuntu I had the internal mic fully functioning until the beta release. since then, with an alsa and pulseaudio update, I don’t’ have any more the internal mic working or recognized. Any idea how can I solve this problem? ps. I added the enable_msi=1 in alsabase.conf . I have a hp pavilion dv7 1080el and my soundcard is a ICH9 intel chip

    Reply
    • Mitch Towner says:
      3 November 2009 at 13:25

      @ giorgio

      Take a look at this post by the very awesome Daniel T Chen on his blog

      http://drowninginbugs.blogspot.com/2009/10/caveats-for-audio-in-910.html

      Specifically the following:
      “Install linux-backports-modules-alsa-karmic (then reboot) if you have a very new computer, because that package enables audio on quite a few very new laptop models and contains much improved support for microphone auto-switching.”

      This has helped resolve a TREMENDOUS amount of sound releated issues on HP laptops.

      Hope this helps with your issue too!

      Reply
  5. al_boon says:
    30 October 2009 at 8:04

    Hi, thx for your work, have you an idea to activate the intergrated subwoofer in many hp dv7 netbook ?
    I’m on kamic and the sound works normaly but when I do this in a terminal :

    speaker-test -Dplug:surround51 -c6 -l1 -twav

    only font speakers work.
    can you help me ?

    Reply
    • aldeby says:
      4 November 2009 at 6:18

      As Mitch suggests try installing the alsa backport drivers
      sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-alsa-karmic

      Reply
      • al_boon says:
        5 November 2009 at 8:03

        thx for your answord, but the linux-backports-modules-alsa-karmic-generic package dont solve the problem. if I find, I tell here the solution

        Reply
  6. Léo says:
    19 December 2009 at 4:28

    Thanks man!!!

    You saved me! I can’t work with windows anymore, and I want to change my note to ubuntu, but i was confused!
    Can u teach something else? I have the partion with hp recovery and the discs recovery, and I want to install that on my virtual machine. Can u help me with this? I dont know if i choose virtual box or vmware, and I dont know if I can install right…

    Thanks again!

    Reply
    • aldeby says:
      19 December 2009 at 10:47

      I’m sorry but I missed your point.
      What are you willing to do? HP recovery DVDs when used will completely erase your whole hard disk. So is highly discouraged using them. The recovery partition itself is simply a waste of space if you are capable of instaling an operative system yourself. You may use either vmware or virtualbox, the latter being free and opensource. To install windows you may use whatever CD/DVD you want, even a p2p downloaded one, provided that you use the serial product key you have bought (you may see it sticked on the bottom of your computer.

      Reply
  7. Thomas says:
    19 December 2009 at 20:52

    In the audio subsystem, the appropriate package is

    sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-alsa-karmic-generic

    (you need the word generic in the end)

    Reply
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