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 is easier and much faster then installation of Windows 7!
Changelog:
2010 08 24 - workaroud for disable/enable touchpad freeze (many thanks Uwe!) 2010 05 01 - improved audio support on HP Pavilion DV6 (thanks Flameclaw!) 2010 02 24 - more on suspend/standby issues (thanks Uwe!) 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
- Choosing the Right Ubuntu CD
- Booting into Ubuntu
- Installing Ubuntu
- Video Device
- Wireless Adapter
- Webcam
- Touchpad
- Media Cards Reader
- VGA, S-Video & HDMI Outputs
- Remote Control
- Firewire
- Battery Recalibration
- Energy Saving
- Suspend & Hibernate
- Lightscribe Support
- Audio Subsistem
- Fingerprint Scanner
- Hardware Sensors
- Modem
- Touch Sensible Buttons
- Ethernet
- Bluetooth
- TV Tuner
- Hard Disk
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- Call for enabling HP Pavilion internal softmodem
- Ottimizzazioni per il Risparmio Energetico per portatili HP Pavilion su Ubuntu Linux
- [EN] Configure HP Pavilion QuickPlay multimedia buttons in Ubuntu Linux
- Guida per Ottimizzare Ubuntu Linux sui portatili HP Pavilion
- How to update ALSA to latest version easily
- Ad Hoc Wireless Networking in Linux
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Thanks man , the sound wasn’t work with my dv6000 before, but now after install the software in your article its work now .! grate .
Best regards.
CFIL
Congratulations for the guide.
I just wanted to ask if someone have suffered one condition on hp dv2000 amd-based laptops, which is -the wireless adapter randomly dissapear from the pci devices list at random boots, so the laptop doesn’t see it doing an “lspci”-
The only workaround I’ve tried with success is just rebooting the machine as many times as I need to get the machine to “see” the device again.
It just occurred to me that maybe there is a workaround for this using some kind of weird combination of kernel boot params (I’m positive it’s a hardware problem, but sometimes it can be worked around with the magic of linux)
You can see how this is not “just me”, but a mayor issue in hp manufactured laptops here:
http://forums.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/bizsupport/questionanswer.do?threadId=1189747
Thanks JoeZ!
Talking about your issue please have a look at this link
http://forums11.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/bizsupport/questionanswer.do?threadId=1179013
you should first update the BIOS and the try updating also the wireless driver as described.
As you know Broadcom wireless cards are not supported by any linux driver, thus by using ndiswrapper you are enabled to use the latest up-to-date windows driver.
Cheers
THANK YOU. I’ve been trying to get my sound working for weeks, and your backport module suggestion worked like a charm.
My next project is hibernation/suspension, but I’m rather noobish and can’t figure out how to disable Compiz.. Would someone explain it in more detail for me?
Anyway, aldeby – you are my saviour. ^^
For what concerns hibernation it should work out of the box.
Instead concerning suspension you have first to test if it is a compiz responsability by going into
System > Preferences > Appearence > Visual Effects and select NONE.
In case it suspends correctly after that it was a compiz v-blank issue.
However even if you disable the v-blank, unfortunately there are also other issues with Gutsy, for instance you would be able to suspend only once in a session.
In Hardy Ubuntu developers have integrated a series of patches hardware-specific in a new package that hit the repositories: pm-utils, which is tightly linked to hal, the hardware abstraction layer.
For these reasons I advise you to perform an unpgrade to Hardy instead. Many features peculiar to HP Pavilion laptops are fully supported in Hardy only.
(I upgraded a Gutsy system last week with the most recent Hardy snapshot and I had to face no issues) http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/
Please note you have to install the backports modules in hardy too. This time for a wireless issue on Intel based systems.
Cheers
I am planning to upgrade to Hardy Heron as soon as it’s out of beta (which is what, next week?) Good to hear it works well with Pavilions!
I checked the Compiz: makes no difference, which is just as well because the way the windows bounce around with extra effects is worth more to me than suspension anyway. Weird that hibernation generally works; my computer can’t get past logging me out… She’s a little spechull sometimes.
Don’t forget that you need libstdc++5 package installed for lightscribe to work. It kinda halfway acts like it works without libstdc++5 but it will not enumerate any devices.
Hello,
Very nice the report you made here. I think it would be nice if you could say something about your memory stick connection (in my hp dv6000 I have a Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter). Does it work for you?
Cheers
Thanks Thiago,
I tested it with SD and MMC cards and it does work.
As far as I know MS cards are being supported for the first time with 2.6.24.
Unfortunately I have no idea with other kind of cards.
If you have the chance to test other supported formats please let me know!
really this tutorial helped me a lot….
i got the sound in my hp notebook..
thanks a lot….