= This page has been replaced = These laptop tests are now out of date, for newer tests see the [[LaptopTestingTeam|Laptop Testing Team]] pages Notes on installation and compatibility of Ubuntu with Hewlett-Packard laptop computers. = Summary = ||'''Make''' || '''Model''' || '''Installs ?''' || '''Not working''' || '''Ubuntu Release''' || '''Comments''' || '''Last Updated''' || || HP || nc6220 || Yes || n/a || v5.04 (HP-Hoary) || See details below. || 2005-09-14 || || HP || NC4000 || Yes || || (Warty) || See http://members.fortunecity.com/lennychen2002/linux/ || 2004-11-18 || || HP || NC4200 || Yes || N/A || v5.04 (HP-Hoary), v6.06 (Dapper), v6.10 (Edgy), v7.04 (Feisty) || [[LaptopTestingTeam/HPNC4200]] || 2007-04-04 || || HP (Compaq) || Evo N410c || Yes || n/a || v5.04 (Hoary) & v5.10 (Breezy) || http://thingy.apana.org.au/~fun/n410c/ || 2006-01-06 || || HP (Compaq) || nc4010 || Yes || Suspend || v5.10 (Breezy) & v6.06 (Dapper) || Hibernate works (2.6.15-19), suspend doesn't. Everything else appears to work (sound, wifi, bluetooth, ect.) || 2006-03-21 || || HP (Compaq) || nc6120 || Yes || See details below. || v5.04 (HP-Hoary) || Working like a charm, some minor bugs || || || HP (Compaq) || NC8000 || Yes || SD-card reader (not ubuntu specific) || || || || || HP (Compaq) || NW8240 || Yes || SD-card reader || v5.04 (Hoary), v5.10 (Breezy) & v6.06 (Dapper) || [[LaptopTestingTeam/HPNW8240]], [[LaptopTestingTeam/HPNW8240/Kubuntu]] || 2006-02-08 || || HP (Compaq) || NX5000 || Yes || || || Details below || || || HP (Compaq) || nx6110 || Yes || wireless led || v5.10 (Breezy) || All in all works fine, although several things not tested, see below. || 2005-11-23 || || HP (Compaq) || nx6120 || Yes || SD-card reader (identified but not tested) || v5.04 (HP-Hoary), v5.10 (Breezy) & v6.06 (Dapper) || [[LaptopTestingTeam/HPNX6120]] <
>Wi-Fi and Firewire not tested. Everything else works. || 2006-06-02 || || HP (Compaq) || nx7010 || Yes || SD-card reader (not Ubuntu specific). || v5.10 (Breezy) & v6.06 (Dapper) || [[LaptopTestingTeam/HPNX7010]] || 2006-05-04 || || HP (Compaq) || nx7400 || Yes || Power management in 6.10 || 6.10, 7.04 || Don't checked for power management in 7.04, modem, PCMCIA and firewire not tested, everything else working fine out of the box :) || 2007-02-18 || || HP (Compaq) || NX9020 || Yes || External monitor switch with XFree (but it's working with X.org) || || PCMCIA & Modem not tested. || || || HP (Compaq) || NX9030 || Yes || || 4.10, 5.04, 5.10, 6.06, 6.10, 7.04 || No problems, ACPI behaves oddly (battery status wrong, but charge always right). PCMCIA & Modem not tested. || 2007-01-08 || || HP || Omnibook 500 || Yes || || || Pcmcia, ACPI, extra keys, modem, video out not tested || || || HP || Omnibook 900b || Yes || Close screen to suspend|| v5.04 (Hoary) || After 1st install reboot, screen begins flashing for approx 30 minutes, but will eventually present a login screen. USB & PCMCIA work. || 2005-05-11 || || HP || Omnibook XE4500 || Yes || Wireless-Lan (prism2_usb) doesn't work although the driver is loaded (might be that I just don't know how to configure it) || || CD burning not tested. If freeze pb you sould use acpi=off. || || || HP || Omnibook XT6200 || Yes || Modem || || || || || HP || Pavillon DV1066ea (DV1000 series) || Yes || || v5.04 (Hoary), v5.10 (Breezy) & v6.06 (Dapper) || Details below. || || || HP || Pavilion DV1250ea (DV1000 series) || Yes || || v5.04 (Hoary) || Touchpad tap-to-click doesn't seem to work properly. Wireless seems to need linux 2.6.10-586. || 2005-07-03 || || HP || Pavilion DV5000t || Yes || card reader, mic jack. || v6.06 (Dapper) || http://www.ubuntops.com || 2006-07-?? || || HP || Pavilion DV7-1070el || Yes || audio, fingerprint reader, dvb-t tuner || v9.04 (Jaunty) || Audio was not working properly, but I just added "options snd-hda-intel enable-msi=1" in /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf and it worked. || 2009-06-21 || || HP || Pavilion DV8210us (DV8000 series) || Yes || Suspend. || v6.06 (Dapper) || Wireless needs bcm43xx-firmware installed. || 2006-05-30 || || HP || Pavilion DV6600 (mentioned 6500 in bios) || Yes || || 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) || Audio needs to install backports (synaptic->repository->updates->backports, and then install generic linux backported drivers - wifi works fine || 2008-01-03 || || HP || Pavillon ZD7320ea (ZD7000 series) || Yes || || (Warty) || Details below. || || || HP || Pavillon ZD7150ea (ZD7000 series) || Yes || || v5.04 (Hoary) & v5.10 (Breezy) || Details below. || 2005-11-26 || || HP || Pavilion ze2308wm || Yes || Modem || v5.10 (Breezy) & v6.06 (Dapper) beta || Details below. || 2006-04-24 || || HP || Pavillon ZE4125 || Yes || Suspend to both RAM and disk || v5.04 (Hoary) || Use linux vga=791 at boot for correct console resolution. v5.04 (Hoary) only. || || || HP || Pavillon ZE4355ea || Yes || || || CD burning not tested. || || || HP || Pavillon ZE4453ea || Yes || 3d-acceleration & some hotkeys. || v5.10 (Breezy) || PCMCIA/Parallel/Seriel NOT tested. See [[LaptopTestingTeam/HPze4453ea]] || 2005-10-26 || || HP || Pavillon ZE4550 || Yes || || || Only boots with noapic and nolapic (on bootup screen type "linux noapic noalapic"). || || || HP || Pavilion ze4950ea (ze4900 series) || Yes || || v5.10 (Breezy) & v7.04 (Feisty) || Details below. || 2007-05-03 || || HP || Pavillon ZE5640ea (ZE5600 series) || Yes || || || CD burning and IEEE1394 not tested || || || HP || Pavillon ZV5120US (ZV5100 series) || Yes || Battery status (only percent, same in XP), wireless (unless ndiswrapper + bcmwl5.inf), modem (unless precompiled slmodemd from linmodems.org, use sudo slmodemd --alsa -c USA modem:1), touchpad scrolling (that's no problem), 3D (failed with ati drivers), DVD playback (crappy w/ libdvdcss2), suspend/hibernate (neither to disk nor to drive, wish it worked)|| v5.04 (Hoary) & v5.10 (Breezy) || Ethernet card not tested but seems okay. Very very nice with this laptop when compared to other distros. || || || HP || Pavillon ZV5132ea (ZV5000 series) || Yes || Touchpad, battery status (only percent), modem || (Warty) || Needs noapic to boot. Needs manual configuration for nVidia [GeForce4 440Go]. || || || HP || Pavillon ZV5132ea (ZV5000 series) || Yes || Modem, resume from RAM (nvidia graphics does not wake up), battery status (only percent). || v5.04 (Hoary) || [[http://jwk.de/linux/linux_on_laptop_ubuntu_hp_ZV5132ea|Configuration details by Jensens]] || || || HP || Pavillon ZV5242qv (ZV5000 series) || Yes || || v5.04 (Hoary) || Details below. || || || HP || Pavillon ZX5078cl || Yes || Suspend/resume, card reader || || See http://mattsmith.hostmatrix.org/zx5078cl/ubuntu.html || 2005-03-01 || || HP || Pavilion zv6000 || Yes || Hibernation, cardreader, volume buttons || v5.10 (Breezy) || Amd64 wireless and video with help (Details below) || 2005-11-13 || || HP || Pavilion zv6131us || Yes || || v5.10 (Breezy) || Did not test modem, cardreaders, hibernation. [[http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=52201|More details on setup.]] || 2005-07-26 || || HP || Pavilion zv6130us || Yes || || v5.10 (Breezy) || Wireless took a bit of effort but works, volume buttons don't work, AMD64 issues(totem crashes X, no flash, win32 codecs, etc), haven't tried 3d acceleration yet (see zv6131us above for more info) || 2005-09-24 || || HP || nx9110 || Yes || CardReader, Sleep and hibernate, ati 9000igp not supported by fglrx driver || v5.10 (Breezy) || Details below. || 2005-12-05 || = Details = == HP nx9110 == see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LaptopTestingTeam/HPNX9110 for details! == HP (Compaq) NX5000 == * Bluetooth works out of the box. * Had to replace ipw2200 kernel drivers and firmware with latest from [[http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/]] to get Wireless working. * Have not tried CD burning, IrDA or IEEE1394. * Conflict between HAL and onboard network card (Broadcom 4400). Either disable D-BUS ({{{sudo /usr/sbin/update-rc.d dbus-1 remove}}}) or stop hotplug from loading the driver by adding b44 to /etc/hotplug/blacklist. * VBIOS needs to be patched to enable 1400x1050. Download and compile [[http://perso.wanadoo.fr/apoirier/|855resolution]] then do `855resolution 4d 1400 1050`. * Cannot wake from suspend. == HP (Compaq) nx6110 == === Bugs === * Wireless LED is not working * Often when having returned from suspend to RAM video playback causes X to go in a crash loop; only way out is Alt+SysRq+s (for sync) and then Alt+SysRq+b (for reboot) (or holding the power button to reset the machine) === Works === * Suspend to RAM * Touchpad (incl. 3rd mouse button, scroll region) * Speaker mute when headphones are jacked in * Keyboard triggered Suspend to RAM (Fn+F3) * CD burning, some notebooks have a DVD-RW burner, it also works * Audio recording * Battery status * CPU frequency scaling * Ethernet * USB * Wireless (Intel IPW2200, there exists a variant of this notebook with broadcom wireless) * Suspend to disk * Externa Monitor, only with dapper === Not tested === * Modem * Firewire (by MarkusBertheau2) == HP nc6120 == * Go to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LaptopTestingTeam/HPNC6120 for a more detailed description of the nc6xxx series' key features. * Installed version is HP-Ubuntu (http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/custom/20050516/hoary-install-i386.iso) * To get Hibernation (Suspend to disk) to work, I had to change the last line of /etc/default/acpi-support to: {{{STOP_SERVICES="mysql irda-utils"}}} * The Ipw2200 adapter disconnects itself from the network during work. I found a solution to this bug here: http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=167782&postcount=46 It is tested to work with kernel version 2.6.10-5-386 (installed ver reported by synaptic: 2.6.10-34.2). Even the blue led is working now! * 3d accelleration is working, but only with MESA libraries. This has an impact on the performance. * Cd-Burning is working (speed: 12x after removing autostart of nautilus burn:// in system -> settings -> changeable media) * 6in1 Card reader doesn't work because there are no drivers available at the moment. * Not tested yet: DVD-Writer, Modem, PCMCIA. * For questions: mail to phen at gmx dot de == HP Pavilion DV1066ea (DV1000 series) == * Most things seem to work out of the box, or with minor tweaking * Sound, 1280x768 screen, wireless, 10/100 Mbit LAN, synaptics touchpad, 3D acceleration, CPU frequency scaling, CD/DVD rewriter all work well * Modem not working, though not much time has been spent working on it. * In common with several other HP notebooks, noapic is needed at boot-up to prevent random freezes. * There's a small write-up on the install with more details at [[http://www.dbg400.net/dv1066ea.html]] * Upgrading to Hoary adds suspend to RAM and suspend to disk. * Wireless + WPA works well in Breezy & Dapper == HP pavilion ZD7320ea (ZD7000 series) == * Warty works mostly out of the box * Touchpad works with the configuration detected during the installation. It behave strangely sometimes though. * Widescreen can be easily configurated with XFree nv driver with the following in addition to the default configuration set during the installation {{{ Section "Monitor" Identifier "widescreen" HorizSync 30-64 VertRefresh 50-100 Modeline "1440x900" 106.47 1440 1520 1672 1904 900 901 904 932 +HSync +VSync Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Laptop Screen" Device "NVIDIA Corporation NV34M [GeForce FX Go 5200]" Monitor "widescreen" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1440x900" EndSubSection EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Default Layout" Screen "Laptop Screen" InputDevice "Generic Keyboard" InputDevice "Configured Mouse" InputDevice "Synaptics Touchpad" EndSection }}}I did not manage to have nvidia proprietary 3D driver working. * Didn't try IrDA, Modem, Wifi and Suspend to disk (yet) * Sound is working with alsa. But the quality is not very good (while it is very good under W(tm). Probably a config problem... * Used to face problems to umount removable devices because of 'fam' (set by default install). Removing 'fam' (sudo apt-get remove fam) solved the problem. * Some help can be found and requested at 'http://www.zd7000forums.com/viewforum.php?f=12' == HP pavilion ZD7150ea (ZD7000 series) == * Hoary works out of the box. I downloaded the ISO, booted it with the 'expert' parameter. The reason why is just that I wanted to see the works and not just the quick-install. No special apic,acpi parameters were needed! * Touchpad works without any problem. I installed Ubuntu with an USB-mouse from Logitech plugged in for convenience and it works withou a hitch, scrolling everything. * The default nvidia-driver detected everything perfectly and also started with the correct default resolution 1440x900. I used the guide on www.ubuntuguide.org to install the nvidia binary drivers. Installed without any problems and then I used this guy's http://excidium.net/zd7010-linux.html Device config to get the correct resolution. * Ethernet-networking wasn't nearby but a Wifi-AP was. I had downloaded the ndiswrapper-deb and had the Broadcom-files on an USB-stick. I then used one of the simple HOWTOs from the forum and everything worked flawlessly. * ACPI - NO PROBLEM! The hibernation sequence is a charm. It takes about 20-30s to shutdown and then when you restart, you are presented with GRUB. You choose your kernel-line and voíla! You're back at your Gnome-desktop. No GRUB-editing needed for me. Suspend-to-RAM has to be enabled according the ACPI-faq. No problem using it. Everything wakes up without problems, even the WLAN works within a second. * Problems not yet solved: The battery applet in GNOME isn't being updated when running on battery. There is an ugly workaround one could use. If you issue 'acpi -V' in a console, the state is updated. If someone knows a 'clean' solution, please let me know. NEW:Breezy fixes this problem, no need for that ugly hack. Still not working: Built-in CB710 cardreader. == HP Pavilion ze2308wm (ze2000 series) == Works out of the box 100% (if you don't count the modem) with Breezy and mostly with Dapper * Wireless (bcm4318 chipset) under Dapper requires either bcm43xx or ndiswrapper to be disabled (see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WifiDocs/Driver/bcm43xx). Use the drivers from here: [[http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex?lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&os=228&product=1145342&lang=en&softwareitem=ob-36728-1|here]] for either module. From my experience, ndiswrapper seems to work better and more reliably, at least as of this writing. * Modem seems to be only partially supported, played around with it in Breezy and got it to dial, but never would handshake. * My laptop doesn't have the built in card-reader, so that may have issues (as others have reported here) * Battery applet doesn't show time remaining, but it doesn't under Windows either, so this is most likely a hardware issue. == HP Pavilion ze4950ea (ze4900 series) == Everything working fine out-of-the-box with some minor Wifi issues. === Wireless Issues === Wireless works out-of-the-box, yet there are three annoyances:- * Wireless LED is not working by default, although the wireless on/off button is working. Refer to [[https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.20/+bug/55780/comments/10|this entry for a fix]]. * Finally, there's a firmware error which appears and causes it to disconnect which can be fixed. Refer to [[http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=409921&postcount=8|this post for a fix]]. === Not tested === * Modem * Firewire (IEEE1394) * DVD Burning (CD Burning is working fine) * PCMCIA == HP pavilion zv5242qv (zv5000 series) == Generaly works out of the box with the Hoary preview * pcmcia slot acts like it's working but no cards will return "ident" info from cardctl * touchpad works, but sometimes on boot it fails. log off/on fixes * [GeForce4440Go] 440 Go 64M with 1280x800 works out of the box, but the official nvidia driver requires some tweaks * broadcom wireless works with ndiswrapper. used "wifi-radar" for wlan config and profiles * 5n1 memory card reader doesn't work, seems to be unsupported in the kernel. * extra buttons can be configured, including volume controls Note that not all zv5000's are quite the same :) Note: Try for zv5000's PCMCIA in /etc/pcmcia/config.opts lines 'include port 0x3000-0x7fff' and 'memory 0xe8100000-0xe97fffff' (reboot required). From unknown Tue May 17 19:59:13 +0100 2005 From: Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 19:59:13 +0100 Subject: HP NX6110, Celeron M360, Broadcom wifi Message-ID: <20050517195913+0100@www.ubuntulinux.org> Hoary install worked OK. Wifi needed to be setup according to ubuntu ndiswrapperhowto using the windows drivers on the HP driver CD, now OK. Suspend freezes the machine - no other problems so far. Recommend. Note: according to this (http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/58780) HP is offering a version of Ubuntu which supports all the hardware in the following laptops: nx6110, nc6120, nc6220, nc6230 and nc6000 (get it here: http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/custom/20050516/hoary-install-i386.iso) == hp Compaq nc6220 == generally works out of the box with Hoary. ... but xorg only displays 1280x1024 - the LCD can do 1440x1050 so everything looks a little blury. === How to fix: === * download 915resolution from http://www.geocities.com/stomljen/download.html and compile * run: /usr/sbin/915resolution 32 1400 1050 * restart the X-Server: kill $(ps -ef | grep /usr/X11R6/bin/X | awk '{print $2}') * login and resize the Display through -> Preferences -> Screen Resolution to 1440x1050 and suddenly you can see clearer, now * write a neat little start-up script to run 915resolution before gdm starts. done. == HP pavilion zv6000 Series == Wireless and Video requires some special handling with breezy amd64 kernel. === Install === * Pass {{{linux noapic debian-installer/framebuffer=false}}} to the kernel when booting the installer * Use an ether cable or a wireless PCMCIA if you want to network before seting up the ndiswrapper * The graphical login will fail: Add '{{{Option "NoAccel"}}}' (minus the single-quote marks) to the Device Section in {{{/etc/X11/xorg.conf}}} * The hardware clock is too fast: Add '{{{no_timer_check}}}' (minus the single-quote marks) to each kernel line in /boot/grub/menu.lst === Wireless with ndiswrapper === * The amd64 kernel with ndiswrapper needs the 64bit windows drivers from {{{https://www.synapsenow.com/synapse/data/7117/documents/WLAN_Broadcom_BG(3.100.64.0_logo).zip}}} * ndiswrapper 1.5rc2 was needed * Follow the instructions at http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=25683 === WXGA Video === The xorg ati (radeon) drivers and vesa stretch 1027 to 1200. Both the xorg that ships with breezy and the update have a bad libdri.a. Also video playpack under Totem or gxine kills X under the radeon and vesa drivers. As of November 2005 (xorg 6.8.2-77, fglrx64-6-8-0 8.18.8-2), the ATI drivers with an older libdri.a are required to fix the video. some details of the fix are discussed at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=78466. If the ati installer cannot build the driver, use alien to convert fglrx64_6_8_0-8.18.8-1.x86_64.rpm to a deb. * Download the amd64 driver from www.ati.com and install it * Get a copy of http://mail3.mpr.org/mlomker/libdri.a.gz and replace {{{/usr/X11R6/lib64/modules/extensions/libdri.a}}} * Revise your /etc/X11/xorg.conf device section by setting the driver to "fglrx": * Revise your /etc/X11/xorg.conf Module section: {{{ Load "dbe" # Double buffer extension Load "freetype" Load "type1" Load "glx" Load "dri" Load "ddc" }}} ---- CategoryLaptop