HardwareSupportMachinesLaptopsHewlettPackard
HardwareSupportMachinesLaptopsHewlettPackard
Notes on installation and compatibility of Ubuntu with Hewlett-Packard laptop computers.
Summary
Make |
Model |
Install ? |
Not works ? |
Comments |
Ubuntu Release |
Date |
HP |
NC4000 |
Yes |
|
Warty |
18-Nov-2004 |
|
HP (Compaq) |
nc6120 |
Yes |
See details below |
working like a charm, some minor bugs |
HP-Hoary |
|
HP (Compaq) |
NC8000 |
Yes |
SD-card reader (not ubuntu specific) |
|
|
|
HP (Compaq) |
NX5000 |
Yes |
|
Details below |
|
|
HP (Compaq) |
NX9020 |
Yes |
External monitor switch with XFree (but it's working with X.org) |
PCMCIA and modem not tested |
|
|
HP (Compaq) |
NX9030 |
Yes |
wireless works out of the box, had the ipw2200 conn break bug a few times (workaround with rmmod/modprobe, should be fixed in next driver release) |
PCMCIA and modem not tested |
Warty&Hoary |
09-Apr-2005 |
HP |
Omnibook 500 |
Yes |
|
Pcmcia, ACPI, extra keys, modem, video out not tested |
|
|
HP |
Omnibook 900b |
Yes |
Close screen to suspend |
After 1st install reboot, screen begins flashing for approx 30 minutes, but will eventually present a login screen. USB and PCMCIA work |
5.04 Hoary |
11-May-2005 |
HP |
Omnibook XE4500 |
Yes |
wireless-lan (prism2_usb) doesn't work altough 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 |
|
Details below |
Hoary |
|
HP |
Pavillon ZD7320ea (ZD7000 series) |
Yes |
|
Details below |
Warty |
|
HP |
Pavillon ZE4125 |
Yes |
Suspend to both RAM and disk |
Use linux vga=791 at boot for correct console resolution. Hoary only. |
Hoary |
|
HP |
Pavillon ZE4355ea |
Yes |
|
CD burning not tested |
|
|
HP |
Pavillon ZE4550 |
Yes |
|
Only boots with noapic and nolapic (on bootup screen type "linux noapic noalapic"). |
|
|
HP |
Pavillon ZE5640ea (ZE5600 series) |
Yes |
|
CD burning and IEEE1394 not tested |
|
|
HP |
Pavillon ZV5132ea (ZV5000 series) |
Yes |
Touchpad, battery status (only percent), modem |
Needs noapic to boot. Needs manual configuration for nVidia [GeForce4 440Go]. |
Warty |
|
HP |
Pavillon ZV5132ea (ZV5000 series) |
Yes |
Modem, resume from RAM (nvidia graphics does not wake up), battery status (only percent). |
[http://jwk.de/linux/linux_on_laptop_ubuntu_hp_ZV5132ea Configuration details by Jensens] |
Hoary |
|
HP |
Pavillon ZV5242qv (ZV5000 series) |
Yes |
|
Details below |
Hoary |
|
HP |
Pavillon ZX5078cl |
Yes |
Suspend/resume, card reader |
|
01-Mar-2005 |
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 nc6120
* 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 (not tested yet!!): http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=167782&postcount=46
* 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.
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 writer all work well
- Modem, DVD rewriter not yet tested, but I believe they will work fine (all Linux supported from what I've read)
- 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.
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 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)