HPDV2815nr

Current Issues

Linux alpha 2.6.26-5-generic #1 SMP Fri Aug 15 13:54:22 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux

  • Live CD Boots into Low-Graphics Mode, video hardware not detected (Bug #).
  • Hardware Drivers dialog shows two NVIDIA drivers: 173 and 177 (Bug #).
  • Clicking "enable" NVIDIA driver in Hardware Drivers dialog fails silently when there is no Internet connection (Bug #).
  • Broadcom wireless card is not detected, use `wl' driver instructions below (Bug #).
  • Touchpad not disabled while typing, causing endless frustration due to touchpad not being centered on spacebar on this laptop (Bug #).

Wireless

$ sudo /etc/init.d/linux-restricted-modules-common start
$ sudo depmod -a
$ sudo modprobe wl

System Info

system-manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard

system-product-name: HP Pavilion dv2700 Notebook PC

system-version: F.21

Hardware details

Screen & Monitors

Device

Works?

Bug #

in Ubuntu 8.04 LTS

in Ubuntu 8.10 Alpha 4

Screen

YES

YES

Correct resolution?

NO

NO

?

Correct refresh rate?

NO

NO

?

3D Acceleration

NO

NO

?

External monitor works?

Untested

Untested

External monitor - mirrors

Untested

Untested

External monitor - extend desktop

Untested

Untested

Power Management

Battery detected?

YES

YES

Hibernates?

NO

YES

?

Suspend

YES

NO

?

Dim monitor on battery

YES

YES

Blank monitor on inactivity

YES

Untested

Lid Close

YES

YES

Cpu frequency scaling

YES

Untested

Sound

Sound works?

YES

YES

Correct volume?

YES

NO

?

Hardware volume switch

YES

NO

?

Headphone jack (1)

YES

YES

Headphone jack (2)

YES

YES

Mic jack

Untested

Untested

Built-in Mic

YES

Untested

?

Settings

YES

Untested

?

Networking

Wired NIC

Untested

Untested

Wireless NIC

NO

NO

250716

PCMCIA NIC

N/A

N/A

Firewire

Untested

Untested

Bluetooth

N/A

N/A

Modem

Untested

Untested

Infrared

Untested

Untested

Touchpad & Mice

Touchpad

YES

YES

Touchpad - Doubletap = double click

YES

YES

Touchpad - Scroll down side

YES

YES

External mouse - USB

Untested

Untested

External mouse - Serial

Untested

Untested

Docking Station/Port Replicator

AC through replicator

Untested

Untested

USB

Untested

Untested

Serial

Untested

Untested

Parallel

Untested

Untested

External Monitor - VGA

Untested

Untested

External Monitor - DVI

Untested

Untested

Modem

Untested

Untested

NIC

Untested

Untested

PS/2

Untested

Untested

Additional Hardware

Fingerprint reader

N/A

N/A

CD/DVD drive

YES

YES

PCMCIA cards

N/A

N/A

Parallel Ports

N/A

N/A

Card reader(s)

YES

Untested

Built-in Web Cam

YES

Untested

?

Function and other keys

Fn key

Operation

Keycode

Works?

Bug #

in Ubuntu 8.04 LTS

in Ubuntu 8.10 Alpha 2

+ F1

Launch Help System

0xf5

YES

NO

?

+ F2

Print

YES

YES

+ F3

Launch Web Browser

0xb2

YES

NO

?

+ F4

Hibernate

Untested

Untested

+ F5

Suspend

0xdf

YES

Untested

+ F6

Lock Screen

0x92

YES

NO

?

+ F7

Darker Screen

0x65

YES

YES

+ F8

Brighter Screen

0xd4

YES

YES

+ F9

Play/Pause

0xa2

YES

Untested

+ F10

Stop Playback

0xa4

YES

Untested

+ F11

Previous Track

0x90

YES

Untested

+ F12

Next Track

0x99

YES

Untested

+ Scroll

Num Lock

YES

YES

+ Pause

Break

Untested

Untested

+ Insert

Print Screen

YES

YES

+ Delete

Sys Rq

Untested

Untested

Other special keys

Key

Operation

Keycode

Works?

Bug #

in Ubuntu 8.04 LTS

in Ubuntu 8.10 Alpha 2

?

Untested

Untested

Notes

Hardy

robert@pavilion:~$ uname -a
Linux pavilion 2.6.24-19-generic #1 SMP Fri Jul 11 21:01:46 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Graphics

robert@pavilion:~$ lspci | grep 'VGA compatible controller'
00:12.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 7150M (rev a2)

With NVIDIA drivers:

robert@pavilion:~$ which glxgears | xargs strings | grep benchmark | xargs glxgears
6416 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1283.079 FPS

robert@pavilion:~$ glxinfo | grep rendering
direct rendering: Yes

Wireless

{robert@pavilion:~$ lspci | grep 'Network controller'
04:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4310 USB Controller (rev 01)


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