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System info

• Maker: Hewlett-Packard Co.
• Brand: HP Compaq
• Model: NX6325

At a glance

• Socket S1 - Turion X2 or Mobile Sempron
• Dimensions start from 2.6 kg and 30.3 mm at front
• ATI Radeon Xpress 1150 Chipset, 64-128 MB UMA
• Two slots with up to 4GB of 667-MHz DDR2 SDRAM, dual channel memory support
• One 5400 rpm, user-removable SATA hard drive

• Broadcom NetLink Gigabit Ethernet PCI Controller

• Broadcom 802.11 a/b/g or 802.11 b/g wireless LAN module
• Integrated Bluetooth
• 7-in-1 Media Reader
• TPM 1.2

• AuthenTec Biometric Fingerprint Sensor

• Synaptics touchpad with two buttons and scroll zone

[http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/12447_na/12447_na.HTML Specifications]

[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LaptopTestingTeam/HPNX6325/dmesg dmesg] [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LaptopTestingTeam/HPNX6325/lspci lspci] [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LaptopTestingTeam/HPNX6325/lspcmcia lspcmcia] [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LaptopTestingTeam/HPNX6325/lsusb lsusb] [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LaptopTestingTeam/HPNX6325/acpisupport bios versions] [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LaptopTestingTeam/HPNX6325/dmidecode dmidecode]

Models

Functionality

Current Issues and Bugs

• [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/147250 #147250] Alternate and server install CD hang at installation. Use boot parameter "fb=false" to work around.

• [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/144760 #144760] Compiz/DRI crashes on Xpress200M/AMD64.

• [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/139241 #139241] DRI hangs on radeon Xpress 200M.

• [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mesa/+bug/148902 #148902] r300 needs update for 200m.

• [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/usplash/+bug/136582 #136582] No loading text or usplash when loading.

• [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/145750 #145750] hibernate fails on HP nx6325.

• [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/147298 #147298] AD198x Analog: microphone misconfigured.

The desktop cd can't start Gnome (it hangs because of compiz) - you have to choose safe graphics mode at boot. [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/144760 Bug #144760] Alternate and server cd doesn't work - it gives black screen because of problems with the framebuffer during boot. [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/147250 (Bug #147250).] Use the boot parameter "fb=false" to work around this issue until the bug has been fixed.

Notes and Workarounds

Touchpad freeze

The workaround for the "bad state" issue (kernel < 2.6.20) is no longer necessary. Touchpad "freezes" in (apparently) random intervals, the cursor remains in the upper left corner and is unmovable. Solution: reboot

Graphics

Also the graphics card is now reported as different model - lspci says its a ATI Technologies Inc RS485 [Radeon Xpress 1100 IGP].

xserver-xorg-video-ati

Open Ati driver has 3D acceleration but it doesn't work stable - it gives bad rendering on OpenArena 0.7.0 and PlanetPenguinRacer. (see above bugs). ~Azrael

xorg-driver-fglrx

Restricted drivers (ATI) are proposed and work Don't use fglrx if it's not necessary, cause it hangs while logging off and the brightness +/- special keys not always work. Kubuntu ~Przemkus

Desktop Effects

Desktop effects don't work (neither with fglrx)

Microphone

To make my mic work I've added

    options snd-hda-intel model=hp position_fix=1 enable=yes

at the end of

/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base

and then I've set Capture and Mic Boost to the max in Alsa Mixer.

To make mic (both internal and external) work you have to go to the sound mixer, choose "edit > preferences" in the menu, tick "capturing", and then put the capturing slider to the max on the "recording" tab.

Card reader

To fix the card reader I've added a small script to execute in runlevels 3-5:

setpci -s 02:04.2 4c=0x22 #if "0x22" doesn't work use "22" instead

You should substitute the number "02:04.2" with the one shown in

lspci |grep storage

Card reader works out of the box as of release 7.10 Gutsy. ~Azrael

Battery info

To make battery status update properly I had to unload psmouse module before each restart or shutdown or ACPI would get corrupted (see http://home.no/slazz/nx7400/#badstate ). I've added

modprobe -r psmouse

to /etc/init.d/halt and /etc/init.d/reboot just before 'halt' and 'reboot' commands. This also fixes sluggish BIOS startup.

Suspend

I've also noticed that after I resume from sleep or hibernation, the laptop speakers stay turned on, even when headphones are plugged in. I tried to fix it by putting:

MODULES="snd_hda_intel"

in /etc/default/acpi-support (near "# Add modules to this list to have them removed before suspend and reloaded" line) but it didn't always work.

Hibernate

WLAN

In previous Ubuntu releases my wifi card has been reported as Broadcom Corporation BCM4310 UART (rev 01). Gutsy reports it as Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11a/b/g (rev 01) (notice the BCM chip number).

NDISwrapper

You will need to use ndiswrapper to run wireless connection. My wifi works only with ndiswrapper. Open driver (bcm43xx) does not work. Ironically on Debian Lenny (testing) it's the opposite - ndiswrapper doesn't work while bcm43xx does work. ~Azrael

==== bcm43xx ===== Wireless works with open driver, so ndiswrapper is not necessary (however I've heard it is necessary to use WPA encryption -> to be tested)

==== WPA =====

=== Thermal management=== There are problems with sleep and hibernation, the cpu fan doesn't start after waking laptop up, so it is necessary to turn the fan on manually by executing this script:

# public domain 2007 - Markus Brechtel (chaotika) <markus@b-r-e-c-h-t-e-l.net>
# This script makes the fans wich ran before suspend come up after resume again on HP nx6325.

acpi -t
cat /proc/acpi/fan/*/*

for fanstate in $( ls /proc/acpi/fan/*/state ); do
        echo 0 > $fanstate;
done

cat /proc/acpi/fan/*/*

===Volume control=== There is a problem (in all linux distros) with non-linear volume scale. All control of volume depends on range about 50%-100% of volume control, so concerning laptop hardware volume control buttons it's quite irritating

Bluetooth

To make bluetooth fully work you have to install gnome-vfs-obexftp (from universe).

If you want to have a longer battery life then you should enable laptop mode - edit /etc/default/acpi-support and change "ENABLE_LAPTOP_MODE=false" to "ENABLE_LAPTOP_MODE=true".

["Touchpad - turned off while typing: no (Ubuntu)" -> did you try [http://gsynaptics.sourceforge.jp GSynaptics] in Gnome? -- [:Przemkus] DateTime]

• Yes, and it doesn't have such option - -- AzraelNightwalker DateTime(2007-10-17T07:59:20Z)

Guidelines for this Wiki document

Please do not add Kubuntu (and other derivatives) when the same Ubuntu version is already added to the table. For example: Kubuntu 7.04 has exactly the same kernel and drivers as Ubuntu 7.04 so everything that works in Ubuntu 7.04 will work in Kubuntu 7.04 and vice versa. Same for things that don't work.

Info about Ubuntu 6.06 and 6.10 has been cut out because it's practically obsolete. Only 7.04 and 7.10 should be left. -- AzraelNightwalker DateTime(2007-10-02T11:19:52Z)

External links

*[http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Home.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=321957&prodSeriesId=1849082 NX6325 product page] [http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/12447_na/12447_na.HTML NX6325 Specifications] [http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DriverDownload.jsp?prodNameId=1849083&lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=321957&prodSeriesId=1849082&taskId=135 Software and driver download] [http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/familyhome.do?familyId=118 HP support forums]

*[http://vale.homelinux.net/wordpress/?p=106 Ubuntu 6.10] [http://www.puchalla-online.de/nx6325.html Debian 4.0] [http://www.andreas-kleisun.homepage.t-online.de/FC5_on_nx6325.html Fedora Core 5] [http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Gentoo_on_HP_Compaq_nx6325 Gentoo] [http://www.wolframschenck.de/nx6325.htm SuSE Linux 10.1] [http://thinksilicon.redprohosting.de/index.php?page=39 SuSE Linux (German language)] [http://www.gammu.org/wiki/index.php?title=HydePark:Nx6325 Windows]

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