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Installing debian linux on HP Pavilion dv5 1030er

General Hardware Specifications of HP Pavilion dv5 1030er

Hardware ComponentsStatus under LinuxNotes
AMD Turion™ 64 X2 Ultra ZM-82 2200 MHzWorksFor AMD PowerNow!™ need to install cpufrequtils
15,4" WXGA BrightView 1280 x 800WorksInstall video drivers (see below)
ATI Mobility™ Radeon® HD3450 256MbWorksNeed to compile ATI Linux driver with module-assistant auto-install fglrx. Use version 8.12 or higher, because 8.11 works with some bugs.
Also works git version of RadeonHD, but I didn't try it yet.
250 GB hard driveWorkswatch -n0.3 cat /sys/devices/platform/lis3lv02d/position :)
Lightscribe Super Multi DVD Writer (+/-R +/-RW) with Double Layer supportWorksDouble layer support wasn't tried yet
56K modemWasn't tried yet
Realtek RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controllerWorks
Atheros RF2425 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express AdapterWorksNeed to compile kernel module with sudo module-assistant auto-install madwifi. Download the last svn version of madwifi driver (svn co http://madwifi-project.org/svn/madwifi/trunk) if module doesn't compile.
Just use open souce ath5k driver with modprobe ath5k
BluetoothWorksInstall KBluetooth. Or blueman. Or something.
HP Pavilion WebCam with Integrated MicrophoneWorksInstall cheese or something else. Also mplayer tv://dev/video0 -vo aa makes wonders with audience. :)
SoundWorksSounds well, I like it. But audio capture needed careful setting.
Touch padWorks
Sensor multimedia keys & remote control infrared portWorksEnable "kmilo" in KDE Control Center. Are you using KDE?
Integrated finger print readerWasn't tried yetI don't need this shit
Card readerUsually worksI got mmc0: error -110 whilst initialising SD card in dmesg sometimes. I don't know why.
USB portsWorks
VGA portWorksInstall ATI catalyst control center
HDMIWorksUse ATI catalyst control center (amdcccle) to set it up
eSataWasn't tried yet
IEEE 1394Works

This laptop is operating under kernel version 2.6.26 up to 3.0.0-amd64.

Unresolved issues

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[komar@kobook ~]$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 Host
Bridge
00:02.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI
bridge (ext gfx port 0)
00:04.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI
bridge (PCIE port 0)
00:05.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI
bridge (PCIE port 1)
00:06.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI
bridge (PCIE port 2)
00:0a.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI
bridge (PCIE port 5)
00:11.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 SATA
Controller [AHCI mode]
00:12.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB
OHCI0 Controller
00:12.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700 USB OHCI1
Controller
00:12.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI
Controller
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB
OHCI0 Controller
00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700 USB OHCI1
Controller
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI
Controller
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev
3a)
00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 IDE
Controller
00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel
HDA)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 LPC host
controller
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 11h
HyperTransport Configuration (rev 40)
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 11h
Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 11h DRAM
Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 11h
Miscellaneous Control
00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 11h Link
Control
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Mobility
Radeon HD 3400 Series
01:00.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc RV620 Audio device
[Radeon HD 34xx Series]
08:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x
802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)
09:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 02)
0a:00.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): JMicron Technologies, Inc. Device2380
0a:00.1 System peripheral: JMicron Technologies, Inc. Device 2382
0a:00.2 SD Host controller: JMicron Technologies, Inc. Device
2381
0a:00.3 System peripheral: JMicron Technologies, Inc. Device 2383
0a:00.4 System peripheral: JMicron Technologies, Inc. Device 2384

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