Linux on Laptops

Installing Mandriva 2007 Powerpack (x86_64) on HP Pavilion dv9000z

Hardware setup

This line of laptops is customizable on their website, here's what I selected mine to include, and how it works in linux.

Hardware Components	Status under Linux	Notes
‎AMD Turion(tm) 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-60	Works	An SMP kernel makes good use of both cores
17.0" WSXGA+ Ultra BrightView Widescreen (1440x900) [dual lamp]	Works	Nvidia driver works fine
256MB NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600	Works	used Nvidia binary kernel provided together with instalation DVD
2GB, SDRAM, 2DIMMs	Works	No special procedure required during installation
HP IMPRINT Finish + Microphone + Built in camera	Works/untested	built in microphone(s) works fine (I do not check whether they work both in stereo mode – I do not care about it). Camera – I do not have idea how to get it work ;(
120GB 5400 RPM SATA Hard Drive	Works	SATA drive (correctly) appears as /dev/sda
Super Multi 8X DVD+/-R/RW w/Double Layer Support	Works/Untested	I do not check whether the ligh scribing feature work. The rest of the features like burning Cds and DVDs seem to be OK
MCP51 High Definition Audio	Partially works	Built in speakers and built in microphones work. Headphones and external microphone seem to be out of work. No clue about SPDiff. All the missing features might be supported with the newest ALSA driver; (ToDo next year – I hope).
MCP51 Ethernet Controller (ethernet card)	Works	No special procedure required during installation
BCM4310 UART (WiFi card)	Works	Works fine enough with the provided with this distribution ndiswrapper and the newest windows drivers get from HP. I found somwhere that first you have to „warm up” that card under preinstalled windows, then try to install it under Linux. Just in case I followed that advise.
High Capacity 8 Cell Li-Ion Battery	Works	Linux knows all about this through /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/info

This laptop is operating under Kernel version:
Linux localhost 2.6.17-5mdv, SMP, 2006 x86_64 AMD Turion(tm) 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-60 GNU/Linux

Basic Installation of Mandriva 2007 Powerpack:

Mandriva 2007 Powerpack is comercial, so U just have buy it ;(
Installing – just go through the wizard
The only catch that I found so far is connected with /sbin/hwclock. Namely, calling the command hangs the whole system, so the patch relies on commenting the hwclock calls in the shutdown scripts, and adding option --directisa to the startup scripts. Now it works finely enough.

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