HPPavilionDV9074ea

Revision 16 as of 2007-03-11 09:39:11

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Current Issues

  • Correct screen resolution out of the box
  • Sound: Headphone & Mic jacks recognized by ALSA, speakers muted when headphones are plugged into the headphone jack

  • Wireless networking out of the box (probably not in the near future)
  • Hot keys working out of the box (can be mapped manually with System > Keyboard Shortcuts > Sound)

  • Hibernate & Sleep/Suspend

  • Built-in webcam

System Info

bios-version:F.17
system-manufacturer:Hewlett-Packard
system-product-name:HP Pavilion dv9000 (RE366EA#UUW)
system-version:Rev 1

Hardware details

6.06 LTS Drapper (i386)

6.10 Edgy (i386)

Feisty Herd 5 (i386)

Installation works?

Yes, see notes

Yes, see notes

Yes, see notes

Hardware Information

Screen & Monitors

Device

Works?

Bug #

6.06 LTS Drapper

6.10 Edgy

Feisty Herd 5

Screen

Yes

Yes

Yes

Correct resolution?

Yes

Yes

No

Correct refresh rate?

Yes

Yes

No

3D Acceleration

No

No

Untested

External monitor works?

Untested

Untested

Untested

External monitor - mirrors

Untested

Untested

Untested

External monitor - extend desktop

Untested

Untested

Untested

Power Management

Battery detected?

Yes

Yes

Yes

Hibernates?

Yes

Yes

No

Sleep

No, see notes

No, see notes

No

Dim monitor on battery

No

Yes

Yes

Blank monitor on inactivity

No

Yes

Untested

Lid Close

Yes

Yes

Yes

CPU frequency scaling

Yes

No

Yes

Sound

Sound works?

Yes

Yes

Yes

Correct volume?

Yes

Yes

Yes

Hardware volume switch

Yes

Yes

Yes

Headphone jack

No

No

Yes

Mic jack

No

No

No

Networking

Wired NIC

No, see notes

Yes

Yes

Wireless NIC

No

No, see notes

No

PCMCIA NIC

Untested

Untested

Untested

Firewire

Untested

Untested

Untested

Bluetooth

Yes

Yes

Yes

Modem

Untested

Untested

Untested

Infrared

No(ish), see notes

No(ish), see notes

No(ish), see notes

Touchpad & Mice

Touchpad

Yes

Yes

Yes

Touchpad - Doubletap = double click

Yes

Yes

Yes

Touchpad - Scroll down side

Yes

Yes

Yes

Touchpad - turned off while typing

No

No

No

External mouse - USB

Yes

Yes

Yes

External mouse - Serial

N/A

N/A

N/A

Docking Station/Port Replicator

AC through replicator

Untested

Untested

Untested

USB

Untested

Untested

Untested

Serial

Untested

Untested

Untested

Parallel

Untested

Untested

Untested

External Monitor - VGA

Untested

Untested

Untested

External Monitor - DVI

Untested

Untested

Untested

Modem

Untested

Untested

Untested

NIC

Untested

Untested

Untested

PS/2

Untested

Untested

Untested

Additional Hardware

Fingerprint reader

Untested

Untested

Untested

CD/DVD drive

Yes

Yes

Yes

PCMCIA cards

Untested

Untested

Untested

Parallel Ports

Untested

Untested

Untested

Card reader(s)

Untested

Untested

Untested

Function and other keys

Fn key

Operation

Keycode

Works?

Bug #

6.06 LTS Drapper

6.10 Edgy

Feisty Herd 5

+ F1

Help

0xf5

Yes

Yes

Yes

+ F2

Print

<Control>p

Yes

Yes

Untested

+ F3

WWW

0xb2

Yes

Yes

Yes

+ F4

External Monitor

Untested

Untested

Untested

+ F5

Sleep

0xdf

Untested

Untested

Untested

+ F6

Lock

Yes

Yes

Yes

+ F7

Brightness Down

Yes

Yes

Yes

+ F8

Brightness Up

Yes

Yes

Yes

+ F9

Play/Pause

0xa2

No

No

No

+ F10

Stop

0xa4

No

No

No

+ F11

Previous

0x90

No

No

No

+ F12

Next

0x99

No

No

No

+ Insert

Scroll

Scroll_Lock

Untested

Untested

Untested

+ Home

Prt Sc

Print

Yes

Yes

Yes

+ End

Sys Rq

Print

Untested

Untested

Untested

+ Pg Up

Pause

Pause

Untested

Untested

Untested

+ Pg Dn

Break

Pause

Untested

Untested

Untested

Hot Keys

Key

Operation

Keycode

Works?

Bug #

6.06 LTS Drapper

6.10 Edgy

Feisty Herd 5

0xcd

No

No

Untested

DVD

DVD player

0xed

No

No

Untested

Previous

0x90

No

No

No

Play/Pause

0xa2

No

No

No

Next

0x99

No

No

No

Stop

0xa4

No

No

No

Volume Mute

0xa0

Yes(ish), see note

Yes(ish), see note

Yes

Volume Down

0xae

Yes

Yes

Yes

Volume Up

0xb0

Yes

Yes

Yes

Notes

Feisty Herd 5

  • Installation: boot options 'noapic' and 'nolapic'
  • Infrared NIC: only working with the laptop's remote control

6.10 Edgy

  • Installation: boot options 'noapic' and 'nolapic'
  • Sleep: the machine goes to sleep, the sleep light comes on, it wakes up on a key press, but the screen is just blank and the keyboard is not working (for example caps and num lock)
  • Wireless NIC: the Broadcom 4310 network card requires firmware, one possibility is to use ndiswrapper 1.38, see [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Device/Broadcom_BCM4311_rev_01_%28ndiswrapper%29?highlight=dv9074ea WifiDocs/Device/Broadcom BCM4311 rev 01 (ndiswrapper)]

  • Infrared NIC: only working with the laptop's remote control
  • Web cam: Ekiga does not find the web cam, nor does XSane
  • Volume Mute Hot Key: does mute and unmute, but doesn't change color between red and blue according to status

6.06 LTS Drapper

  • Installation: boot options 'noapic' and 'nolapic'
  • Sleep: no option in menu, Fn + F5 not working either
  • Wired NIC: not working out of the box
  • Infrared NIC: only working with the laptop's remote control
  • Volume Mute Hot Key: does mute and unmute, but doesn't change color between red and blue according to status


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