HPPavilionDV9074ea

Revision 40 as of 2007-03-23 21:04:27

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Current Issues

  • Hibernate & Sleep

  • Wireless networking not working out-of-the-box (the Broadcom 4310 device seems unsupported, see the [http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/?go=devices bcm43xx web page])

  • Hotkeys not working out-of-the-box (however, can easily be mapped manually with System > Keyboard Shortcuts > Sound)

  • Built-in webcam
  • Best boot options?

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 Drapper (i386)

6.10 Edgy (i386)

Feisty Herd 5 (i386)

Feisty beta (i386)

Installation works?

Yes *

Yes *

Yes *

Yes *

* = see notes

Hardware Information

Screen & Monitors

Device

Works?

Bug #

6.06 Drapper

6.10 Edgy

Feisty Herd 5

Feisty beta

Screen

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Correct resolution?

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

(was similar to [https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/75424 75424])

Correct refresh rate?

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

(was similar to [https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/75424 75424])

3D Acceleration

No

No

No

No

External monitor works?

Untested

Untested

Untested

Untested

External monitor - mirrors

Untested

Untested

Untested

Untested

External monitor - extend desktop

Untested

Untested

Untested

Untested

Power Management

Battery detected?

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Hibernates?

Yes

Yes

No

No

Sleep

No *

No *

No

No

Dim monitor on battery

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Blank monitor on inactivity

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Lid Close

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

CPU frequency scaling

Yes

No

No

No

Sound

Sound works?

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Correct volume?

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Hardware volume switch

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Headphone jack

No

No

Yes

Yes

(was similar to [https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/59715 59715])

Mic jack

No

No

No

Yes

(was similar to [https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/59715 59715])

Networking

Wired NIC

No *

Yes

Yes

Yes

Wireless NIC

No

No *

No

No

PCMCIA NIC

Untested

Untested

Untested

Untested

Firewire

Untested

Untested

Untested

Untested

Bluetooth

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Modem

Untested

Untested

Untested

Untested

Infrared

No *

No *

No *

No *

Touchpad & Mice

Touchpad

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Touchpad - Doubletap = double click

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Touchpad - Scroll down side

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Touchpad - turned off while typing

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

External mouse - USB

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

External mouse - Serial

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Docking Station/Port Replicator

AC through replicator

Untested

Untested

Untested

Untested

USB

Untested

Untested

Untested

Untested

Serial

Untested

Untested

Untested

Untested

Parallel

Untested

Untested

Untested

Untested

External Monitor - VGA

Untested

Untested

Untested

Untested

External Monitor - DVI

Untested

Untested

Untested

Untested

Modem

Untested

Untested

Untested

Untested

NIC

Untested

Untested

Untested

Untested

PS/2

Untested

Untested

Untested

Untested

Additional Hardware

Fingerprint reader

Untested

Untested

Untested

Untested

CD/DVD drive

Untested

Untested

Untested

Untested

PCMCIA cards

Untested

Untested

Untested

Untested

Parallel Ports

Untested

Untested

Untested

Untested

Card reader(s)

Untested

Untested

Untested

Untested

Function and other keys

Fn key

Operation

Keycode

Works?

Bug #

6.06 Drapper

6.10 Edgy

Feisty Herd 5

Feisy beta

+ F1

Help

0xf5

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

+ F2

Print

0x1d 0x19 0x99 0x9d

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

+ F3

WWW

0xe0 0x32 0xe0 0xb2

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

+ F4

External Monitor

Untested

Untested

Untested

Untested

+ F5

Sleep

0xdf

No *

Yes

Yes

Yes

+ F6

Lock

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

+ F7

Brightness Down

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

+ F8

Brightness Up

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

+ F9

Play/Pause

0xe0 0x22 0xe0 0xa2

No

No *

No *

No *

[https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/91396 91396]

+ F10

Stop

0xe0 0x24 0xe0 0xa4

No

No

No

No

[https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/91396 91396]

+ F11

Previous

0xe0 0x10 0xe0 0x90

No

No

No

No

[https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/91396 91396]

+ F12

Next

0xe0 0x19 0xe0 0x99

No

No

No

No

[https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/91396 91396]

+ Insert

Scroll

0x46 0xc6

Untested

Untested

Untested

Untested

+ Home

Prt Sc

0xe0 0x2a 0xe0 0x37 0xe0 0xaa 0xe0 0xb7

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

+ End

Sys Rq

0xe0 0x2a 0xe0 0x37 0xe0 0xaa 0xe0 0xb7

Untested

Untested

Untested

Untested

+ Pg Up

Pause

0xe1 0x1d 0x45 0xe1 0x9d 0xc5

Untested

Untested

Untested

Untested

+ Pg Dn

Break

0xe1 0x1d 0x45 0xe1 0x9d 0xc5

Untested

Untested

Untested

Untested

Multimedia touch keys

Key

Operation

Keycode

Works?

Bug #

6.06 Drapper

6.10 Edgy

Feisty Herd 5

Feisty beta

multimedia menu

0xcd

No

No

No

No

'DVD'

DVD player

0xed

No

No

No

No

[https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/91394 91394]

'I<<'

Previous

0xe0 0x10 0xe0 0x90

No

No

No

No

[https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/91396 91396]

'>II'

Play/Pause

0xe0 0x22 0xe0 0xa2

No

No *

No *

No *

[https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/91396 91396]

'>>I'

Next

0xe0 0x19 0xe0 0x99

No

No

No

No

[https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/91396 91396]

Stop

0xe0 0x24 0xe0 0xa4

No

No

No

No

[https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/91396 91396]

Volume Mute

0xe0 0x20 0xe0 0xa0

Yes *

Yes *

Yes

Yes

'-'

Volume Down

0xe0 0x2e 0xe0 0xae

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

'+'

Volume Up

0xe0 0x30 0xe0 0xb0

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Notes

N.B. the testing was done with the i386 image of each release.

Feisty beta

  • Installation: boot options 'noapic' and 'nolapic' (+ corresponding change in /boot/grub/menu.lst)
  • Infrared: only working with the laptop's remote control
  • Play/Pause key: only pause, does not play
  • Webcam: Ekiga finds the built-in webcam, but doesn't work properly

Feisty Herd 5

  • Installation: boot options 'noapic' and 'nolapic' (+ corresponding change in /boot/grub/menu.lst)
  • Infrared: only working with the laptop's remote control
  • Play/Pause key: only pause, does not play

6.10 Edgy

6.06 LTS Drapper

  • Installation: boot options 'noapic' and 'nolapic' (+ corresponding change in /boot/grub/menu.lst)
  • Sleep: no option in menu, Fn + F5 not working either
  • Wired NIC: not working out-of-the-box
  • Infrared: only working with the laptop's remote control
  • Multimedia touch key 'Volume Mute': does mute and unmute, but doesn't change color between red and blue according to status

Miscellaneous

March, 2007:

Using packages outside the Ubuntu repository, it's possible to both get wireless network and beryl (requires the non-free nvidia driver) working with Edgy 6.10 on this laptop, but unfortunately not at the same time! This problem is discussed in thread [http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=334373 334373] in the Ubuntu forum and in bug # [https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.17/+bug/57355 57355].

Wireless networking

Following the how-to on [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Device/Broadcom_BCM4311_rev_01_%28ndiswrapper%29?highlight=dv9074ea WifiDocs/Device/Broadcom BCM4311 rev 01 (ndiswrapper)] and installing ndiswrapper and network-manager and adding WPA-support, it's possible to network very smoothly in Edgy 6.10.

Beryl

Following the how-to [http://wiki.beryl-project.org/wiki/Install_Beryl_on_Ubuntu_Edgy_with_nVidia Install Beryl on Ubuntu Edgy with nVidia] made Beryl (N.B. still in development) work fine on this labtop, until ndiswrapper was installed...


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