Archy on HP Pavilion G62

ViruSzZ · 2010-12-29 10:44:42

Hi there,

I`ll get a brand new HP Pavilion G62 laptop on Friday (2 days from now). Arch is running on my current laptop just perfectly. Everything is working smoothly. What I wanted to know is does anyone here have this same laptop with arch on it. Its configuration is as follows:

2.26 GHz Intel Core i3-350M Processor-Level 3 cache 3 MB, -4 threads
3 GB DDR3 RAM, 320 GB SATA Hard Disk Drive 7200 rpm
39.6 cm (15.6") diagonal High-Definition LED HP BrightView Display (1366 x 768)
2 GPU's: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470 and some Intel HD

I have experience with Nvidia and Intel cards (current laptop HP 550 has Intel card and my desktop has Nvidia GeForce 8600 GT), but never messed with an ATI one. Also, the cards can be switchable as I have read over the Internet, so can this really be accomplished with Arch ?!? (cause I`m using strictly Arch-Linux for my desktop/laptop and for my server too).

Can I just go with 'pacman -S xf86-video-ati' ? I found some thread here on the forums, that someone needed to use xf86-video-ati-git from the AUR. Can someone explain or provide some links where I can see the main difference between these and which one should I use.

I`m sorry if this has been already discussed somewhere here, but I was unable to find anything regarding this laptop.

Respect, ViruSzZ

ViruSzZ · 2011-01-04 07:19:30

Greetings archers,

i have a problem to get X working on my brand new notebook HP G62 [ http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/docu … ct=4201183 ] .

The confusing thing to me is that this laptop has 2 graphics (ATI and INTEL[integrated]) and they can be switchable. I did manage to get them working on a fresh ubuntu install (using vga_switcheroo) but my problem is that I can not start the X server on arch. I`m not at home now so I can not provide the error I got. Also, I must use the nomodeset at the kernel line to get the screen working.

I`ll really appreciate if someone can help me with this, cause I`m an addict using arch linux but this .... was and still is a pain in my ass with the X server.

Thanks

1215p · 2011-10-23 15:56:45

I have a g62 too and I am not able to get Xorg up and running. How did you finally manage to solve this issue?

ViruSzZ · 2011-10-25 13:29:10

1215p wrote:

I have a g62 too and I am not able to get Xorg up and running. How did you finally manage to solve this issue?

Post more details if you want someone to give you input to this. Anyhow, I assume you have the same model (HP g62 a22-se) with hybrid graphic, so you need to get your gpu's under control either by using vgaswitcheroo or an acpi_call and then you shouldn't have any problems.

Everything is running smoothly on my end.

Take care.

1215p · 2011-10-30 02:01:46

ViruSzZ wrote:

1215p wrote:
I have a g62 too and I am not able to get Xorg up and running. How did you finally manage to solve this issue?
Post more details if you want someone to give you input to this. Anyhow, I assume you have the same model (HP g62 a22-se) with hybrid graphic, so you need to get your gpu's under control either by using vgaswitcheroo or an acpi_call and then you shouldn't have any problems.
Everything is running smoothly on my end.
Take care.

You are right, I should have been more clear.

I have a hp G62-a31so with both and integrated intel graphics card and an ati radeon.

Just like you I have to use nomodeset when I boot the computer. I have tried using the xf86-video-ati driver as well as catalyst generator but cannot get it working. I am trying to use vga-switcheroo (I read another of your posts where you wrote that vga-switcheroo made the trick) but it simply does not show up for me! I make sure to load the driver (modprobe radeon). I then run "mount -t debugfs debugfs /sys/kernel/debug/" but for some reason I have 14 files and folders in there and neither one is switcheroo (I have: acpi, bdi, dri, extfrag, gpio, ieee80211, ips, mce, regulator, sched_features, tracing, usb, wakeup_sources and xf86). (I have hear that fglrx can cause this but I have completely removed catalyst, pacman -Qs catalyst returns nothing).

Which drivers do you have installed? xf86-video-ati? How about xf86-video-intel? And which parameters do you use when booting (do you still use nomodeset)?

uname -a:
Linux myhost 3.0-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Oct 19 10:27:51 CEST 2011 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU M 350 @ 2.27GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux.

Thanks

Edit: It seems like I managed getting it popping up by removing all drivers except for xf86-video-intel!

Last edited by 1215p (2011-10-30 03:47:00)

ViruSzZ · 2011-10-30 08:44:15

Hey, you need to remove the 'nomodeset' from kernel line. As for the drivers I have both the Intel and the Ati one.

┌─[ 9:35]-[root@pedro]-[/home/viruszzz]
└─› pacman -Qs xf86-video
local/xf86-video-ati 6.14.2-2 (xorg-drivers xorg)
    X.org ati video driver
local/xf86-video-intel 2.16.0-1 (xorg-drivers xorg)
    X.org Intel i810/i830/i915/945G/G965+ video drivers

I'm not using vgaswitcheroo at the moment as I do not have the need for the ATI card as it's hot burning my lappy. Also, the battery is draining too fast using the ati card, so I installed 'acpi_call-git', loaded the module and executed the acpi call so the ATI is completely disabled on my end and everything is working just perfect.

Here's what I have in my rc.local in order to get things working (disabling the ATI and bringing the light on because it's powering off by default and none of the fixes I found worked for me)

echo 1 > /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness

logger -t powering off the ati card
echo '\_SB.PCI0.P0P2.PEGP._OFF' > /proc/acpi/call
lsmod | grep radeon 2>&1 > /dev/null
if [ $? == 0 ]; then
	rmmod radeon
fi

I guess your fan is always on, and the heat is unreasonably high with your both cards enabled?? Just for my information, are your Fn keys working as they should?

1215p · 2011-11-14 01:13:45

Sorry for the late reply (I have not had much time to spend on configuring arch). My Fn keys do not seem to work.
Thanks for the help!

Last edited by 1215p (2011-11-14 01:14:15)

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#1 2010-12-29 10:44:42

Archy on HP Pavilion G62

#2 2011-01-04 07:19:30

Re: Archy on HP Pavilion G62

#3 2011-10-23 15:56:45

Re: Archy on HP Pavilion G62

#4 2011-10-25 13:29:10

Re: Archy on HP Pavilion G62

#5 2011-10-30 02:01:46

Re: Archy on HP Pavilion G62

#6 2011-10-30 08:44:15

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#7 2011-11-14 01:13:45

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