HP Laptop dv1000

vladuz976 · 2006-03-03 18:38:08

Has anybody successfully installed arch on an hp dv1000 laptop?
http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/shopp … uter_store

i am planning on buying that one coz it's in my price range and seems decent, but i don't wanna give up arch. any recommendations?

_Gandalf_ · 2006-03-03 23:19:37

Yep , I have HP dv1071ea and Arch rocks on it, except of course if you don't know, the 6 in 1 card reader has NO drivers for linux yet, you may want to check http://openfacts.berlios.de/index-en.ph … dia_module
http://lists.berlios.de/pipermail/tifm21-devel/
http://developer.berlios.de/projects/tifmxx/
for information on it...

also check http://www.dv1000forums.com for general info on dv1000 series, before u buy it know that this series has a problem with one USB port, i haven't seen dv1000 with 3 working ports

Snowman · 2006-03-03 23:30:19

Yes, I'm posting this with a HP Pavilion dv1240ca. It's a nice laptop. Here a few points:
The digital media card reader doen't work under Linux. There's a couple of project to create drivers but I don't think there much advanced. If doesn't affect me as I don't use it but you set up your system to dual boot in winXP if you plan using it.

Also, since the 2.6.15.x kernel series I'm experiencing hard freezes especially when watching videos or listening to music. Booting with acpi=off solve that problem (although I think it froze once with acpi=off, not sure though) I assume that it's a kernel problem and that it will be solve eventually (in 2.6.16?).

Let me know if you want particular info.

Snowman · 2006-03-03 23:32:30

_Gandalf_ wrote:

also check http://www.dv1000forums.com for general info on dv1000 series, before u buy it know that this series has a problem with one USB port, i haven't seen dv1000 with 3 working ports

My 3 USB ports works.

_Gandalf_ · 2006-03-03 23:48:02

Lucky u snowman, I wonder how the right-rear one works, I send the pc for repairing 3 times, they changed the chip -> http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y171/r … fc359a.jpg 3 times, and it always stoped working after a week or 2, and I just re-assembled my PC after a failure attemp to fix it myself coz am out of warrenty now...
-> USB issue

P.S: if u have a dv1000 running Arch can u share your xorg.conf plz, am trying to have the best one by collecting many dv1000 xorg.conf

Snowman · 2006-03-04 00:06:27

_Gandalf_ wrote:

Lucky u snowman, I wonder how the right-rear one works, I send the pc for repairing 3 times, they changed the chip -> http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y171/r … fc359a.jpg 3 times, and it always stoped working after a week or 2, and I just re-assembled my PC after a failure attemp to fix it myself coz am out of warrenty now...
-> USB issue

I use it to plug in my mouse. It works fine. I have a higher model number so maybe my laptop is more recent and that problem was fixed. Or I am just lucky.

_Gandalf_ wrote:

P.S: if u have a dv1000 running Arch can u share your xorg.conf plz, am trying to have the best one by collecting many dv1000 xorg.conf

Sure. It's pretty standard right now. I'll eventually add xinerama support. 8)

EDIT:I updated the xorg.conf as I now have xinerama support.

Section "ServerFlags"
    Option "AllowMouseOpenFail"  "true"
    Option "DefaultServerLayout" "Laptop Only"
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Laptop Only"
    Screen         0 "Screen0"
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "Synaptics Touchpad"
    InputDevice    "USB Mouse" "CorePointer"
EndSection

# layout pour ecran LCD 1280x1024
# Start it with
# startx -- -layout LCD
Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "LCD"
    Screen         1 "Screen1"
    Screen         0 "Screen0"
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "Synaptics Touchpad"
    InputDevice    "USB Mouse" "CorePointer"
EndSection

# Xinerama server layout
# Start it with
# startx -- -layout Xinerama
Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Xinerama"
    Screen         0 "Screen0"
    Screen         1 "Screen1" LeftOf "Screen0"
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "Synaptics Touchpad"
    InputDevice    "USB Mouse" "CorePointer"
    Option         "Xinerama" "true"
EndSection

Section "Files"
    RgbPath      "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
    ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/artwiz-fonts"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load  "ddc"  # ddc probing of monitor
    Load  "i2c"
    Load  "dbe"
    Load  "dri"
    Load  "extmod"
    Load  "glx"
    Load  "bitmap" # bitmap-fonts
    Load  "type1"
    Load  "freetype"
    Load  "record"
    Load  "synaptics"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Keyboard0"
    Driver      "keyboard"
    Option      "CoreKeyboard"
    Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
    Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
    Option "XkbLayout" "us,ca(fr)"
    Option "XkbOptions" "grp:shifts_toggle"
#    Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Synaptics Touchpad"
    Driver      "synaptics"
    Option      "Protocol" "auto-dev"
    Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
    Option      "Device" "/dev/psaux"
    Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
    Option      "Emulate3Timeout" "70"
    Option      "SendCoreEvents" "true"
    Option      "LeftEdge"      "1700"
    Option      "RightEdge"     "5400"
    Option      "TopEdge"       "1700"
    Option      "BottomEdge"    "4200"
    Option      "FingerLow"     "25"
    Option      "FingerHigh"    "30"
    Option      "MaxTapTime"    "180"
    Option      "MaxTapMove"    "220"
    Option      "VertScrollDelta" "50"
    Option      "MinSpeed"      "0.06"
    Option      "MaxSpeed"      "0.12"
    Option      "AccelFactor" "0.0010"
    Option      "SHMConfig"     "on"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier      "USB Mouse"
    Driver          "mouse"
    Option          "Device"                "/dev/input/mice"
    Option        "SendCoreEvents"    "true"
    Option          "Protocol"              "ExplorerPS/2"
    Option          "ZAxisMapping"          "4 5"
    Option          "Buttons"               "5"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "Card0"
    Driver      "i810"
#    Driver      "vesa"
    BusID       "PCI:0:2:0"
    VideoRam    65536
    Screen      0
#    Option "CacheLines" "900"
#    Option "DDC" "false"
    Option "DevicePresence" "true"
    Option "MonitorLayout" "CRT, CRT+LFP"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "Card1"
    Driver      "i810"
#    Driver      "vesa"
    BusID       "PCI:0:2:0"
    VideoRam    65536
    Screen      1
#    Option "CacheLines" "900"
#    Option "DDC" "false"
    Option "DevicePresence" "true"
    Option "MonitorLayout" "CRT, CRT+LFP"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier "Monitor0"
    Option "DPMS" "true"
    HorizSync    30.0 - 81.0
    VertRefresh  56.0 - 75.0
#    DisplaySize  347 260
    DisplaySize  433 260
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier "Monitor1"
    Option "DPMS" "true"
    HorizSync    30.0 - 81.0
    VertRefresh  56.0 - 75.0
    DisplaySize  433 346
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Screen0"
    Device     "Card0"
    Monitor    "Monitor0"
    DefaultColorDepth 24
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth     1
        Modes "1280x1024" "1280x768" 
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth     4
        Modes "1280x1024" "1280x768"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth     8
        Modes "1280x1024" "1280x768"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth     16
        Modes "1280x1024" "1280x768"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth     24
        Modes "1280x1024" "1280x768"
         ViewPort 0 0
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth     32
        Modes "1280x1024" "1280x768"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Screen1"
    Device     "Card1"
    Monitor    "Monitor1"
    DefaultColorDepth 24
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth     1
        Modes "1280x1024"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth     4
        Modes "1280x1024"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth     8
        Modes "1280x1024"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth     16
        Modes "1280x1024"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth     24
        Modes "1280x1024"
         ViewPort 0 0
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth     32
        Modes "1280x1024"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
    Mode 0666
EndSection

#Section "Extensions"
#    Option "Composite" "Enable"
#    Option "RENDER"    "Enable"
#EndSection

_Gandalf_ · 2006-03-04 00:16:06

maybe you're lucky , anyway when u enable xineria plz tell me coz that is the part missing for me and i donno how to do it specially that i have to be on 1024x786 on my laptop coz my CRT support up to 1024 only... it's a 17" monitor maybe it supports move i haven't tested

anyway my xorg.conf if it interrests someone, i took some of ur options snowman

_Gandalf_ · 2006-03-05 19:44:42

Okay, I finally got Xinerama up and running, it rocks

startx

will load normal Non-xinerama mode, LCD only with 1280 x 768 @ 75 Hz

startx -- -layout Xinerama

will give u LCD with 1280 x 768 @ 75 Hz and 1280 x 1024 @ 60 Hz (i couldn't raise it to 85Hz sorry )
my monitor (CRT) is a 17" one so you may need to use 1024x768 instead of 1280 x 1024 if you use a smaller one..

and here's my complete [URL=http://wael.nasreddine.com/files/config/etc/X11/xorg.conf]xorg.conf[/URL] for HP dv1000 series, don't forget to change the keyboard layout, i have a french one

Snowman · 2006-03-16 00:04:53

I also have xinerama now. See my new xorg.conf above.

I used _Gandalf_ idea of using different layouts as I couldn't get 1280x768 on my laptop and 1280x1024 on my external monitor at the same time (like some sort of Clone option). So now I have the chocie between laptop only, external monitor only or both with xinerama. The 1280x768 resolution is a great improvement on the old 1024x768 resolution I had because of the higher resolution (of course) and crisper fonts. Fonts looks better on my external monitor too.

I've also changed the HorizSync and VertRefresh because of a warning in the logs involving DDC.

_Gandalf_ · 2006-03-16 00:35:05

Congratulations Snowman, i may use a little of ur Xorg, and keep mine up-to-date in case someone in the future needs it

EDIT: just a question if u may...

Section "ServerLayout" 
   Identifier     "LCD" 
   Screen         1 "Screen1" 
   Screen         0 "Screen0" 
   InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" 
   InputDevice    "Synaptics Touchpad" 
   InputDevice    "USB Mouse" "CorePointer" 
EndSection

is the layout that is giving u LCD 1280x768 and CRT 1280x1024 in Clone mode ??

Snowman · 2006-03-16 03:42:58

_Gandalf_ wrote:

Congratulations Snowman, i may use a little of ur Xorg, and keep mine up-to-date in case someone in the future needs it
EDIT: just a question if u may...
Section "ServerLayout" 
   Identifier     "LCD" 
   Screen         1 "Screen1" 
   Screen         0 "Screen0" 
   InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" 
   InputDevice    "Synaptics Touchpad" 
   InputDevice    "USB Mouse" "CorePointer" 
EndSection 
is the layout that is giving u LCD 1280x768 and CRT 1280x1024 in Clone mode ??

No. What I meant in my previous post is that I couldn't set up the LCD 1280x768 and CRT 1280x1024 in "clone" mode. I haven't tried the Clone option though. Maybe it is needed to accomplish that. That server layout let me use the external monitor only (a flat screen LCD monitor in my case).

_Gandalf_ · 2006-03-16 03:49:26

Oh ok, Thx then

_Gandalf_ · 2006-03-17 06:02:22

I added a wiki entry for dv1000 series -> http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/HP_ … 000_Series Please all dv1000 owners, contribute to it...

Thx

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