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Installing Kanotix on HP Pavilion dv5224nr
Last updated: Sept 6 2006
General Hardware Specifications of HP Pavilion dv5334nr:
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Hardware Components
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Status under Linux
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Notes
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| AMD Turion 64 ML-37 2.0 GHz |
Works |
No special procedure required during installation. |
| 15" Widescreen LCD Display |
Works |
Select Generic LCD Display in Installer |
| ATI 128MB Video ( ATI Radeon Express 200M ) |
Works |
Download ATI Linux driver |
| 1024MB, SDRAM, 2DIMMs |
Works |
No special procedure required during installation |
| 80 GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive |
Works |
No special procedure required during installation |
| 6-in-1 Digital Media Reader |
Works |
No special procedure required during installation |
| Realtek 8139 On-board NIC |
Works |
No special procedure required during installation |
| Broadcom BCM4318 AirForce One 54g (rev 02) |
Ndiswrapper needed |
bcmwl5.inf |
| 8X DVD/RW |
Works |
No special procedure required during installation |
| Internal 56k modem
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I dont use it |
Got Broadband |
| 80 WHr Lithium-Ion Battery |
Works |
No special procedure required during installation |
| ATI IXP SB400 AC'97 Audio Controller |
Works |
No special procedure required if using Kernel 2.6.x.
Just leave it at autodetect
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This laptop is operating under Kernel version 2.6.17-2-k7
We'll work on the rest of the info here later
Basic Installation of Kanotix:
- Why to use [Linux Distribution]
- Obtaining [Linux Distribution]
- Installing
- Post-Install modifications/tweaks
Setting up additional features for [Linux
Distribution]
- Getting Suspend-to-Disk to operate correctly
- Getting the touchpad to operate as more than a PS/2 mouse
- Any other additional features you can think of
Unresolved issues
- KDE doesn't operate properly under 16-bit color
- Sound comes out distorted
- Computer hangs every five minutes (uh-oh)
- KDE battery meter doesn't function correctly
- KDE battery meter doesn't function correctly
- Anything else that raises concern
Configuration Files
- Any Configuration files that you needed to modify
More Specific Information. Specific stuff such as:
- df -hl
- lspci
- anything else you feel is relevant or may be useful
Contact Information (Optional)
- e-mail address (you can put spaces etc. to prevent spam)
- Yahoo!/MSN/AIM screenname
Links:
- Any utilities or other resources you found useful
- Link to the laptop manufacturer (If applicable)
- And of course, back to Linux on Laptops!
Plus other useful things I may have forgotten
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