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Making Ubuntu 8.04 work with the HP Thin Client t574x

Submitted by bcornec on Wed, 11/10/2010 - 10:30

The network chipset provided by this Thin Client is a BCM 57780 which is not supported by default by Ubuntu 8.04.

In order to change that you can download a more recent driver for the Tigon3 either from the Broadcom Web site (110g at time of writing) at http://www.broadcom.com/support/ethernet_nic/netlink_k57.php or previous versions as preserved on the HP site at ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softlib2/software1/pubsw-linux/p122860230/

To make compatible drivers for the Ubuntu kernel, the best approach is to create a chroot of Ubuntu 8.04 to have a clean install env.
You can use debootstrap for that. As the project Lead of project-builder.org, I used my rpmbootstrap command through pb which did that for me:

$ pb -p pb -m ubuntu-8.04-i386 newve
Project: pb
Action: newve
Creating the debootstrap VE for ubuntu-8.04 (i386)... OK
I: Retrieving Release
I: Retrieving Packages
I: Validating Packages
I: Retrieving Packages
I: Validating Packages

Installing Fedora 13 in HP Pavilion dv6-1245dx

Submitted by crown.ag on Sat, 07/24/2010 - 16:51

This page describes installing Fedora 13 (with some applications) as a second operating system in HP Pavilion dv6-1245dx.

http://mypage.uniserve.ca/~stjepan

HP Pavilion dv6-2190us Entertainment Notebook PC

Submitted by bryang on Mon, 07/12/2010 - 21:40

I recently got the opportunity to test installations of

- Fedora 13,
- openSUSE 11.3 (RC2), and
- Ubuntu 10.04

on an HP Pavillion dv6-2190us Entertainment Notebook PC. A brief summary of some hardware specifications follows:

- BIOS : F.17
- CPU : Intel Core i7-720QM processor 1.60GHz with Turbo Boost Technology
- RAM : 4GB DDR3 System Memory
- Video : Nvidia GeForce GT 230M
- Network : Realtek RTL8111/8168B
- Wireless : Broadcom 4347

Overall, the laptop was easy to install and use with these Linux distributions.

Installing Ubuntu Lucid on Envy 15

Submitted by hikerockies on Thu, 07/08/2010 - 15:20

I recently got a USB 3.0 equipped Envy 15 laptop with Core i7 processor and installed 64-bit version of Ubuntu Lucid on it. My experience installing and running Ubuntu Lucid on Envy 15 was good for the most part. Hardware specs for the laptop are below:

  • Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-720QM Quad Core processor (1.6GHz, 6MB L3 Cache) with Turbo Boost up to 2.8 GHz
  • 4 GB RAM
  • ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5830 Graphics
  • NEC uPD720200 USB 3.0 controller
  • BIOS ver: F.28

Installing Debian Squeeze on Envy 15

Submitted by hikerockies on Thu, 07/08/2010 - 11:07

I installed Debian Squeeze on a USB 3.0 equipped Envy 15 laptop with Core i7 processor. This blog details my experience installing and running Debian Squeeze. Keep in mind Debian Squeeze is not released yet and is still changing at a good pace (I tried installing Debian Lenny just for the sake of it and graphic install fails to display anything on the screen. When I pressed ESC, it drops to text mode install but install kernel either panics or hangs. I did not spend much time on it). Hardware specs for the laptop are:

  • Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-720QM Quad Core processor (1.6GHz, 6MB L3 Cache) with Turbo Boost up to 2.8 GHz
  • 4 GB RAM
  • ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5830 Graphics
  • NEC uPD720200 USB 3.0 controller
  • BIOS ver: F.28

hpacucli configure P410

Submitted by snk26 on Fri, 07/02/2010 - 05:03

We are expiriencing problems in configuring of cacheratio param on HP
Smart Array P410. Battery installed. Lates firmware installed.
We are using hpacucli (hpacucli_8.35-7.0.3-5_amd64.deb) on Ubuntu 9.10


=> ctrl all show detail

Smart Array P410 in Slot 4
Bus Interface: PCI
Slot: 4
Serial Number: PACCR9SYN3PL
Cache Serial Number: PACCQ9SY952F
RAID 6 (ADG) Status: Disabled
Controller Status: OK
Chassis Slot:
Hardware Revision: Rev C
Firmware Version: 3.30
Rebuild Priority: Medium
Expand Priority: Medium
Surface Scan Delay: 15 secs
Queue Depth: Automatic
Monitor and Performance Delay: 60 min
Elevator Sort: Enabled
Degraded Performance Optimization: Disabled
Inconsistency Repair Policy: Disabled
Wait for Cache Room: Disabled
Surface Analysis Inconsistency Notification: Disabled
Post Prompt Timeout: 0 secs
Cache Board Present: True
Cache Status: Not Configured

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