Ubuntu Linux Intrepid 8.10 on HP Pavilion DV
October 26th, 2008 at 7:11pm |
Upgrade to Ubuntu Linux Intrepid 8.10 has been fairly flawless.
Click here for the full tutorial on Ubuntu Linux Intrepid 8.10 compatibility with HP Pavilion DV laptops.
The only notable caveats are:
- Bug #279187 makes the computer speakers beep loudly in a random way while booting, shutting down, suspending, resuming, logging off. This appears to be related to the use of restricted nvidia drivers (with today update of nvidia-glx-173 (173.14.12-1-0ubuntu4) to 173.14.12-1-0ubuntu5 this issue is always affecting also version 173 of the drivers.
A valid workaround seems to be removing the ’splash’ argument from the kernel boot line in /boot/grub/menu.lst With this workaround also version 177 of the nvidia restricted drivers work as expected.
- It seems not possible to enable the nvidia restricted drivers through jockey. If jockey (Hardware Drivers under System -> Administration menu) hangs simply install the package nvidia-glx-177 or nvidia-glx-173 via Synaptic Package Manager, then try again to enable the driver through Hardware Drivers.
If you get error: glx-173_173.14.12-1-0ubuntu4_i386.deb: trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/libGL.so.1′, which is also in package libgl1-mesa-glx just reinstall packages libgl1-mesa-glx and xserver-xorg-core before installing the drivers.
- The CUPS PDF printer gets removed. To have it again available you have to re install package cups-pdf
- If you had a previously configured printer and it does not work any more check the ‘Printer Properties’ in System -> Administration -> Printing. If in field Printer Status you get the following error:
unable to start filter ‘rastertospl2′
this means the drivers have been updated and you need to re-configure them.
Click on the Change button on the right of Make and Model field and follow the wizard with confidence.
When you have finished you may print again.
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Print to PDF is still there. Choose print > print to a file (on my french system: imprimer dans un fichier) Then
you can choose PDF or Postscript.
Suspend is broken for me. Or more a accurately, resuming from suspend is broken. I’ve got a dv6700z
@Danielle, there are two PDF printers out there.
The one you are referring to is the native Firefox one, while the one I am referring to is the CUPS system wide one. the latter can print to PDF from any application that has printing support.
Not so flawless here. dv9000 won’t boot without pressing keys during boot process or using pci=noacpi
as a boot option. Once booted, no wireless. Re-installing 8.04 and disabling kernel updates (latest kernel
update broke the wireless)
re Charles McCreary
i also had the same problem, update your bios, or reconfigure bios and you’ll get it working. now in regards
to wireless, just update and then under the restricted drivers, choose the wireless one and you’re all set.
Two weks ago, after much hand-wringing anxiety, I decided to install Ubuntu 8.10 64 bit OS on my 2 year old HP Pavilion dv5224nr. What scared me was the fact that I have an ATI Xpress 200M video adapter and a Broadcom 4318 wireless card.
Was i ever surprised !!! All I had to do to get everything working properly was go to System>Administration>Hardware Drivers. I got a dialogue box which allowed me to download the drivers bc43xx and ATI flgrx from the internet and VOILA!! everything works perfectly…It was the OS itself which caused me to ignore all the installation horror stories I read in various linux/ubuntu forums and make the leap to linux. I can now take full advantage of my Turion processor’s 64 bit architectrue and surf the net with more security than in Windows. And, the ext3 file system’s efficiency means I don’t have to defrag my hard drive every week or two !! Finally, the Gnome desktop is atractive and flexible. Once I have installed Wine and/or find Linux replacements for my Windows-only applications, I will dump the security-plagued Windows OS for good !! I’m relieved that with Linux, I don’t have to have several apps installed and running in the background in order to lock out (or attempt to) some wretched nematode of a hacker so he can’t crap all over my system !!! And, adding things to Linux and upgrading the OS is CHEAP compared to Win$$$. Hooray for open source !!!
Sorry, I forgot to mention that you need to hardwire yourself to the ‘net with an ethernet cable to download the require drivers directly and activate them. This is the BEST way if your wireless isn’t functioning after your ubuntu 8.10 install. Also, although the ubuntu driver for the ATI video adapter will work, the ATI proprietary driver is the way to go for 3-D acceleration support.