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HP Pavilion dv9560eg
Introduction
This is a guide to running Linux with the HP Pavilion dv9560eg laptop. Thanks to Hans-Joachim Klein for this guide. This laptop was tested in Fedora 8.
This guide is intended to provide you details on how well this laptop works with Linux and which modules you need to configure. For details on how to actually install and configure the required modules have a look at our guides section for distribution specific instructions.
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Specifications
| Name | HP Pavilion dv9560eg |
| Processor | Intel Core 2 Duo T7100 1.8GHz |
| Screen | 17” Widescreen |
| RAM | 2GB |
| HDD | 2 x 120GB |
| Optical Drive | DVD+-RW (HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-T20L) |
| Graphics | NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS |
| Network | Ethernet, Intel 3945ABG 802.11abg |
Linux Compatibility
| Device | Compatibility | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | Yes | |
| Screen | Yes | DPMS works if set in /etc/X11/xorg.conf |
| HDD | Yes | |
| Optical Drive | Yes | Reading/burning CD/DVD works, Lightscribe not tested |
| Graphics | Yes | See notes below |
| Sound | Yes | (Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller) |
| Ethernet | Yes | module (driver) r8169 |
| Wireless | Yes | Not very reliable yet, works sometimes without changing the configuration |
| 56K Modem | Not Tested | (Motorola SI3054) |
| USB | Yes | |
| Firewire | Not Tested | Detected but not tested |
| Card Reader | Yes | Tested with SD-Card |
| ExpressCard Slot | Yes | Works if modules pciehp and shpchp are loaded |
| Fingerprint Reader | Not Tested | |
| Camera | Yes | See notes below |
Notes
Graphics
Works with driver from NVIDIA homepage, the new driver enables
dynamic clock for the graphic chip, HDMI, SVIDEO-Out not tested
nVidia Corporation GeForce 8600M GS
Add to section “Device”:
Option "Coolbits" "1"
Camera
Works with driver linux-uvc (uvcvideo), manual installation
ID 04f2:b023 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd
add the following line to your /etc/modprobe.conf, to load audio driver
before the video driver:
install uvcvideo /sbin/modprobe snd_usb_audio; /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install uvcvideo
With Ubuntu 11.10, instead add the following to /etc/modprobe.d/chicony-uvc.conf:
softdep uvcvideo pre:nvidia intstall uvcvideo /sbin/modprobe snd_usb_audio; /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install uvcvideo
Sensors
CPU-Temperature and GPU-Temperature
Installation of lm-sensors, GPU-Temp. after installing nvidia driver
# Enabling sensors (/etc/rc.d/rc.local)
# Chip drivers
/sbin/modprobe coretemp
# sleep 2 # optional
/usr/bin/sensors -s # recommended
Multimedia keys
Quicktime, DVD, Backward, Play/Pause, Forward, Stop,
Mute, increase and decrease volume are working (setup in GNOME)
# Make some keys known to the system (etc(rc.d/rc.local)
/usr/bin/setkeycodes e008 226 # KEY_MEDIA (Quickplay) X: 237
/usr/bin/setkeycodes e00e 207 # KEY_PLAY (DVD) X: 179
/usr/bin/setkeycodes e031 138 # KEY_HELP (Fn-F1, help) X: 235
/usr/bin/setkeycodes e00a 152 # KEY_LOCK (Fn-F6, lock) X: 146
IR-Sensor
Remote control works if LIRC is enabled
Touchpad
Synaptics on/off switch and light scroll zone
Increase Battery Life
In my case the live time increased from 2:20h to 3:10h (internet and
office). CPU-temperature around 40°C
Install laptop-mode tools from http://samwel.tk/laptop_mode/
Configure laptop-mode to fit your needs.
Download the attached files (see top right of this page) and change them to fit your needs.
Copy the “batteriebetrieb” file to /usr/local/sbin/
Copy the “local.start” file to /etc/init.d/
Copy the “default.sh” file to /etc/acpi/ (remove the .txt from filename)
Remark: “batteriebetrieb” means battery mode and “netzbetrieb” means
wall-power
Set the following symbolic link:
“netzbetrieb” points to “batteriebetrieb” in /usr/local/sbin
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