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Page Contents Introduction Editing This Page Specifications Linux Compatibility Notes Graphics Webcam Sensors Multimedia keys IR-Sensor Touchpad Increase Battery Life

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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.

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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
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
Webcam	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":

Webcam

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:

Sensors

CPU-Temperature and GPU-Temperature
Installation of lm-sensors, GPU-Temp. after installing nvidia driver

1. Enabling sensors (/etc/rc.d/rc.local)
2. Chip drivers

/sbin/modprobe coretemp

1. 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)

1. 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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