Re: hp pavillon dv4307cl - graphic and wireless

[Florian Kulzer <florian@molphys.leidenuniv.nl>]

Hi Daniele,

daniele rosa wrote:
> Hello,
> I just bought that has a
> - i910 intel video card
> - 1280x800 natural screen resolution
> - pentiun M 740, (centrino technologies)

You can find a lot of specific info on similar models from HP at these
sites:

http://tuxmobil.org/hp.html
http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/hp.html

> I don't really know how to make the X server work!!
> I tried to rebuild the kernel and I downloaded a version 2.6.15
> I downloaded also a xorg suite but nothing

If you are using the unstable branch ("Sid") it should be enough to
install the package "linux-image-2.6.15-1-686". This also has a driver
for your wireless network card (see below).

To get X working, install the package "x-window-system" with apt-get or
aptitude. This will get you all the necessary components of X.org. Also
install "discover", "mdetect", "laptop-detect" and "xresprobe" to help
with the hardware detection. (Some of these packages might be installed
automatically with X.)

Then run "dpkg-reconfigure --priority=low xserver-xorg" as root. This
will attempt to detect your hardware and should give you a good starting
point for the configuration of your X server. Your graphics card is
supported by the "i810" driver, see "man i810" for more details.

Then try to run "startx". If this is successful you can think about
installing a fancier desktop environment such as KDE or Gnome. If X
fails to start you should post your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file and the
output of "egrep '^\((EE|WW)\)' /var/log/Xorg.0.log" so that we can see
what went wrong.

> Another issue is the wireless. it's an Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless
> 2200BG (rev 05).
> Do you know how to make it work?
> I tried with the ndiswrapper tool, downloading the inf windows' driver
> but the system says it's an invalid driver.
> I'll paste below my lspci -v output.

There is no need anymore to use ndiswrapper since support for the
IPW2200 is included in the 2.6.15 kernels. All the details can be found
on http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/

The short version of the story is:

1) Install the package "wireless-tools"

2) Download version 2.4 of the firmware from here:
http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/firmware.php?fid=6
Extract all files from the tarball which you get after agreeing to the
license and put them in the directory /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware

3) As root, do "modprobe ipw2200". If the module loads without error
messages you are in business.

4) Run "iwconfig" to see which name the wireless card was assigned. "man
iwconfig" will tell you how to set things like the ESSID, the access
point, WEP key etc.

Regards,
          Florian