Re: hp pavillon dv4307cl - graphic and wireless
Hello Florian,
what you said worked perfectly. Thank you so much.
Daniele
On 1/22/06, Florian Kulzer <florian@molphys.leidenuniv.nl> wrote:
> 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
>
>
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