HP Pavilion DV9757
This laptop is the one easiest computer so far I have been installing linux on! Nearly everuthing works out of the box or by only making a few easily accomplished trix.
Specifications:
Processor Intel C2D T7500
Memory 4096 Mb (2x2048) DDR2
HÃ¥rddisk 500 Gb(2x250 Gb) 5400rpm
Graphic card nVidia 8600M GS
graphic memory 512/1791
graphic ports HDMI/VGA/S-video
Screen 17" Brightview 1440x900
Soundcard HD Audio
drive DVD+-RW DL LS
PC-express/ PC-mini Yes/Yes
Wlan-Network-Bluetooth 11g/10-100/Yes
USB/Firewire/Modem 4/Yes/Yes
Webcam
Fingerprint scanner
Card reader 5-in-1
1 x Microphone -in Jack
2 x Headphone -out Jack
1x Line in Jack
Pointer Touchpad
Preinstalled operative Vista Premium
Battery time 2,5 Hours
Weight 3,6 Kg
Contents
Preinstallation configuration
The computer is preinstalled with 2 harddisks of which 1 is partitioned into 2 parts; 1 small part where the installation resides. If you - like me - wants to keep vista you can follow these easy steps:
1. Finish the installation that starts the first time you start the computer
2. Then run the command diskmgmt.msc in vista
Using that tool you can modify the partitionsize where vista is installed and make room for Archlinux.
After that you reboot with your Archlinux live-cd in the dvd-drive and install linux on the free part of disk 1 and on disk 2.
Install your boot-manager in MBR on first disk and open up for windows as one option
3. Continue to configure as usual.
Video
pacman -S nvidia nvidia-utils
add to modules in /etc/rc.conf
Xorg
Works without problem with nvidia driver
Vga-out works in twin view or - as I prefer - xinerama using 2 x-servers. This could be configured with the nvidia-tool in kde.
TV-out works with nvidia setting
Audio
Works out of the box
Wifi
pacman -S ipw3945
add to modules in /etc/rc.conf
Webcam
See Webcam setup.
Bluetooth
pacman -S bluez-libs bluez-utils
Card Reader
not tested yet. Detected in dmesg
Pointer
Works out of the box. Works better with synaptics though
pacman -S synaptics
add module synaptics to xorg.conf
Remote controle
See LIRC.
Finger print reader
See fprint.
Quick play function keys
All are detected by dmesg and can be configured!
Function keys for sound
Works out of the box