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Hitman1 · 07-04-2004, 08:04 AM

I installed Fedora Core 2 on this laptop and it works like a charm except ACPI. you MUST specify acpi=off at boot time or else the laptop fan will not work and the laptop will overheat and shutdown (if not get damaged).

The sound, video, dvd drive, network card all work right of the box. I even installed a netgear wg511 wireless card on it.

mugamba · 01-23-2005, 10:32 AM

Dude, your 610c needs a BIOS upgrade to enable ACPI. Check /proc for the environmental settings...they are probably messed up. Go here: http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/files/EvoNotebook/us/download/21058.html
to download the BIOS on DOS disks (referenced from here: http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/files/EvoNotebook/us/locate/64_4215.html)

Then check your /proc...ACPI will work wonderfully, even throttling the fans properly and everything.

solarmax · 08-17-2006, 01:15 PM

Name of the laptop : Compaq Evo N610c
Wireless Card : Wireless Lan W200 (use this to install)

I have upgraded the RAM to 1Gig. Imortant thing work fine in linux. Wireless network is a pain. Its called "Wireless Lan W200". Its usb and it is fixed on the back of the screen. I tried to use ndiswrapper but failed. But I managed to do it by following this guide. It uses orinoco driver.

If visible screen is small when Operating System is loading then you need to upgrade the bios. Get the bios from Compaq and follow instruction there. Since I dont have a floppy drive on the laptop I had to make bootable cd instead. I did it by using nero. Maybe bios upgrade is needed to get the wireless card to work.

lspci

Quote:

0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82845 845 (Brookdale) Chipset Host Bridge (rev 04)
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82845 845 (Brookdale) Chipset AGP Bridge (rev 04)
0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 42)
0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801CAM ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801CAM IDE U100 (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility M7 LW [Radeon Mobility 7500]
0000:02:04.0 Communication controller: Agere Systems LT WinModem (rev 02)
0000:02:06.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1420
0000:02:06.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1420
0000:02:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82801CAM (ICH3) PRO/100 VM (KM) Ethernet Controller (rev 42)
0000:02:0e.0 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 41)
0000:02:0e.1 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 41)
0000:02:0e.2 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB 2.0 (rev 02)

lsusb

Quote:

Bus 001 Device 002: ID 049f:0076 Compaq Computer Corp.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000

lsmod

Quote:

Module Size Used by
ppp_async 11904 0
crc_ccitt 2304 1 ppp_async
ppp_generic 30100 1 ppp_async
slhc 7424 1 ppp_generic
orinoco_usb 21260 0
orinoco 48148 1 orinoco_usb
nls_cp437 5888 0
isofs 37688 0
udf 88452 0
rfcomm 40216 0
l2cap 26244 5 rfcomm
bluetooth 49892 4 rfcomm,l2cap
ppdev 9220 0
radeon 116000 1
drm 73236 2 radeon
ipv6 265600 6
speedstep_ich 5260 0
speedstep_lib 4484 1 speedstep_ich
cpufreq_userspace 4696 1
cpufreq_stats 5636 0
freq_table 4740 2 speedstep_ich,cpufreq_stats
cpufreq_powersave 1920 0
cpufreq_ondemand 6428 0
cpufreq_conservative 7332 0
video 16260 0
tc1100_wmi 6916 0
sony_acpi 5644 0
pcc_acpi 12416 0
hotkey 11556 0
dev_acpi 11140 0
container 4608 0
button 6672 0
acpi_sbs 19980 0
battery 9988 1 acpi_sbs
i2c_acpi_ec 5120 1 acpi_sbs
i2c_core 21904 1 i2c_acpi_ec
ac 5252 1 acpi_sbs
dm_mod 58936 1
md_mod 72532 0
lp 11844 0
af_packet 22920 2
joydev 10048 0
pcmcia 40508 0
tsdev 8000 0
e100 40580 0
mii 5888 1 e100
yenta_socket 28428 2
rsrc_nonstatic 13440 1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core 42640 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
rtc 13492 0
pcspkr 2180 0
psmouse 36228 0
serio_raw 7300 0
parport_pc 35780 1
parport 36296 3 ppdev,lp,parport_pc
ltserial 11056 0
ltmodem 566638 1 ltserial
snd_intel8x0 33692 1
snd_ac97_codec 92704 1 snd_intel8x0
snd_ac97_bus 2304 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss 53664 0
snd_mixer_oss 18688 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 89864 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer 25220 1 snd_pcm
snd 55268 8 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore 10208 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 10632 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
shpchp 45632 0
pci_hotplug 29236 1 shpchp
floppy 62148 0
intel_agp 22940 1
agpgart 34888 2 drm,intel_agp
evdev 9856 2
ext3 135688 2
jbd 58772 1 ext3
ide_generic 1536 0
ohci_hcd 21892 0
ehci_hcd 32008 0
usbcore 129668 4 orinoco_usb,ohci_hcd,ehci_hcd
ide_cd 33028 0
cdrom 38560 1 ide_cd
ide_disk 17664 4
piix 11012 1
generic 5124 0
thermal 13576 0
processor 23360 1 thermal
fan 4868 0
capability 5000 0
commoncap 7296 1 capability
vga16fb 13704 1
vgastate 10368 1 vga16fb
fbcon 42784 72
tileblit 2816 1 fbcon
font 8320 1 fbcon
bitblit 6272 1 fbcon
softcursor 2304 1 bitblit