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HP Pavilion n5425
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1 3265 07-23-2004
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Recommended By Average Price Average Rating
100% of reviewers $300.00 9.0
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Description: Basic Stats:
Size: 13.03"x10.72"x1.59"
Monitor: 14.1" TFT
Video: Trident CyberbladeXP 8MB
Processor: AMD Athlon 900Mhz
Memory: 256MB PC100 SODIMM
Hard Disk: 30GB


Keywords: athlon HP pavilion n5425 laptop notebook
/sbin/lspci output: 00:00.0 Host bridge: ALi Corporation M1647 Northbridge [MAGiK 1 / MobileMAGiK 1] (rev 04)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: ALi Corporation PCI to AGP Controller
00:02.0 USB Controller: ALi Corporation USB 1.1 Controller (rev 03)
00:04.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1420
00:04.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1420
00:06.0 Bridge: ALi Corporation M7101 PMU
00:07.0 ISA bridge: ALi Corporation M1533 PCI to ISA Bridge [Aladdin IV]
00:08.0 Multimedia audio controller: ESS Technology ES1988 Allegro-1 (rev 12)
00:08.1 Communication controller: ESS Technology ESS Modem (rev 12)
00:0f.0 IDE interface: ALi Corporation M5229 IDE (rev c4)
00:10.0 Ethernet controller: Accton Technology Corporation EN-1216 Ethernet Adapter (rev 11)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Trident Microsystems CyberBlade/XP (rev 63)


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Old 07-23-2004, 01:53 PM   #1
mrmagos
 
Registered: Jul 2004
Distribution: Gentoo
Posts: 5
Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid?: $300.00 | Rating: 9

Kernel (uname -r): 2.6.7
Distribution: Slackware 10.0



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Install went pretty smooth. I compiled a custom kernel with a couple patches (supermount, bootsplash), as Slackware 10.0 does not have an option to install a 2.6 kernel by default. The only thing to watch out for is USB support - make sure you are using the OHCI module (or compile it into your kernel). USB did not work (not even under the 2.4.26 kernel that was installed by default) until I did this.

Also, the synaptics touchpad driver for Xorg (or if you prefer Xfree86) is nice to have, and works perfectly. It can be found here: http://w1.894.telia.com/~u89404340/touchpad/
It isn't necessary, however. The touchpad works as a PS2 mouse, but you won't have tap-to-click or scroll button functionality like you would with the driver.
I am still playing with getting the multimedia buttons to do something. So far, I just have the volume buttons working.
CD burning and DVD playback works fine. The only things that I can't speak for is the built-in modem, or tv-out. I have not tried them, but I see no reason why they wouldn't work ;)
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