HP Pavillion zt1000 with 256MB of RAM in Bank 1 (under the keyboard) and 512MB in Bank 2. 1200Mhz Celeron. Base model with upgraded screen (15"). Is termed Model "A" after the serial number, although it is not visible. Savage S3 Twister video (No 3D capabilities); Synaptics Touchpad, DVD/CDR/W combo with write speed of 8x; 20GB HD, USB Floppy; external multimedia/CD player controls; standard keyboard; currently employing Linksys wireless card (Broadcom chipset) in the CardBus slot, using Windows drivers via Linuxant Driverloader (www.linuxant.com). Hard drive partitioned so that Windows XP and SuSE 9.1 are dual-boot options.
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8605 [ProSavage PM133]
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8605 [PM133 AGP]
0000:00:04.0 CardBus bridge: ENE Technology Inc CB1410 Cardbus Controller
0000:00:0d.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
0000:00:0e.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host Controller (rev 46)
0000:00:10.0 Communication controller: ESS Technology ES2838/2839 SuperLink Modem (rev 01)
0000:00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8231 [PCI-to-ISA Bridge] (rev10)
0000:00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT8233/A/C/VT8235 PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
0000:00:11.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 1e)
0000:00:11.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 1e)
0000:00:11.4 Bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 ACPI (rev 10)
0000:00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 40)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. 86C380 [ProSavageDDR K4M266] (rev 02)
0000:02:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM94306 802.11g (rev 02)
Excellent install. Only driver needed was one to use my Linksys wireless CardBus card and Linuxant's Driverloader (www. linuxant.com) solved the problem. First problem was not being able to tap on the touch pad to select. Solved by explanation to somewhat hidden setting in SaX2. Only other problem was no midi wave table picked up on the card, although 9.0 did not have the problem. Am able to use Timidity synthesizer to play midis. Excellent support of odd-shaped LCD screen.
To fix the Touchpad problem, use the 1st button rather than tap, using the command line command SaX2, or using the "Control Center" access. Using Control Center, choose YaST, Hardware, and then Video. You will have the option of selecting "Touchpads" and then "Synaptics". All done.
I haven't found a fix for the midi problem other than to set up TiMidity as your default application for *.mid files. Not too pretty but functional.
I tried to load the Linux driver that Synaptics has on their web site but found that I couldn't. The system would indicate that the driver was loadede but it didn't function. I have no access to the normal Synaptics options. THe Kernal driver is adequate for good use.
Please also note that the USB Floppy also works well. This "Designed for MS Windows XP" laptop runs Linux quite well.
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