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HP Hewlett Packard zv5120us
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1 24616 12-06-2005
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Description: Seems to be compatible with Linux. Fedora Core installed; modem not working yet (google scanModem), wifi not working yet (google ndiswrapper). Video card and sound card and touchpad and usb mouse. Does not hibernate nor standby. See also:
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=179684
http://www.linux-laptop.net/hosted/h...-sv5120us.html
Keywords: hp pavilion notebook laptop zv5120us zv5000
/sbin/lspci output: fat32 not working yet, so I have no way of putting that info here...


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Old 12-06-2005, 11:59 AM   #1
towsonu2003
 
Registered: May 2005
Distribution: Ubuntu 6.06
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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): None indicated | Rating: 8

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for some reason, I couldn't edit the review... anyway:

on ubuntu 5.04 and 5.10, everything but dvd playback and 3d works. dvd and 3d will possibly work, but I dont need to work on those yet...

for winmodem, go to linmodems.org, download and run scanModem tool as instructed (gunzip scanModem.gz && chmod u+x scanModem && ./scanModem). look at output of read1st.txt and modemdata.txt that will be created and follow instructions. you could also search for ubuntu wiki for slmodem, but I find it easier to download the precompiled slmodemd and run it with:
sudo slmodemd --alsa -c USA modem:1
USA is country code for USA :)
then do
sudo wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf
it should find the modem. then do
sudo gedit /etc/wvdial.conf
and put in your ISP info as needed (look in that file for where it asks those info) and append this to the end of the file:
Stupid Mode = yes
save and exit, than do sudo wvdial
and it should dial.
for some reason, wvdial may fail (no carrier). try it again and again. With me, it usually takes 2-5 tries bf it connects.

For wifi, use ndiswrapper with drivers from the cd or from your windows install (under swsetup).
good luck
 




  



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