HP DV7-1020us a nice notebook that works very well.

Brian1 · 11-09-2008, 03:46 PM

I know this is long but will eventually add more and fine tune the post as time goes by. Just so happy for getting Sound, Wireless, and Video working in just a few hours I just had to post this for now. Any questions just ask. Will try my best to help.

I must say this one nice notebook once you get all hardware running. I mean all hardware works except not tried the modem. I will post the steps I did to get it working using Fedora 9.

1. Install Fedora 9. Had an issue here but believe it was a bad burn on disc #3. So I just did the default install and not bothered selecting addtional packages at this time. Set networking to DHCP for wired port. Do not plug in the network cable yet.

2. Once installed and booted into gnome, I then installed yumex using the command as root ' yum install yumex '.

3. Now plug in the network cable and once connected I started yumex. I installed addtional packages I wanted like KDE and did updates through yumex as well.

4. Next I downloaded the latest kernel at the time 2.6.27.5 from www.kernel.org . Extracted it in /usr/src and used the config file in the /boot for a start. I did not really need to make many changes at this time but will refine later. I did goto wireless networking and added the Intel 5000 module packages. This is needed for the wireless to work and not use ndiswrapper.

5. As the new kernel is compiling I added a new file to /etc/modprobe.d and it is called alsa-base. In the file I added this line.
options snd-hda-intel enable_msi=1
Save file.

6. Also from yumex you can install the firmware for the wireless card. ' yum install iwl5000-firmware '

7. Reboot into new kernel. You can now configure wireless networking from the network tool on the desktop taskbar. The wireless led on the notebook should start flashing red to blue till solid blue. Will flash back and forth when network data is moving.

8. For sounf you may need to open the mixer and raise the volumes on pcm and speakers. Maybe require them to be unmuted. To test run command ' play /usr/share/sounds/phone.wav '. Should hear sound if not raise volume more. Here I not sure if default fedora kernel is where sound will work but believe it will so just the one options line is all that should be needed.

9. Nvidia goes as default nvidia install docs say. Really sweet nvidia support.

10. Have fun from here.

Again one sweet notebook. so the following works once configured. Video, Sound, Web Cam using UVC module, Card Reader (includes sdcard and memory stick ), Wired Nic, Wireless Nic, USB works fine with connect Logitech 9000 webcam that uses the uvc module as well, flash drives and usb harddrives work and mount automatically same as the card reader, have yet to test modem and express card slot. Gnome and KDE work great. If you install KDE afterwards you need to install the kde pulse rpm as well for the sound in KDE to work.

One of the sweetest options of this notebook is it has room for a second sata harddrive. I just bought an external USB harddrive made by SimpleTech. Got the red one that is 320 gigs. The black one that is 500 gig will not fit because it is a thinker harddrive. Just two screws under the foil and it just opens up. Remove the bottom cover and plug the second drive in. It will stay in place because the cover has protruding plastic tabs that can keep the drive connected without hardware. This is where I installed Linux.

One thing for Vista users of this notebook and external USB Logitech 9000 Quickcam. You need to disable the HP webcam in the Hardware profile so as it will work correctly. For some reason when using apps like Microsoft Live Messenger and using video chat it will crawl video thinking the other users is the the issue when it is yours. Also I hate Vista 64bit version due to issue that it does not want to use unsigned device drivers that is not approved or actually you pay microsoft to allow a 32 or 64 bit driver to work under itself. I just basically installed Winxp, Vista32bit and Vista64bit on the main drive for now. Mostly use the vista 32bit for the most part.

Here is a hardware list.

Code:

[crusher68@lcomp68 Documents]$ /sbin/lspci -v
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Cantiga Memory Controller Hub
 (rev 07)
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device 30f4
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
	Capabilities: <access denied>

00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Cantiga PCI Express Graphics Port
 (rev 07) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
	I/O behind bridge: 00008000-00008fff
	Memory behind bridge: d0000000-d2ffffff
	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000c0000000-00000000cfffffff
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
	Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI
 Controller #4 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device 30f4
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
	I/O ports at 90e0 [size=32]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
	Kernel modules: uhci-hcd

00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI
 Controller #5 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device 30f4
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
	I/O ports at 90c0 [size=32]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
	Kernel modules: uhci-hcd

00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2
 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device 30f4
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
	Memory at df404c00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
	Kernel modules: ehci-hcd

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio 
Controller (rev 03)
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device 30f4
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 2294
	Memory at df400000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
	Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel

00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express
 Port 1 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0
	I/O behind bridge: 00007000-00007fff
	Memory behind bridge: de300000-df3fffff
	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000d3000000-00000000d3ffffff
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
	Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express
 Port 2 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=0
	I/O behind bridge: 00006000-00006fff
	Memory behind bridge: dd300000-de2fffff
	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000d4000000-00000000d4ffffff
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
	Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express
 Port 3 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=04, subordinate=04, sec-latency=0
	I/O behind bridge: 00005000-00005fff
	Memory behind bridge: dc200000-dd2fffff
	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000d5000000-00000000d5ffffff
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
	Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express
 Port 4 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=05, subordinate=05, sec-latency=0
	I/O behind bridge: 00003000-00004fff
	Memory behind bridge: db200000-dc1fffff
	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000d6000000-00000000d70fffff
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
	Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express
 Port 5 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=06, subordinate=06, sec-latency=0
	I/O behind bridge: 00002000-00002fff
	Memory behind bridge: da100000-db1fffff
	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000d7100000-00000000d80fffff
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
	Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express 
Port 6 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=07, subordinate=09, sec-latency=0
	I/O behind bridge: 00001000-00001fff
	Memory behind bridge: d9100000-da0fffff
	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000d8100000-00000000d90fffff
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
	Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI 
Controller #1 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device 30f4
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 20
	I/O ports at 90a0 [size=32]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
	Kernel modules: uhci-hcd

00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI
 Controller #2 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device 30f4
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 22
	I/O ports at 9080 [size=32]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
	Kernel modules: uhci-hcd

00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI
 Controller #3 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device 30f4
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
	I/O ports at 9060 [size=32]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
	Kernel modules: uhci-hcd

00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI 
Controller #6 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device 30f4
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
	I/O ports at 9040 [size=32]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
	Kernel modules: uhci-hcd

00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 
EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device 30f4
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 20
	Memory at df404800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
	Kernel modules: ehci-hcd

00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 93) 
(prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=0a, subordinate=0a, sec-latency=32
	Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation ICH9M LPC Interface Controller 
(rev 03)
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device 30f4
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
	Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E SATA AHCI 
Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 01 [AHCI 1.0])
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device 30f4
	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 2296
	I/O ports at 9108 [size=8]
	I/O ports at 9114 [size=4]
	I/O ports at 9100 [size=8]
	I/O ports at 9110 [size=4]
	I/O ports at 9020 [size=32]
	Memory at df404000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: ahci
	Kernel modules: ahci

00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller 
(rev 03)
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device 30f4
	Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 18
	Memory at df405000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
	I/O ports at 9000 [size=32]
	Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus
	Kernel modules: i2c-i801

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 
0649 (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device 30f4
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
	Memory at d2000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
	Memory at c0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
	Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32M]
	I/O ports at 8000 [size=128]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: nvidia
	Kernel modules: nvidiafb, nvidia

02:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Unknown device 4237
	Subsystem: Intel Corporation Unknown device 1211
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 2293
	Memory at de300000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: iwlagn
	Kernel modules: iwlagn

04:00.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors Unknown device 
7160 (rev 03)
	Subsystem: Avermedia Technologies Inc Unknown device 1055
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
	Memory at dc200000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M]
	Capabilities: <access denied>

05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. 
RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 02)
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device 30f4
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 2295
	I/O ports at 3000 [size=256]
	Memory at d6010000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K]
	Memory at d6000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=64K]
	Expansion ROM at d6020000 [disabled] [size=64K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: r8169
	Kernel modules: r8169

06:00.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): JMicron Technologies, Inc. Unknown device 
2380 (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device 30f4
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
	Memory at da100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
	Memory at da100d00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128]
	Memory at da100c80 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128]
	Memory at da100c00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: firewire_ohci
	Kernel modules: firewire-ohci

06:00.1 System peripheral: JMicron Technologies, Inc. Unknown device 2382
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device 30f4
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
	Memory at da100b00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
	Capabilities: <access denied>

06:00.2 SD Host controller: JMicron Technologies, Inc. Unknown device 
2381 (prog-if 01)
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device 30f4
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
	Memory at da100a00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
	Capabilities: <access denied>

06:00.3 System peripheral: JMicron Technologies, Inc. Unknown device 2383
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device 30f4
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
	Memory at da100900 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: jmb38x_ms
	Kernel modules: jmb38x_ms

06:00.4 System peripheral: JMicron Technologies, Inc. Unknown device 2384
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device 30f4
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
	Memory at da100800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
	Capabilities: <access denied>

unSpawn · 11-09-2008, 05:15 PM

If it hasn't got any of those proprietary HW that's bothering other laptops then it's really nice to see it works well. Maybe time to add it to the http://www.linuxquestions.org/hcl/

Brian1 · 11-11-2008, 08:46 PM

Looks like not much in proeritory hardware other than the audio but those Intel ICH* families of chipsets can be wired several different ways. Have to give the express slot a try next time going to verizion store and test one of their modems. Not going to buy will act like it. I am 110% happy with this notebook. Never thought as much of the hardware would work out of the box. Corrected above post so it fits the screen. Much better.

Brian