HP Pavilion Entertiment

anasmich · 08-06-2007, 01:42 AM

does it work with FC 6? Pls advise

Junior Hacker · 08-06-2007, 03:23 PM

No!
Because the "HP Pavilion Entertiment" does not exist.
But I was looking at this Hp Pavillion, the only part that might give a headache is the "optional" Verison wireless device, which is not really needed because it also has some other wireless device which is more than likely supported. It may be well supported in Linux and I'm just not aware of such. And the "optional" TV tuner is apparently Vista specific, not sure if it's supported in Linux, there's a good chance it is. Other than that, looks like it's a go.

robertvi · 08-12-2007, 06:41 AM

I have an HP dv2202TU laptop which says "HP Pavilion Entertainment PC" on the top, so this could be a similar model to the one you are asking about. I have run Ubuntu Edgy and Feisty and (briefly) Fedora 7, both with pretty good results. I've had minor issues with a few of the peripherals, but have used the wireless and built-in webcam ok.

anasmich · 08-18-2007, 12:48 AM

Does the built in camera work? I have downloaded the FC7 dvd but dint not burn it yet
pls advise as i dont want got the hassle
cheers

anasmich · 08-18-2007, 07:54 AM

min its dv2000 would some body please reply for the above question! thank

pixellany · 08-18-2007, 08:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by anasmich

min its dv2000 would some body please reply for the above question! thank

why not just try it??

robertvi said this:

Quote:

I've had minor issues with a few of the peripherals, but have used the wireless and built-in webcam ok.

since you appeat to have similar models I would say there is hope.

Google using "hp dv2000 linux" gives a lot of hits.

anasmich · 08-19-2007, 11:16 AM

Yes I erected the FC7 during the installation the sound test was working but when the installation finished and after rebooting the sound not work and i got this message

Automatic detection of the sound card did not work. This audio device will not be available on the system.

You can create /root/scsconfig.log, /root/scsrun.log on the System tab and file a new bug
at http://bugzilla.redhat.com.

I dont know how to create the above root!!!! plus the web built in camera doesn't work

BruceCadieux · 08-20-2007, 03:32 AM

I have an HP dv2000 with opensuse 10.2 running on it. Every single piece of hardware (except the modem) works perfectly including the camera. The camera works with the uvcvideo drivers, and it works great with ekiga and aMSN. While I can't speak for a fedora install, the machine is at least extremely well supported by opensuse, so I would think it should work well with any recent distro of Linux.

anasmich · 08-20-2007, 07:44 AM

I need to remove the Fedora since i start with Linux havent got any normal day every day problems (but I like it) it keeps me busy after work

the sound disappear and appears after reloading the driver and again disappear

i download from one site (forget the name) this r5u870-0.10.0.tgz I dont know how to install it, they said some thing MIKD = /path dont know how to do it

the mp3 files dont work even after installing the xmms and xmms mp3???

maybe I should try Suse 10???!!!
PLS advise
cheers

pixellany · 08-20-2007, 11:53 AM

Normally, distro-hopping to solve problems will be very frustrating. This said, I was pleasantly surprised how well PCLinuxOS 2007 works on my laptop. The only issue so far is how to get the thing to suspend (power saving)

anasmich · 08-21-2007, 12:11 AM

I download from one site (forget the name) this r5u870-0.10.0.tgz I dont know how to install it, they said some thing MIKD = /path dont know how to do it (this file for the webcam)

the mp3 files dont work even after installing the xmms and xmms mp3???

Can any body answer pls

Junior Hacker · 08-21-2007, 01:34 AM

Have you gone through the unpacking of the file with command: tar xzf r5u870-0.10.0.tgz, there should then be a folder with an INSTALL or README file with installation instructions. If so, post it using the "Post Reply" instead of the "Quick Reply" and wrap code tags around it by highlighting it and select "Wrap Code tags" button, or, I guess you could just quote it also. For the mp3 issue, probably need to install a different package or library.

anasmich · 08-21-2007, 05:33 PM

PHP Code:



o build/install this driver, you must have a set of configuration and 
interface headers, or the complete build directory, for your running kernel, 
or the target kernel for which the driver is to be built.  This should 
include most files in the include/linux directory, and specifically 
include/linux/autoconf.h and include/linux/version.h. 
 
The required interface headers are usually located at or symlinked from: 
/lib/modules/<version>/build 
 
Your kernel must be 2.6.17 or newer. 
 
 
Supported Hardware 
================== 
 
This driver supports the following OEM webcams: 
 
05ca:1810 HP Pavilion Webcam - UVC 
05ca:1830 Sony Visual Communication Camera VGP-VCC2 (for VAIO SZ) 
05ca:1832 Sony Visual Communication Camera VGP-VCC3 (for VAIO UX) 
05ca:1833 Sony Visual Communication Camera VGP-VCC2 (for VAIO AR1) 
05ca:1834 Sony Visual Communication Camera VGP-VCC2 (for VAIO AR2) 
05ca:1835 Sony Visual Communication Camera VGP-VCC5 (for VAIO SZ) 
05ca:1836 Sony Visual Communication Camera VGP-VCC4 (for VAIO FE) 
05ca:1870 HP Pavilion Webcam / HP Webcam 1000 
 
 
Installation Process 
==================== 
 
To attempt to build against the running kernel: 
 
make 
 
To build against a specific kernel: 
 
make KDIR=/path/to/kernel 
 
To install the modules to the appropriate location: 
 
make install 
 
-or- 
 
make install KDIR=/path/to/kernel 
 
Installed modules will be automatically probed for supported devices by the 
udev coldplug component at boot, and the driver should be automatically 
loaded on subsequent reboots. 
 
NOTE: Previous releases of this driver have produced modules named 
ry5u870.ko.  With the current release, the module name was changed to 
r5u870.ko.  Ensure that any old versions are deleted after installing a 
new version. 
 
 
Loading the Driver 
================== 
 
If you installed the driver, you can just run: 
 
modprobe r5u870 
 
If you wish to load the driver without installing it, you must load the 
prerequisite modules: 
 
modprobe videodev 
modprobe video-buf 
modprobe v4l1-compat 
modprobe v4l2-common 
modprobe compat_ioctl32        (on 64-bit platforms) 
 
You must also copy the microcode files (r5u870_*.fw) to /lib/firmware. 
 
Then you may load the module manually: 
 
insmod r5u870.ko 
 
 
Driver Options 
============== 
 
Below is a list of module parameters that may be used with the r5u870 module: 
 
dv1000 -- HP Webcam handling mode 
    HP has done it again and used ID 05ca:1870 for two distinct pieces 
    of hardware: the HP Webcam 1000, found in HP Pavilion dv1000 series 
    machines, and the HP Pavilion Webcam, found in other HP Pavilion 
    machines that don't have Microdia cameras, and don't have the  
    05ca:1810 Ricoh UVC camera -- which is not actually any different  
    from the 05ca:1870 HP Pavilion webcam.  These two devices have 
    different image sensors and require different microcode. 
    0: Assume HP Pavilion Webcam 
    1: Assume HP Webcam 1000 
    2: Check DMI product name field (DEFAULT) 
 
video_nr -- list of favored minor numbers 
    A list of video capture minor numbers (/dev/videoX) to try to 
    associate devices with, in order, before resorting to the first 
    available minor number. 
 
debug -- bit field integer 
    Set bits described in usbcam.h (USBCAM_DBG_XXX) to enable trace 
    messages. 
 
fixed_fbsize -- integer 
    Sets the size in bytes of fixed-length frame buffers.  The default 
    value is 1MB.  This is a compatibilty feature for buggy programs 
    that use the V4L1 VIDIOCGMBUF call to allocate a frame buffer 
    based on the current capture size, choose a larger capture size, 
    and then attempt to capture frames.

I have dv2000 and fc7
thanks for help !

Junior Hacker · 08-21-2007, 06:44 PM

You'll need to install a Fedora package called "kernel-devel" from the installation disk, there may be dependencies (other packages) which will have to be installed first, unless you have the unit on-line, then all you do is issue command as root and they should all get installed:

Code:

yum install kernel-devel

Instead of trying to install the packages from the installation disk which is a little more work.
Then navigate into the unpacked r5u870 folder and issue these three commands as root to make the module and install it in the right directory and load it against the kernel:

Code:

make
make install
modprobe r5u870

If you get a gcc error or similar, it is because not all required development packages are not installed and the those mentioned in the errors need to be installed.
Then you need to copy a few files that must be in there also into the /lib/firmware directory, usually there are 3 or 4 of them, all ending in (.fw), one may just be a licence but copy it over also. It is also possible you need to download the firmware package separately and unpack it first. Make sure you're in the folder/directory where these files are in and issue this command:

Code:

cp *.fw /lib/firmware

Check in the /lib/firmware directory to make sure they are there, they may already have been put there during the make install command.
Although I've no experience with this package, hopefully I've covered all the bases, for my wireless card, I had to re-boot my Debian for the firmware to get loaded.
EDIT: If for some reason you had to stop and install something else and re-start, you should issue command from within the unpacked r5u870 folder before trying to re-issue the make command:

Code:

make clean

anasmich · 08-21-2007, 08:13 PM

Many thanks for that Junior Hacker

will try to follow your instruction as soon as I will be home, for other if the need the above mentioned program you can downloaded from http://lsb.blogdns.net/ry5u870/

I have already download the Suse 10.2 (I think) if will not get successesed
with Junior Hacker instruction so will install the Suse

the question Suse will remove the Fc7 from the boot or i will see the 3 options Suse and fedora and other (XP)

thank you guys
and stay safe