HP Pavilion tx2000 Hardware solutions !!!

[G_man]

I have been using Ubuntu for 2 years and I have installed it in many laptops and desktops including: HP, IBM, Dell, Acer, Toshiba & many assembled PC's

I have never find problems with drivers as much as what I had with the HP Pavilion tx2000

OS: Ubuntu Hardy (8.04) AMD64


I wanted to tell people how I managed to get through all of them (YES ALL)

1.VGA
Problem: Not Working Perfectly (Driver Problem)
Solution:Go to synaptic and install the "nvidia-glx-new" package. It will work fine after you restart the laptop.

2-Audio:
Problem: Not Working (LED indicate that it is mute)
Solution: in Terminal write the code

sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base 

Write at the end of the file in new line:

options snd-hda-intel model=hp 

Save the file and the sound will work after reboot

3.Lightscribe:
Problem: Not Working (Need Driver and Application)
Solution: Download the following packages and install them:
Driver: lightscribe-1.12.37.1-linux-2.6-intel.deb
Software: lightscribeApplications-1.10.19.1-linux-2.6-intel.deb
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4.Fingerprint:
Problem: Not Working (Detected but does not work when you log in)
Solution: You need three packages & since one or two of them are not available in Synaptic you can get them here: http://legacy.madman2k.net/comments/105
The packages are: libfprint, pam_fprint and fprint_demo.
Then Write in the Terminal:

tar -xjf libfprint-0.0.4.tar.bz2
cd libfprint-0.0.4
./configure --prefix=/usr
make
sudo make install 

and repeat it again for pam_fprint and fprint_demo.

5-Wireless:
Problem: Detected but not working at all
Solution:
A.install ndiswrapper packages:

sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper-utils
sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper-common 

B.Download this driver
C.Open the Terminal and write:

sudo cabextract SP34152.exe
sudo ndiswrapper -i bcmwl5.inf
sudo ndiswrapper -m
sudo depmod -a
sudo modprobe ndiswrapper
sudo gedit /etc/modules 

Write at end of that file: "ndiswrapper" and It should be working without reboot


6.WACON "Touch Screen"
This is very new & I worked very hard to find it BUT after finding it and fighting to install it I found that neko18 wrote a new Thread all about it and it was the first topic in front if me when I came to post mine.
Link: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=765915
"Thanks & I wish I have found your topic an hour ago."

7.Monitor Rotation:
Problem: Not working
Solution:I need more time to check it fully
I Found this helpful link: http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Xorg_RandR_1.2

Thank you

[cespinal]

does the tx has integrated mic? dos your solution helped to enable it?

aaaand... what about suspend and hibernate?

last question, I would like to get lightscribe software! would you please tell me the exact codes for installing all that from terminal? Im a total noob a that

Thank you very much in advance for your help.

[rebshalom]

Will your audio solution also make my headphones work?
I just installed Hardy on my tx1320 and the speakers work at VERY low volume, but the headset(and attached mic) do not

[cespinal]

yeah that is a total pain in the A... dont get me wrong.. for me, the advantages Ubuntu offers far surpass the disadvantages...so in keeping myself happy despite the eventual frustrations...

[G_man]

For the records these are not my solutions, I went through many websites and did lots of searches. Then, I brought to you what worked with me

As for the sound check the Audio section in this page:
http://www.codepencil.com/index.php/...1003au-laptop/

This will get the front jacks to work "If they are not already working"

Sorry guys the Mic works by default

cespinal: These are Debian packages = double click on them, press install & That's it

rebshalom: I am not sure

cespinal: I installed Ubuntu in 5 HP's, 4 Toshiba's, 2 acer's, 3 IBM's, 5 Dell's (This was the first one I had driver problems with. Unlike Windows, Ubuntu usually do the dirty job for me.)

I do not own this laptop, I just installed it and tried to get everything to work. The device is gone now and I can't test anything anymore

I noticed that the Wacom solution may not work, I will look for what I used and post it here as well.

Thank you

[Zólhos]

I have been using Ubuntu for 2 years and I have installed it in many laptops and desktops including: HP, IBM, Dell, Acer, Toshiba & many assembled PC's

I have never find problems with drivers as much as what I had with the HP Pavilion tx2000

OS: Ubuntu Hardy (8.04) AMD64

I'm using Ubuntu Hardy 32 bits

I wanted to tell people how I managed to get through all of them (YES ALL)

1.VGA
Problem: Not Working Perfectly (Driver Problem)
Solution:Go to synaptic and install the "nvidia-glx-new" package. It will work fine after you restart the laptop.

For this driver, ctrl+alt+f1 doesn't work with me. Also, when the screen turns off (power saving), to go back I have to move the mouse AND press ctrl+alt+f1 and then ctrl+alt+f7.

The nv driver doesn't have these bugs, but it has even MORE bugs.

Haven't tried the nouveau driver yet.

2-Audio:
Problem: Not Working (LED indicate that it is mute)
Solution: in Terminal write the code

sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base 

Write at the end of the file in new line:

options snd-hda-intel model=hp 

Save the file and the sound will work after reboot

I also had to go to the alsamixer and increase the volume!

Did you make the microphone work?

4.Fingerprint:
Problem: Not Working (Detected but does not work when you log in)
Solution: You need three packages & since one or two of them are not available in Synaptic you can get them here: http://legacy.madman2k.net/comments/105
The packages are: libfprint, pam_fprint and fprint_demo.
Then Write in the Terminal:

tar -xjf libfprint-0.0.4.tar.bz2
cd libfprint-0.0.4
./configure --prefix=/usr
make
sudo make install 

and repeat it again for pam_fprint and fprint_demo.

The last time I tried it, gksu and some other applications were not working because of bugs on them (gksu and others, not the fprint package)

5-Wireless:
Problem: Detected but not working at all
Solution:
A.install ndiswrapper packages:

sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper-utils
sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper-common 

B.Download this driver
C.Open the Terminal and write:

sudo cabextract SP34152.exe
sudo ndiswrapper -i bcmwl5.inf
sudo ndiswrapper -m
sudo depmod -a
sudo modprobe ndiswrapper
sudo gedit /etc/modules 

Write at end of that file: "ndiswrapper" and It should be working without reboot

I read somewhere that our wireless driver should be working natively on linux now. Haven't tried. Ndiswrapper driver works fine.

6.WACON "Touch Screen"
This is very new & I worked very hard to find it BUT after finding it and fighting to install it I found that neko18 wrote a new Thread all about it and it was the first topic in front if me when I came to post mine.
Link: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=765915
"Thanks & I wish I have found your topic an hour ago."

Is there any application to do the handwriting like in Windows? =P

7.Monitor Rotation:
Problem: Not working
Solution:I need more time to check it fully
I Found this helpful link: http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Xorg_RandR_1.2

Thank you

This is my driver section in xorg.conf:

Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "NoLogo" "True"
Option "RandRRotation" "On"
#Driver "nv"
EndSection

to rotate the screen do something like this:
$ xrandr --output default --rotate inverted

One thing that I noted:
Every time that I press the button to disable the touchpad, when I press it again to enable, gnome help window opens (as if I pressed f1). Do you guys see this too?

And... How much time does the battery works with you guys? Mine is 2:30 with ndiswrapper + compiz

What do you think about the screen? I didn't like the screen quality, specially when I'm reading black text on a white background (like this forum). Black as background with white text is fine.

[danai]

For Wireless Driver after the command ::: sudo ndiswrapper -m
I found "module configurution already contain alias directive" what it meaning. Please suggest me.

[Trivia89]

G_man can you post your solution for the touchscreen?
I did as suggested in the other topic but, in the end, i got no /dev/input/wacom device and nothing was working.
So i took a look on the net and discovered the touch screen should be serial, so i launched a script wich would "expose" the screen to ttyS2 and then configured xorg.conf to look on that device, but i've also got errors in xorg.0.log...

How did you do? Thanks for the useful post

[mirosol]

Here's howto that i've made for ubuntu and this machine.
http://mirosol.kapsi.fi/tx2020/tx2000howto.htm
It's just extended translation of my thread in finnish ubuntu forums, but i think there's everything.

[TheeWasp]

Here's howto that i've made for ubuntu and this machine.
http://mirosol.kapsi.fi/tx2020/tx2000howto.htm
It's just extended translation of my thread in finnish ubuntu forums, but i think there's everything.

thank you a lot even I managed to fix most problems with your help