HPPavilionDV9297ea

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  • Contact: Andrew Henry
  • Brand: HP
  • Make : Pavilion
  • Model: DV9297ea
  • Website: http://www.hp.com

Current Issues

7.04 1440x900 resolution not working OOTB with vesa driver (default during Herd 5 install, which is a known bug in itself as the 'nv' driver should be selected).

7.04 - plugging in headphones does not silence sound through the main speakers bug # [https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/59715 59715]

I have a workaround for this bug...

Play the movie clip without headphones plugged in, press the mute button, then plug in the headphones. Press the mute button again to unmute. sound will then only come through headphones.

To reverse the procedure... (must be done otherwise when you remove headphones, no sound will come through main speakers, but if you plug in the phones again, sound comes through main speakers)... press the mute button, then remove the phones then unmute, to get sound through main speakers.

System Info

bios-version:F.14
system-manufacturer:Hewlett-Packard
system-product-name:HP Pavilion dv9000 (RR358EA#UUW)
system-version:Rev 1

Hardware details

in Edgy (current stable)?

in Feisty (current development)?

Installation works?

Untested

yes

Hardware Information

Screen & Monitors

Device

Works?

Bug #

in Edgy (current stable)?

in Feisty (current development)?

Screen

Untested

yes

Correct resolution?

Untested

yes

Correct refresh rate?

Untested

yes

3D Acceleration

Untested

yes (nvidia-glx driver)

External monitor works?

Untested

yes* (see note below)

External monitor - mirrors

Untested

yes

External monitor - extend desktop

Untested

yes

Power Management

Battery detected?

Untested

yes

Hibernates?

Untested

yes (minor errors on wake)

Sleep

Untested

yes (minor errors on wake)

Dim monitor on battery

Untested

yes

Blank monitor on inactivity

Untested

yes

Lid Close

Untested

yes

Cpu frequency scaling

Untested

yes, 2 step scaling

Sound

Sound works?

Untested

yes

Correct volume?

Untested

yes

Hardware volume switch

Untested

yes

Headphone jack

Untested

yes

Mic jack

Untested

Untested

Networking

Wired NIC

Untested

yes

Wireless NIC

Untested

yes

PCMCIA NIC

Untested

Untested

Firewire

Untested

yes

Bluetooth

Untested

Untested

Modem

Untested

Untested

Infrared

Untested

Untested

Touchpad & Mice

Touchpad

Untested

yes

Touchpad - Doubletap = double click

Untested

yes

Touchpad - Scroll down side

Untested

yes

Touchpad - turned off while typing

Untested

yes

External mouse - USB

Untested

yes

External mouse - Serial

Untested

n/a

Docking Station/Port Replicator

AC through replicator

Untested

Untested

USB

Untested

Untested

Serial

Untested

Untested

Parallel

Untested

Untested

External Monitor - VGA

Untested

Untested

External Monitor - DVI

Untested

Untested

Modem

Untested

Untested

NIC

Untested

Untested

PS/2

Untested

n/a

Additional Hardware

Fingerprint reader

Untested

n/a

CD/DVD drive

Untested

yes

PCMCIA cards

Untested

yes* (see note below)

Parallel Ports

Untested

n/a

Card reader(s)

Untested

yes, with SD

Function and other keys

Fn key

Operation

Keycode

Works?

Bug #

in Edgy (current stable)?

in Feisty (current development)?

+ Space

n/a

Untested

Untested

+ Esc

n/a

Untested

Untested

+ F1

Help

Untested

yes

+ F2

Print

Untested

Untested

+ F3

Web

Untested

Untested

+ F4

Externel monitor

Untested

Untested

+ F5

sleep

Untested

yes

+ F6

Lock

Untested

Untested

+ F7

Brightness down

Untested

yes

+ F8

Brightness up

Untested

yes

+ F9

Play

Untested

Untested

+ F10

Stop

Untested

Untested

+ F11

Previous

Untested

Untested

+ F12

Next

Untested

Untested

+ ArrowUp

n/a

Untested

Untested

+ ArrowDown

n/a

Untested

Untested

+ ArrowRight

n/a

Untested

Untested

+ ArrowLeft

n/a

Untested

Untested

+ PgUp

Untested

Untested

+ PgDown

Untested

Untested

Other special keys

Key

Operation

Keycode

Works?

Bug #

in Edgy (current stable)?

in Feisty (current development)?

Key

Untested

Untested

Notes

This is the first install (Feisty Herd 5) where almost everything has worked out of the box! web cam/modem has not been tested and probably does not work, but Xorg nv driver works OOTB (Feisty uses vesa driver on install though which also works ok). Nvidia-glx works great, wireless Intel 3945 worked straight OOTB with NetworkManager! Very impressive. All hardware keys for volume control, brightness, touchpad on/off and mute work OOTB. The media player controls do not work however. Most problem free install I've ever done.

External monitor

External monitor works almost perfectly with nvidia-glx driver. If you run nvidia-settings utility, you can use an external monitor in Twinview mode perfectly with right, left and below configurations, as well as clone. I say almost perfectly: If you connect the monitor when booting, then usplash is cloned perfectly, but when GDM starts, the laptop display blanks and only the external monitor works. If you connect the external monitor after booting, it works perfectly. Tested with a Hercules 17" LCD monitor.

PCMCIA

I have tested a HP branded Yuan EC300 DVB-T TV tuner card which is a PC Express/34 card. Dmesg shows that this card is correctly identified, but for some reason it gets 'unmounted' after a flurry of 'success' messages--it doesn't fail, it exits gracefully. After much forum searching, I believe that the 'failure' is with the card itself, which leads me to believe that the actual PC Express/34 slot is working perfectly, and it depends on whether your specific card is fully supported by the kernel.


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