Edgy on an HP zv5405us
This isn't so much an install guide as a device support list, cos I haven't done a clean install for a few releases now - I think the last time I did an install was Breezy Badger. Since then I've just "apt-get dist-update"d .
The specs are:
AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3200+ 2.0 GHz
54g Integrated 802.11b/g Wireless LAN
15.4 WXGA+ High Definition BrightView Widescreen Display
80GB Hard Drive (4200 RPM)
nVIDIA GeForce4 440 Go 64MB
512MB RAM (2 Dimms?)
DVD/CD-RW
5 in 1 Digital Reader
Support? Broadcom wireless now supported with the bcm43xx wireless driver so that NetworkManager works a treat! Mousepad works great, with the right portion being a substitute scroll wheel (didn't have to do anything in particular - this just worked since Dapper).Obviously the 3D is working fine (Quake 3 is about as good as it gets on this laptop for gaming as I'm not much of a gamer - unless you count my Spectrum emulator) and at the moment I'm trying out of the BETA Nvidia Drivers with support for compositing directly in the driver. Seems a little slower with Beryl than it was in Dapper with Compiz/XGL, but I'm sure it'll get there soon enough.
What else is there? Oh, the widescreen is supported fine (1280x800). USB Devices behave themselves - automount as necessary. Haven't tested TV-out or Dual Head for a while. Will have to do that.
Downsides: have never got the Media Card Reader working. And still no suspend because I'm using the proprietary Nvidia modules. Overall: 95% there.
Update: 2006-10-14 - Holy Cow! Thanks to this , I now have suspend to ram working like a charm. I close the laptop lid and it suspends, I power on and I'm right back where I started in about 5 seconds. Even resumes playing in Banshee where it left off. Love it, love it, love it. I thought this just wasn't possible with proprietary Nvidia drivers - I'm just amazed and very impressed!
Update: 2006-10-18 - And there's more... Tested out the on-the-fly TwinView capabilities of the new Nvidia Betadrivers. Works a treat, except that my TV doesn't have a good enough resolution to make it useful for working off - fine for watching videos, though. Seems to only work with Metacity, and also have to reboot afterwards as the windows mysteriously disappear... Hoping for more improvements in the upcoming Nvidia drivers.
