Ubuntu Linux on HP Pavilion DV2715nr May 29, 2008
Posted by Jeffrey Vergara in : Linux, Tutorials , trackbackSurprisingly, the release of Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron) works pretty well in HP Pavilion DV2715nr with just a few fix. After installation Ubuntu desktop will be basically ready to use but the screen will be stucked on 800×600 resolution and wireless is still cannot be used. Installing Ubuntu is very easy and you just need to follow simple steps. You only need 2 additional task to make Ubuntu 8.04 in dv2715nr ready to go.
First: Making Wireless Connection Work
- Step 1 (run in terminal)
echo ‘blacklist bcm43xx’ | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper-utils-1.9
mkdir ~/bcm43xx; cd ~/bcm43xx
- Step 2 (run in terminal)
sudo apt-get install cabextract
wget ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp37501-38000/sp37950.exe
cabextract sp37950.exe
- Step 3 (run in terminal)
sudo ndiswrapper -i bcmwl5.inf
ndiswrapper -l
sudo depmod -a
sudo modprobe ndiswrapper
sudo cp /etc/network/interfaces /etc/network/interfaces.orig
echo -e ‘auto lo\niface lo inet loopback\n’ | sudo tee /etc/network/interfaces
sudo ndiswrapper -m
echo ‘ndiswrapper’ | sudo tee -a /etc/modules
echo ‘ENABLED=0? | sudo tee -a /etc/default/wpasupplicant
- Step 4 (run in terminal)
sudo aptitude remove b43-fwcutter
- Step 5 (run in terminal)
sudo gedit /etc/init.d/wirelessfix.sh
- Step 6
Paste the followings in the opened file(wirelessfix.sh)#!/bin/bash
modprobe -r b44
modprobe -r b43
modprobe -r b43legacy
modprobe -r ssb
modprobe -r ndiswrapper
modprobe ndiswrapper
modprobe b44
- Step 7 (run in terminal)
Run this :cd /etc/init.d/ && sudo chmod 755 wirelessfix.sh
- Step 8 (run in terminal)
finally run this:sudo update-rc.d wirelessfix.sh defaults
- REBOOT
Second: Enable NVIDIA Graphic Driver
- Step 1 (run in terminal)
sudo aptitude install libc6 libc6-dev
sudo aptitude install build-essential linux-headers-$(uname -r); - Step 2
Download latest NVIDIA Driver for Linux
http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html
- Step 3 (run in terminal)
sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop - Step 4
Login in Text Mode
Locate where you downloaded Nvidia Driver then do:
sudo chmod +x NVIDIA-Linux-x86-169.07.pkg1.run
sudo ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86-169.07.pkg1.run - Step 5
Follow the steps on nvidia installer (usually just press ok) - REBOOT
Check this website for complete Ubuntu Installation Guide on HP Pavilion DV series
Comments»
Thanks for the help. Now my wireless and video works perfectly. I think that a couple of days after this post ubuntu repositories had the correct nvidia drivers and the wireless drivers. So there was no need to do the changes for the graphics.
I still found that I had to make the changes for the wireless card to work. One problem after the wireless settings was made was that after logging into ubuntu the gnome-settings-daemon would timeout. After getting the latest updates and rebooting I haven’t gotten the error again.