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Compaq Presario C700
Submitted by Anonymous on 2008-02-24 18:41:31 This product has a rating of 4 out of 5 running under Fedora Core Comments: GNU/ Linux Fedora Core 8 has been installed on an C700 model C728TU on it. Most of the things have worked out of the box. Here is some basic informations which can help other owners of this notebook using GNU/ Linux. Video/ LCD lspci says: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) Work's without problem. Except for that I was unable to adjust the brightness of LCD screen. Had to do it manually using
where X can be any of 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 I am trying to find a way so that it may work with kpower else I will use the method described here Audio lspci says: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03) module in use: snd-hda-intel Works without problem. But again updating the kernel version is recommended, after a kernel update to 2.6.23.15-137 another audio control PCM is avaible besides the Master and Capture. A Mute Audio control is not available. Network controllers lspci says: Wireless: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5006EG 802.11 b/g Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01) Had to install Madwifi Module, please note not the default one but the one listed here: http://snapshots.madwifi.org/special/,\ but make sure you have the kernel-devel package and gcc installed to build this module. lspci says: Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10) Works out of box. Webcam lsusb says: 04f2:b057 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd Works well after installing UVC Video Drivers. Multi-Card Reader lsusb says: 0bda:0158 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Too lazy to pull out the SD card from mobile phone, have not tested as of now, will test and report soon. But should work fine as a standard USB mass storage device. Alps Touch Pad Works fine. Special/ Soft Keys Play/ Pause/ Next/ Prev work fine with rhythmbox and amork. Volume Up/ Down work fine. The Lock/ Help keys were recognised after the following changes in /usr/share/hal/fdi/information/10freedesktop/30-keymap-hp.fdi
Maybe a small patch can be contributed to www.freedesktop.org. Volume Mute/ Print/ WWW/ Switch Display/ Sleep/ Brightness Up/ Brightness Down as of now do not seem work. Touch pad disable/ enable key works fine as well. Taken from here: http://www.ajaypal.com/linux_oncompaq_presario_c700.html |