laptop HP Pavillion dv6105us (dv600 series) - running live CD 6.10

[Matthew Kuiken]

primorec wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I am not able to run ubuntu 6.10 on aptop HP Pavilion dv6105us (dv600 
> series).
> Two error message appear on the screen:
> - error loading firmware for the wireless card  (I guess this should not 
> be fatal)
> - can not create/mount file system  ( this message is the killer)
> 
> Any hint how to proceed from here ?
> 
> Igor
> 
> P.S.:  KNOPPIX 5.01  starts and runs with a flying colors
> 
> 
Not sure if this applies to the dv6105us, but on the dv9005us, I needed 
to add the "noapic" option to the kernel boot line.  I have not gotten 
the 64 bit version working properly on it, yet.  I am not certain I'll 
be able to, as the machine is not mine, and I'll lose access to it in 
another week.

The wireless card in the 9005 is a Broadcom 4311.  I needed to use 
ndiswrapper to get it working.  I ended up using the latest ndiswrapper, 
but I'm not certain it was necessary to do so.  I don't remember what I 
was doing wrong, but I finally managed to do it right when I compiled 
the latest version.  It was not something that changed between versions, 
it was a step I missed, so the older one might work if used correctly.

Also, the video card is a Geforce Go 6150.  I needed to use the latest 
driver from the nvidia website to get it to operate properly.  The vesa 
driver was really slow, and used the wrong resolution.  The nv driver 
could be persuaded to get the right resolution, but the colors showed 
visible banding.  The nvidia driver bundled with edgy didn't work with 
the card, thus compiling the latest was the only way to go.  If you have 
this issue, let me know, and I'll dig up the web site that I used for 
the nvidia stuff.  I believe that it was in the wiki.

-Matt