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HP 430

Model	SUSE Linux version	Hardware Support							Remark:
		Video	Sound	Ethernet	Wireless	Bluetooth	Power Management	Other
HP 430	12.1 DVD 64-bit								working great out of the box.

HP 520

Model	SUSE Linux version	Hardware Support							Remark:
		Video	Sound	Ethernet	Wireless	Bluetooth	Power Management	Other
HP 520	11.3 DVD 32-bit								Installation is hassle-free and everything works perfectly out of the box.
	12.1 DVD 32-bit								Installation is hassle-free and everything works perfectly out of the box.

HP 625

Model	SUSE Linux version	Hardware Support							Remark:
		Video	Sound	Ethernet	Wireless	Bluetooth	Power Management	Other
WT146EA#ABD	13.2? CDLive 64-bit 1)				2)	not tested		3)	1) updated to openSUSE 20140818 (Harlequin) (rolling release) from openSUSE 13.1 (Bottle), all worked after reboot but see below. updated from repository http://download.opensuse.org:80/factory/repo/oss. 2) ok after installing package rfkill 3) webcam ok after installing package wxcam
WT146EA#ABD	12.2 CDLive 64-bit	1)				2)	3)		1) 3D: amd proprietary driver fglrx, legacy 12.6, did not work. Google Earth runs with radeon driver. 2) blacklisted b43 in file /etc/modprobe.d/50-blacklist.conf then wireless worked ok. (28-Feb-2012 with kde 10.4 wireless is ok without the blacklisting.) 3) works ok with AEG Bluetooth Speaker.
WT146EA#ABD	11.3 DVD 64-bit				1)				1) Package compat-wireless-kmp from wireless repository may cause system instability and will not survive suspend; package broadcom-wl from packman repositories cause extremely slow startup of applications.
WT146EA#ABD	SLED 11 sp1 32-bit OEM								Preinstalled - Everything works out of the box.

HP Pavilion x360 Convertible

Model	SUSE Linux version	Hardware Support							Remark:
		Video	Sound	Ethernet	Wireless	Bluetooth	Power Management	Other
15-dq1002ng	Tumbleweed 64-bit							1) 2) 3)	most things are working great out of the box. In special the touchscreen 1) and the 360 convertable mode 2). One thing missing is the support of the wireless network adapter. I use a Edimax usb token to access WIFI. Also support for an USB-C docking station works out of the box.
13-a010la	Tumbleweed 64-bit							1)	Most things are working great out of the box. In special the touchscreen 1). The convertable mode is missing. Although I have tested with XFCE, the screen auto rotation doesn't work.

Compaq

Model	SUSE Linux version	Hardware Support							Remark:
		Video	Sound	Ethernet	Wireless	Bluetooth	Power Management	Other
HP Compaq 6715b	10.3 DVD, 64-bit	1)			2)			3)4)	1) Working with ATI driver. No Xv support as of 12/12/07. Dual monitor setup does not work. 2) Wireless works after firmware is extracted or ndiswrapper is installed and configured. 3) Multimedia Buttons Work (2 need to be configured). 4) Fingerprint reader works when fprint is installed.
HP Compaq 6715s	11.0 and 11.1 DVD, 64-bit	1)			2)				1) Working with Mesa driver, installed by default. 2) Wireless works after firmware is extracted installed and configured.
HP Compaq 6720s p/n GR650EA#ABC	11.0 DVD, 32-bit 10.3 DVD, 32-bit								All hardware works out-of-the-box, but quite buggy: a) X server sometimes crashes, when OpenGL window is overlapped with any other window; b) WiFi sometimes unable to connect on openSUSE11, but works fine with openSUSE10.3; c) Some issues with STR and STD modes
HP Compaq 6730b	11.2, 64-bit	1)	2)			3)		4)	1) Not working display brightness(haven't test to much yet) 2) Audio "works" out of the box but to get internal microphone working pulsaudio was installed and used 3) Not tested 4) Fingerprint reader not supported
HP Compaq 6730s-FU324GB	11.1, 64-bit	1)		2)	3)		4)	5)	1) Intel Mobile GM45 Express / GMA 4500MHD. Changing display brightness requires some hacking or kernel update 2) Marvel Yukon Fast-Ethernet 88E8042. knetworkmanager had problems only with IPv6 activated, ifup works fine. 3) Intel Link 5100 AGN. Problems of communications stability connecting to draft-n access point under knetworkmanager, but OK in 802.11g. ifup works fine. 4) Suspend and hibernate work fine, but fan comes back at 100% waking up from a suspend to RAM. Goes back to normal incrasing CPU temperature. Also, some glitches in KDE trying to suspend the system for inactivity and deactivating 3D desktop easy to solve. 5) Most things are OK. SD card reader and ExpressCard not tested, 3D DriveGuard not supported. Could not set external VGA resolution to 1280x1024.
HP Compaq 6730s-FU324GB	11.2, 64-bit	1)		2)	3)		4)	5)	1) Intel Mobile GM45 Express / GMA 4500MHD. Changing display brightness now works out of the box in KDE4. DRI2 mode used by default solves problems with GoogleEarth, Stellarium and other OGL graphical aplications from 11.1 2) Marvel Yukon Fast-Ethernet 88E8042. IPv6 problems from 11.1 solved. 3) Intel Link 5100 AGN. Communications stability on draft-n access point in draft-n mode with knetworkmanager (and possibly ifup too) with high rate transfers. Soved disabling mode N in AP or in driver with the following parameters in /etc/modprobe.d/: "options iwlagn 11n_disable=1 11n_disable50=1" 4) Suspend and hibernate work fine, but fan still comes back at 100% waking up from a suspend to RAM. Goes back to normal incrasing CPU temperature. 5) ExpressCard works fine. In order to hot plug PCI cards, load kernel module acpiphp at boot time (not done by default). SD card reader not tested. 3D DriveGuard not supported out of the box (but kernel should be compatible). openSUSE 11.2 is a great improvement over 11.1 for this laptop.
HP Compaq 6735s	11.1, 64-bit	1)	2)		3)			4)	1) Function keys don't work so brightness control tricky. (for comparison, the Vista driver doesn't work for Windows7 either) 2) Audio works after adding "options snd-hda-intel model=laptop" as the first line in the /etc/modprobe.d/sound file. Volume function keys reported not working 3) Uses the currently unsupportable Broadcomm BCM4312 b/g chip for Wireless and Bluetooth 4) Card Reader not tested.
HP Compaq 6910p	11.3, 64-bit				1)			2)	1) BCM4311 (rev2) 802.11bg works after installing b43 firmware. 2) Fingerprint does not work.
HP Compaq 8510w	10.3 DVD, 32-bit	1)						2)	1) No 3D yet. 2) Fingerprint reader not working.
HP Compaq 8510w	11.0 DVD, 64-bit	1)						2)	1) Dimming in X-environment not working, but you can set it in console and then switch back to X. 2) Fingerprint reader not working.
HP Compaq 6530s	11.1 DVD, 32-bit		1)						1) After add line: options snd-hda-intel model=mobile to /etc/modprobe.d/sound
HP Compaq 6535b ZM-82, 3GB RAM	11.1 DVD, 64-bit								1) After add line: options snd-hda-intel model=laptop to /etc/modprobe.d/sound 2) Install ATI drivers and catalyst panel from AMD site 3)Download broadcom driver for wireless from Broadcom site, aircrack won't work. 4) Upgrade to KDE4.2 to fix compiz glitches. Good overall.
HP Compaq 610 <VC270EA#ACB>	11.2 DVD, 64-bit								1) USB Printer HP LJ1018

GXXt

Model	SUSE Linux version	Hardware Support							Remark:
		Video	Sound	Ethernet	Wireless	Bluetooth	Power Management	Other
HP G60t (P/N: NG161AV)	11.0 KDE Live CD 64-bit	1)			2)	3)	4)		1) 3D and Compiz require the SDB:NVIDIA driver. 2) Auto-detected using ath5k driver. 3) Integrated into WLAN. Works ok except for PAN 4) Suspend to Disk OK. Suspend to RAM untested.

HP Pavilion g7

Model	SUSE Linux version	Hardware Support							Remark:
		Video	Sound	Ethernet	Wireless	Bluetooth	Power Management	Other
2248sg AMD A8-4500M X4	13.2? 64-bit 1)							2)	1) updated to openSUSE 20140818 (Harlequin) (rolling release) from openSUSE 13.1 (Bottle), all worked after 1st. reboot. updated from repository http://download.opensuse.org:80/factory/repo/oss. 2) camera ok, HDMI. card reader ok with 2GB SD, other sizes not tested all other hardware interfaces ok.
2248sg AMD A8-4500M X4	12.2 DVD 64-bit 1)	2)						3)	1) HDD re-formatted, new partitions: swap, /home. Later updated to 13.1 UEFI 2) ok with amd proprietary driver fglrx. 13.1 ok with radeon driver. 3) identified RTS5229 PCI Express Card Reader (0x5229) from hwinfo. downloaded driver, from Realtek, PCIE RTS5229 card reader driver for Linux V1.07 2012/7/12 65k, file: Realtek_RTS5229_Linux_Driver_v1.07.zip, tested ok with 4GB card

Mini 1XXX

Model	SUSE Linux version	Hardware Support							Remark:
		Video	Sound	Ethernet	Wireless	Bluetooth	Power Management	Other
1030NR	11.0				1)		2)		1) Using ndiswrapper + Broadcom drivers. 2) Some models may not accept ACPI, must boot with acpi=ht or acpi=off.
110-3530	11.4 32 Bit KDE								seems not to have bluetooth, runs best without desktop effects, but hardware supports them anyway. Works out of the box. No further config required. Hardware (example): Broadcom Wlan, HP Webcam, Intel GMA3150, Atom N455)

Mini 2XX

Model	SUSE Linux version	Hardware Support							Remark:
		Video	Sound	Ethernet	Wireless	Bluetooth	Power Management	Other
HP Mini 210-1190NR	11.3 32-bit				1)	N/A			The 210-11XX and 210-1000 series should work perfectly after the steps below under 11.3 (everything works "out of the box" in 11.4): Install Opensuse using a USB stick, see SDB:Live_USB_stick The wifi card needs extra drivers before it can function. Attach the Netbook to a wired ethernet connection and add the Packman Repository. Then use zypper or the YAST->Software Management to install the packages broadcom-wl and broadcom-wl-default. Use zypper or YAST->Online Update to apply all available updates. In Opensuse 11.3 this solves a bug with the touchpad and is an extremely good idea anyway. Reboot the Netbook, the wireless should now be configurable.

Mini 2XXX

Model	SUSE Linux version	Hardware Support							Remark:
		Video	Sound	Ethernet	Wireless	Bluetooth	Power Management	Other
HP Mini 2133	11.1 DVD 32-bit	1)			2)			3)	1) Without 3D. 2) Manual configuration (needs a reboot). 3) Webcam works after update.
HP Mini 2140	11.1 DVD 32-bit				1)			2)	1) Using Broadcom wl driver; Tested with WPA-TKIP. 2) Webcam

Mini 5XXX

Model	SUSE Linux version	Hardware Support							Remark:
		Video	Sound	Ethernet	Wireless	Bluetooth	Power Management	Other
HP Mini 5101	11.2 DVD 32-bit				1)				1)1-click installation: [1] (you need only the two packages with the ending "-wl" and "-desktop"), (needs a reboot to work).

dm3z-1xxx

Model	SUSE Linux version	Hardware Support							Remark:
		Video	Sound	Ethernet	Wireless	Bluetooth	Power Management	Other
CTO dm3-1000 AMD Neo X2 L335 ATI HD3200	11.2 DVD 64-bit	1)	2)			NA	3)		1)Radeon or fglrx driver 2)ALSA 1.0.21 works but recording stop randomly, need rcalsasound restart to recover. Update to latest ALSA 1.0.22 solve recording issue and shutdown pop problem and correct volume mute light detection. However, sound recording will still stop after webcam is turn on for awhile. Refer Alsa-Update to get the latest ALSA. Update: The microphone stopping problem is solved by installing openSUSE 11.2 KDE4 instead of GNOME. KDE4 does not come with pulseaudio and persumebly it's the root cause of the problem. 3)CPU throttling is supported. However, system run slightly hotter than under W7 under KDE's performance profile. Use Powersave profile, Dynamic(conservative) scaling policy and powersaving scheme. Unclear whether C1 state is supported by default. Inaccurate CPU temp detection. Suspend and Resume works with fglrx driver. 4)Card reader, screen brightness, multimedia keys, touchpad works out of the box.

dv 1XXX xx

Model	SUSE Linux version	Hardware Support							Remark:
		Video	Sound	Ethernet	Wireless	Bluetooth	Power Management	Other
HP Pavilion dv1000	10.0								No hardware was recognized at all, except DVD.
	10.1						1)	*)	1) Suspend to RAM causes system to crash; Suspend to Disk is OK, but might boot back into QuickPlay. Media Card Reader
Pavilion dv1125la	9.2	1)			2)			*)	1) With 3D. 2) Needs updated firmware. Touchpad Supports 1920x1200 screen resolution (wide screen display only 1024x768,24 bit,3D). Hot keys sound buttons Modem works USB Digital Media (card reader): SD.MS/Pro.MMC.SM.XD DVD/RW
HP Pavilion dv1740br	10.2	1)			2)		3)	*)	1) With XGL. 2) Later with Ndiswrapper. 3) The hibernate do shutdown last time, need more test. Modem Cards reader

dv 2XXX xx

Model	SUSE Linux version	Hardware Support							Remark:
		Video	Sound	Ethernet	Wireless	Bluetooth	Power Management	Other
dv2000	10.2 32-bit				1)				1) Using Ndiswrapper.
	10.3 32-bit							2)	2) Camera
dv2000t (P/N RM668AV)	10.2 64-bit	1)						2)	1) Using SDB:NVIDIA driver. 2) Touchpad Webcam Mic and Phone
dv2120us	10.1 64-bit				1)		2)	3)	1) Using Ndiswrapper, using this step: Install ndiswrapper from DVD. Download sp33575.exe from Software & Driver on HP Pavilion dv2120us Notebook PC site. Run sp33575.exe to extract files. Copy extracted directory that contains bcmwl5.inf file to SuSE system. Follow the rest installation instructions on the ndiswrapper wiki. 2) Suspend 3) Touchpad card reader
2133 (Mini-note PC KX873AA)	11.0 32-bit				1)				1) Using ndiswrapper, more information here.
dv2312us	10.2 64-bit	1)			2)			2)	1) Had to use old driver 1.0-9629 and the compiling the kernel to work the magic. Using default driver from YaST will result in blank screen. 2) Using Ndiswrapper + Broadcom wireless 1390 wlan mini-pci. 3) Webcam .
dv2412ca	10.3 64-bit	1)			2)			3)	1) Using SDB:NVIDIA drivers. 2) Using Ndiswrapper. 3) Webcam . Touchpad .
dv2415nr	10.1	1)						2)	1) Using SDB:NVIDIA driver. 2) More information here(10.1).
	10.2							3)	3) More information here(10.2).
dv2815nr	10.3 64-bit	1)			2)				1) Using framebuffer driver. 2) Original wireless was BCM4310 that needs ndiswrapper. Now have BCM4312 using b43.
	11.0 64-bit

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dv 3XXX xx

Model	SUSE Linux version	Hardware Support							Remark:
		Video	Sound	Ethernet	Wireless	Bluetooth	Power Management	Other
HP Pavilion dv3	openSUSE-11.2-64						1)		1) Had to install the nvidia drivers and follow the procedure http://en.opensuse.org/S2ram#NVidia_Graphics_Chipsets

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dv 4XXX xx

Model	SUSE Linux version	Hardware Support							Remark:
		Video	Sound	Ethernet	Wireless	Bluetooth	Power Management	Other
HP Pavilion dv4	openSUSE-11.1		1)			2)		3)	1) Add "options snd-hda-intel enable_msi=1" at the beginning of "/etc/modprobe.d/sound" file. 2) Working under kdebluetooth4. 3) Webcam , using uvc driver. Fingerprint
	openSUSE-11.2					1)		2)	1) Working under kdebluetooth4. 2) Webcam , using uvc driver. Fingerprint

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dv 5XXX xx

Model	SUSE Linux version	Hardware Support							Remark:
		Video	Sound	Ethernet	Wireless	Bluetooth	Power Management	Other
HP Pavilion dv5000	10.3 DVD 32-bit								wireless needs firmware installation. most fn keys work.
	11.1 DVD 32-bit
	11.1 DVD 64-bit
HP Pavilion dv5003cl	10.2 DVD 64-bit				1)			*)	1) With Ndiswrapper, native drivers installed but cannot connect. Touchpad DVD and Quickplay Supports 1280x800 screen resolution. Most fn keys work.
HP Pavilion dv5118tx	10.2 DVD 32bit	1)	2)		3)			4)	1) Using SDB:NVIDIA. 2) Volume buttons work, but mute button does not work. 3) Intel 3945ABG card. 4) Touchpad horizontal scroll not working. All hardware was detected, also card reader was working after bit of tweaking.
HP Pavilion dv5-1150ef	11.1 LiveCD 64bit	1)	2)						1) Using ATI drivers. 2) You must set file "/etc/modprobe.d/sound" content to this: options snd slots=snd-hda-intel # u1Nb.Jqboh86TqAC:82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller options snd-hda-intel enable_msi=1 model=hp-m4 alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel
Pavilion dv5255ea	10.1

dv 6XXX xx

Model	SUSE Linux version	Hardware Support							Remark:
		Video	Sound	Ethernet	Wireless	Bluetooth	Power Management	Other
Pavilion dv6000z AMD Turion 64x2 TL-56	12.1 DVD 32 bit	1)			2)			3)	1) GeForce Go 6150 installed 2) Needs b43 firmware 3) Card Reader sees SD but not xD
Pavilion dv6005ea	10.2 DVD 32 bit				1)			2)	1) with ndiswrapper 2) 1280x800 24 bit 3D, with NVIDIA propriatary driver. Very buggy unless you boot with "iommu=off noirqdebug"
HP Pavilion dv6132eu	10.2, 64-bit	1)						2)	1) with latest nVidia drivers, 3D and Xgl 2) touchpad 2) remote control working Wireless: Installed ndiswrapper off SuSE 10.2 installation DVD; Downloaded Dell version of driver and set noapic option in Grub bootloader to prevent hanging during boot at the 'setting up hardware clock' stage
HP Pavilion dv6000	11.0, 64-bit, Install from live cd								Everything but hotkeys work however you must set acpi=off, and wireless must be ndiswrapper
Pavilion dv6186ea	10.2, 64-bit, DVD	1)						2)	1) working with new nvidia driver 2) Touchpad 2) Wireless 2) modem 2) card reader 2) webcam 1280x800, Flawless installation, still have to check all those .
HP Pavilion dv6230br AMD Turion 64 MK-36	11, 64-bit, Install from OS dvd	1)	2)			3)			Everything ok! 1) nVidia Geforce Go6150 2) Altec Lansing 3) Works with USB BlueTooth adapter
HP Pavilion dv6325us Turion 64x2	10.2 64-bit + 11.1 64-bit	1)				2)	3)	4)	1) 1280x800 out of the box - nVidia driver to get 3d accel. from nVidia site loaded via command line in Failsafe Mode: NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-9755.pkg2.run 2) haven't tried 3) suspend to disk works, haven't tried suspend to memory 4) touchpad 4) haven't tried remote control 4) Wireless: doesn't work oob - 11.1 works with kndisinstaller + xp 64-bit driver noapic option in Grub bootloader needed in 10.2, not 11.1 Synaptics control software/touchpad work fine. The volume and mute media softkeys at the top of the keyboard are supported correctly :-)
HP Pavilion dv6335eu AMD Turion 64x2	10.2 DVD 64 bit	1)			2)	3)		4)	1) nVidia Geforce Go6150; 3-D + XGL works 2) with ndiswrapper. 3) Does work with USB Bluetooth adapter 4) remote controle works partially as do the buttons. Touchpad works fully. X won't start on prop nVidia drivers due to nVidia kernel issues (?). Manually console install of nVidia bin file works.
HP Pavilion dv6338se AMD Turion 64x2	11.1 DVD 64 bit	1)			2)			3)	1) nVidia GeForce Go6150 works perfectly at 1280x800. Binary Driver gets 3d accel. XGL works too. 2) Works out of the box, but you have to run install_bcm43xx_firmware 3) Webcam works too. No kernel parameters needed to boot and operate.
HP Pavilion dv6508tx	10.2, 64-bit	1)	2)	3)	4)		5)	6)	1) nVidia driver to get 3d accel, 1280x800 and brightness setting 2) trying ALSA-hg 3) RTL8101E driver needed. 4) with ndiswrapper 1.47 5) Speedstep 5) IDA 6) touchpad, remote control (partially), Quickplay buttons (partially) 6) Webcam, fingerprint reader, media card reader Ethernet card driver: http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=14&PFid=7&Level=5&Conn=4&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false nVidia driver how-to: http://www.suse.de/~sndirsch/nvidia-installer-HOWTO.html ndiswrapper repo: http://software.opensuse.org/download/home:/andrewd18/openSUSE_10.2/ IPW 4965AGN driver for WinXP64: http://downloadcenter.intel.com/filter_results.aspx?strTypes=all&ProductID=2753&OSFullName=&lang=eng&strOSs=43&submit=Go%21 Fingerprint reader: http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/How_to_enable_the_fingerprint_reader Webcam: http://forums.suselinuxsupport.de/index.php?showtopic=53821
HP Pavillion dv6516tx	11.0 DVD, 64-bit	1)	2)					3)	1) With nvidia binary driver LCD brightness, fingerprint reader working,webcam working with uvcvideo
HP Pavilion dv6524ei	10.3 DVD, 64-bit	1)			2)	3)	4)	5)	1) with latest NVidia drivers 2) (with ndiswrapper) 3) (appears to work but haven't been able to perform successful pairing) 4) Suspend - works through console but key is bound to log out and cannot change this (?) 4) Hibernate- - power seems to be lost and cannot resume 5) Touchpad 5) Webcam 5) Fingerprint Reader Media shortcut keys work Audio works but not able to control between headphones and speakers
HP Pavilion dv6530ew	10.3 DVD, 32-bit	1)	2)		3)		4)	5)	1) with latest NVidia drivers 2) *(see notes) 3) *(see notes) 4) Suspend to disk 4) Suspend to RAM 4) hotplug to USB ports doesn't work 5) Touchpad 4) Webcam In order to make sound working add following repository: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/multimedia:/audio/openSUSE_10.3_Update/ and install alsa-driver-kmp package. You may need to adjust recording volume controls from command line using:  % amixer set "Mic Boost" 3  % amixer set Digital 0dB  % amixer set Capture 20dB (see Bug 357450 for more information) I haven't tried to install wireless drivers with ndisswrapper because native drivers exist and are supposed to work. See Bug 358337 for more information. I added reports for suspending and hotplug problems, see Bug 357452 and Bug 358336.
HP Pavilion dv6590ec	10.3 RC1 DVD 32bit	1)	2)	3)	4)		5)	6)	1) Proprietary Nvidia drivers working fine (with 3D) 2) with latest alsa (1.0.15rc3), module hda-intel 3) Realtek 8101E - wake-on-lan must be enabled in windows, otherwise windows driver turn off PHY on shutdown/restart 4) intel 3945ABG card 5) suspend2ram (use -f option for s2ram), hibernate and CPU Frequency Throttlingdoes work, brightness control doesn't work (but does work out-of-box on F8 Test2 using kernel 2.6.23) 6) touchpad works, webcam work out-of-box, card reader not tested, modem not working, fimgerprint reader not working Quick Media buttons and remote control generate normal key events. The biggest problem si that brightness controll is not working - which is critical when nb running on batteries.
HP Pavilion dv6704nr	11.1 64-bit LiveCD	1)			2)			3)	1) Video defaults to VESA. Install latest NVIDIA drivers from the NVIDIA repo and make the change in your video settings for it to take effect. Looks great. 2) Laptop uses Atheros chipset. Install latest MadWiFi drivers from the MadWiFi repo and wireless works like a charm. Currently managing it via KNetworkManager. 3) HP QuickPlay keys sort of work out of the box. Volume controls PCM in KMix, but you want to change it to the Front. Install hotkeys and you'll be able to configure the rest of the QuickPlay keys to do whatever you want.
HP Pavilion dv6736nr	10.3 DVD	1)			2)		3)	4)	1) With latest NVidia drivers. Need to use drivers from NVidia's website otherwise system to defaults to VESA driver. Once the driver is installed 3D is enabled, you can use an external monitor, and make other adjustments with NVidia's tool. 2) Laptop uses Atheros chipset but Madwifi doesn't support it. Works fine with NDISwrapper. Followed instructions from {http://www.andrewd18.com/ndiswrapper/ndiswrapperinfo-gui.php] everything went smoothly. 3) System locks up when trying to hibernate won't suspend system not recognized by pmutils so will have to wait 4) Builtin Webcam 4) Media Keys 4) Remote Everything else works great except for hibernate/suspend (don't use it so not a major issue. Linux actually runs faster and lasts longer on the battery than Vista which was preinstalled. While Vista has problems playing 480p content Linux will play 1080p just fine. I've used it to make presentations hooked up to a projector. The media keys work except for the Quickplay button (DVD button pulls up Amarok). Remote works too (uses equivalent keys on keyboard) Haven't tried light-scribe will update when I do Works much better than Vista dumping windows for good now.
HP Pavilion dv6815nr	11.2 64bit	1)						6)	1) Nvidia GeForce 7150 with nvidia driver, uses nv by default) 6) Conexant HSF modem works with Linuxant driver
Pavilion dv6855el	openSUSE 10.3 openSUSE 11.0						1)		See article HP Pavilion dv6855el. 1) 10.3 1) 11.0
Pavilion dv6840el	openSUSE 10.3 openSUSE 11.0						1)		See article HP Pavilion dv6855el that provide information for 6840 too. 1) 10.3 1) 11.0

dv 6

Model	SUSE Linux version	Hardware Support							Remark:
		Video	Sound	Ethernet	Wireless	Bluetooth	Power Management	Other
HP Pavilion dv6-1216sa AMD Turion X2 (RM-74)	11.2 x86_64	(1)			(2)		(3)	(4)	(1) ATI Display drivers not available yet (2) Hardware switch (3) Power management Power button configurable Display brightness configurable Lid close action configurable Restart Hibernate Sleep (4)Peripheral hardware Touchpad with edge scroll Multimedia quick controls Mic Webcam
HP Pavilion dv6-1053cl Intel T7450	11.1 i586		1)		2)		3)	4)	1) Adding " options snd-hda-intel enable_msi=1 model=hp-m4 " to the start of the /etc/modprobe.d/sound file should fix sound in openSUSE-11.1. 2) Works perfectly using NetworkManager. The wireless LED on the laptop blinks during usage. 3) Power Management work Suspend to RAM wont wake up properly Suspend to Disk is OK Screen brightness can be changed. 4) Touchpad 4) Multimedia quick controls 4) Mic and Webcam
HP Pavilion dv6z-1000 CTO Entertainment Notebook PC AMD	11.1 x86_64		(1)					2)	1) Adding " options snd-hda-intel enable_msi=1 model=hp-m4 " to the start of the /etc/modprobe.d/sound file should fix sound in openSUSE-11.1. 2) Touchpad 2) Multimedia quick controls 2) Fingerprint Reader

dv 7

Model	SUSE Linux version	Hardware Support							Remark:
		Video	Sound	Ethernet	Wireless	Bluetooth	Power Management	Other
HP Pavilion dv7t 1000 Intel T9400 GeForce 9600M	11.1 x86_64, 11.2 x86_64	1)	2)					4)	1) With a driver from nvidia 2) Alsa options: model=hp-m4 and enable_msi=1 4) Touchpad 4) Multimedia quick controls
HP Pavilion dv7 1030 AMD Turion RM-70 ATI Radeon HD 3450 (M82)	openSUSE 11.1 both i586 and x86_64	1)	2)		3)			4)	1) opensource radeon driver 2) in /etc/modprobe.d/sound : options snd-hda-intel model=hp-m4 3) opensource ath9k driver 4) touchpad , use gsynaptics to configure Soft buttons Volume Up / Down Bluetooth toggle but Toggle Mute
HP Pavilion dv7 1262eg Intel core 2 duo P7450 GeForce 9600M GT	openSUSE 11.1 i586	1)	2)					4)	1) With a opensource driver 2) Alsa options: model=Intel-82801l 4) Touchpad 4) Webcam 4) Multimedia quick controls
HP Pavilion dv7-1285dx Intel P8600 2.40 GHz GeForce 9600M GT	openSUSE 11.2 x86_64	1)	2)	3)	3)		4)	5) 6) 7) 8) 9)	1) With the drivers from NVidia repository 2) Enter the following Alsa options using advanced sound configuration in YaST model=hp-m4 enable_msi=1 3) Works perfectly using NetworkManager. 4) Power Management work perfectly in KDE4.3 Screen brightness can be changed. Sleep and Hibernate work well. 5) Touchpad works perfectly 6) Multimedia quick controls Just map the keys in KDE4 Systemsettings. Mute works (LED does not turn red though). HP MediaSmart key does nothing 7) Webcam works 8) 5-in-1 Card Reader works well 9) Haven't tried Remote yet
HP Pavilion dv7-4190us Intel® Core™ i7-720QM Processor 1.60GHz HD 5650 graphics with 1024MB DDR3	openSUSE 11.3 x86_64 GNOME distro	1)	2)	3)	4)		5)	6) Synaptics Touchpad	1) With the latest 10.10 ATI Catalyst drivers 2) Enter the following Alsa options using advanced sound configuration in YaST model=ref (anything else I tried, hp-dv5, hp-dv4, hp-dvx... mutes the subwoofer! also remember to use alsamixer and set "Mono Mux" to "DAC1" so the subwoofer sounds cleaner) 3) Etherneet works perfectly using NetworkManager. 4) Wireless works perfeclty after you install install_bcm43xx_firmware and broadcom-wl 5) Power Management works well in GNome Screen brightness can be changed (it do not saves the brightness level, so each restart you have to fn+f3 to get it brighter) Sleep and Hibernate work well (remember to have as much swap as ram memory) 6) Touchpad works well, but synaptics options works randomly well i.e. if you set disable touchpad while typing, after a while you notice this option stop working until you restart or reset the option, also if you enable tapping its a pain to type without accidentally clicking somewhere else, I am still looking for a solution... Multimedia quick controls Webcam works 5-in-1 Card Reader works well
HP Pavilion dv7-4104ca AMD Turion II P540 2.40 GHz MobilityRadeon HD 4250 on AMD M880G (HP 1442)	openSUSE 12.1 x86_64 GNOME	1)					2)	3) 4) 5) 6) 7)	1) Using the open-source RadeonHD driver. 2) Need to add acpi_osi=Linux to the boot line for Suspend and Hibernate to function (with Insyde BIOS F.27). 3)Touchpad functions correctly. 4)There is no indication of Internet traffic (the WiFi LED does not flash during data transfer). 5) DVI and HDMI ports not tested. 6) Optical drive reads correctly; Write is not tested. 7) Internal multi-card reader not tested.
HP Pavilion dv7-4190us Intel® Core™ i7-720QM Processor 1.60GHz HD 5650 graphics with 1024MB DDR3	openSUSE 11.4 x86_64 KDE4.6 distro	1)	2)	3)	4)		5)	6) Synaptics Touchpad	1) With lastest ATI repo 2) Enter the following Alsa options using advanced sound configuration in YaST model=hp-dv7-4000 (anything else I tried, hp-dv5, hp-dv4, hp-dvx... mutes the subwoofer! 3) Ethernet works perfectly using KNetworkManager. 4) Wireless works perfeclty using KNetworkManager. 5) Power Management is not perfect , may need some tweaking Sometimes when you sleep the notebook it wont sleep and the screen stays on and cpu fan start to spin fast, so powerbutton 5 secs and shutdown is the only way out. Hibernate seems to work fine most of the times, but sometimes it behaves like the sleep problem (still looking for a solution with pm-util and s2ram tweaking 6) Touchpad works fine! Multimedia quick controls Webcam works Card Reader works well Fingerprint reader

dv 8XXX xx

Model	SUSE Linux version	Hardware Support							Remark:
		Video	Sound	Ethernet	Wireless	Bluetooth	Power Management	Other
Pavilion dv8000z	10.0 Retail DVD, 64-bit				1)	2)	3)	4)	1) Built-in Broadcom card not detected, but Linksys WPC55AG cardbus worked out of the box. 2) The Broadcom card wasn't detected for wireless, so I assume that its Bluetooth functions don't work either, but I haven't tried. 3) suspend to disk 3) suspend to RAM not tested 4) Touchpad works, but for some reason neither YAST nor KDE is able to disable it even when you tell them to (I hate touchpads). Fortunately I was able to tape some cardboard over it to effectively disable it. Of course, if you like touchpads, then there's no problem. Important: If you're doing the 64-bit installtion you must add the boot option "noapic" or the video won't work (use F3 at the install prompt). 32-bit doesn't seem to need the extra boot option. Other than that, the install went perfectly. If you want the wireless to work, I'd recommend the Linksys WPC55AG wireless card since that worked for me, but if want a different card, make sure that you check compatability before you buy one (http://linux-wless.passys.nl/ is a good site), particularly if you're running in 64-bit mode. You're pretty much going to want a card that works with the kernel since it's difficult to get 64-bit Windows drivers for ndiswrapper to use.
Pavilion dv8025EA	10.0 DVD Retail - 32 Bit	1)					2)	3)	1) working, with ATI drivers* 2) haven't tested 3) Sometimes doesn't power off/reboot automatically (need to hold the power button for 4 seconds) Inbuilt memory card reader doesn't work IMPORTANT - requires acpi=noirq to install and boot. I haven't tried dual head, TV out, PCMCIA, the new PCMIA style slot or modem Converting a CD to OGG in KDE cause the pointer to go crazy if you touch the track pad, works fine afterward (must be an IDE problem). * Proprietary ATI drivers require you to share 128MB of system RAM with the graphics card (freezes or loads default unaccellerated drivers otherwise). ** I couldn't get the wireless working with NDISWrapper in 64-bit even with latest NDISWrapper and 64-Bit XP drivers. I suspect the 64-bit XP drivers were not suitable
Pavilion DV8040US	10.0 Retail DVD	1)			2)		3)	4)	1) Working, with ATI drivers 2) Ndiswrapper .tar "stable" w/ Windows 64bit driver 3) Working - sus to disk & RAM not tested 4) Touchpad-tapping & scrolling works, modem not tested, , Sound ok. No problems with install. Must use boot options - "acpi=force noapic noirq" at boot prompt during install "F3". Also add to Grub using Yast.
HP dv8284	10.2 DVD 32bit	1)	2)				3)	4)	1) 3D/Xgl/beryl - drivers need install 2) Although Microphone NOT working 3) NO suspend at all 4) The telecontrol 4) Quick-Play keys 4) 5in1 card reader Battery lasts 3h-6h while in Microsoft Windows keeps for maximum 2h with the same minimum use. Sometimes doesn't shutdown, sometimes does not boot. In general its working 90% fine
HP dv8295	10.2 DVD 32bit	1)	2)					3)	1) (had probs with 10.1 and earlier) 2) although seems quiet 3) Some hot keys 3) Quick-Play keys Haven't tested this machine extensively yet, but have been running 10.2/KDE as main system for about 6 weeks, and haven't run into **any** problems at all (not even a crash!)

dv 9XXX xx

Model	SUSE Linux version	Hardware Support							Remark:
		Video	Sound	Ethernet	Wireless	Bluetooth	Power Management	Other
Pavilion dv9000	10.2, 64-bit 1) 10.3, 64-bit 2)				3)				1) 10.2: tried to install version 10.2, but after preparation of the installation, the hdd cant be found. So no installation possible atm. 2) 10.3: Was able to install without any difficulties. However, upon boot I needed to type "noapic" on the boot options line to get it to boot. Other than that everything works perfectly. 3) 10.3: with ndiswrapper 4) 10.3: Touchpad
Pavilion dv9000ea	10.2, 64-bit								some ACPI problems (e.g. system crash when setting the hardware clock, no access to the secondary hdd) that can be avoided by adding "acpi=bios" to the boot options.
Pavilion dv9033cl	10.2 Retail DVD, 64-bit	1)			2)				1) without 3d *(see notes to enable 3d) 2) * see notes Big improvement over 10.1! Installation was a piece of cake and MUCH faster. This system was purchased new in October 2006. has had 10.1 on it as well. Has dual 100 gb SATA hard drives. nVidia GeForce Go 7600, and Centrino Duo ICH7 audio, etc. Will report more as finish tweaks and updates. Just installed 10.2 on this system on 2007-01-04. Audio workds but not able to control between headphones and speakers, will likely have to do as in 10.1 from the following (link coming soon):... Wireless works initially under Network Manager, but starts to become "flaky" under load when using WEP. Need to use updated ipw3945 and ieee80211 (http://ipw3945.sourceforge.net/#downloads)‌. May have to disable NM and only run under ifup/down (testing still). WEP still doesn't work reliably under 10.1 or 10.2 with Network Manager nor with ifup/down until update ipw & ieee. Video 3d - have to download nVidia drivers for 3d from http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html - DO NOT enable Xgl before installing the nVidia driver, system will be so slow as to be unusable. DVD-DL-Lightscribe (report coming soon). TV-Tuner card (report coming soon). Built-in webcam (report coming). Hotkeys & Fn Keys (works! when hotkeys in sysconfig enabled). IR Remote (report coming). Modem (report coming). Memcard slot (report coming). HDMI (report coming). Expansion slot (n/a yet). Touchpad vertical scroll works, no horizontal scroll (yet). Microphone (report coming).
Pavilion dv9033 custom built (loaded - p/n:EZ379AV)	10.2 Retail DVD, 64-bit	1)	2)		3)	4)	5)		1) with 3d *(see notes to enable 3d) 2) *(see notes) 3) *(see notes) 4) *(maybe) 5) *(partial) Installation was a piece of cake and fast. This system was custom ordered/configured through the Costco/HP site on February 2007. CPU: Duo Core2 2.0 Ghz T7200. Has dual 120 gb SATA hard drives setup as (Linux software md) RAID1 mirror array nVidia GeForce Go 7600 PureVideo HD. and Centrino Duo ICH7 audio. Has all updates as of May 30th, 2007 Audio works but not able to control between headphones and speakers, with normal Suse packages and updates. Had to download and install manually the latest ALSA drivers to get it to switch, but still a little odd, have to mute/unmute to make it switch (doesn't detect automatically inserting/removing headphone jack properly). Wireless works initially under Network Manager, but starts to become "flaky" under load when using WEP.Need to use updated ipw3945 and ieee80211 (http://ipw3945.sourceforge.net/#downloads)‌. Have to disable Network Manager and only run under ifup/down too. Video 3d - have to download nVidia drivers for 3d from http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html DO NOT enable Xgl before installing the nVidia driver, system will be so slow as to be unusable. HD-DVDW TS-L802A has lots of problems. Can Burn, but can not read burned CDs or DVDs (but other computers or players can _usually_ read them, can not reliably read DVDs and CDs. There is a partial work-around listed at: http://hawkes-haven.com/blog/making-hd-dvd-toshibats-l802a-able-to-read-under-linux. TV-Tuner card (report coming soon). Built-in webcam (report coming). Hotkeys & Fn Keys (works, when hotkeys in sysconfig enabled - worked by default). IR Remote (report coming). Modem (report coming). Multi Memory ( SD, MS/Pro, MMC, XD) card slot (report coming). PCI Express card slot works (use Verizon broadband Internet card with it). HDMI (report coming). Expansion slot (n/a yet). Touchpad vertical scroll works, no horizontal scroll (yet). Microphone not working. SPDIF (report pending). ACPI works partially (fan works, though runs hotter than under XP). LCD Screen brightness, can't control from Linux, have to boot into windows to set, then boot back, default went automaticallydim when unplugged and bright whe plugged, but could not control it manually. Hibernate (not yet tried to configure).
Pavilion dv9053ea	10.2, 64-bit							*)	system freezes when setting the hardware clock:solution boot with apm=off, acpi=off noapic then change in /etc/sysconfig/System/environment/clock/SYSTOHC=NO and reboot normally.
HP Pavilion 9210us	10.2 DVD 64-bit	1)	2)		3)			*)	1) With Nvidia Drivers 2) Headphone (dual jacks) and mic not working 3) With Ndiswrapper, USB wireless with Ndiswrapper as well touchpad works Remote volume, app launch, and power on/off works Touch volume/mute works, other touch buttons will only power on the laptop (quickplay, dvd, ff, rw, stop. play) Supports 1440x900 screen resolution certain fn keys working (www,display out,sleep,lock) others not working
HP Pavilion dv9265la	10.3 DVD 32-bit	1)						*)	1) With Nvidia Drivers Touchpad works Remote volume, app launch, and power on/off works Touch volume/mute works, other touch buttons will only power on the laptop (quickplay, dvd, ff, rw, stop. play)
HP Pavilion dv9500t	10.3 KDE CD 64bit	1)			2)			3)	1) Loaded Nvidia drivers working very nicely with compi!. 2) Card is Intel 4965 agn card, using driver iwlwifi, drops wifi randomly! Put a bug report in last night 3) System sort of worked under 10.2 but didn't get wifi working and max resolution was 1024x786. 10.3 is working nicely. Bluetooth mouse was easy to find. BTW love the new update manager, so much better than zmd. 10.3 for this system is the way to go!
Pavilion dv9568EA	11.2 DVD, 32-bit, 11.3 DVD upgrade							*)	Clean install on machine with all vestiges of Windows wiped from system. Easiest and smoothest install of any openSUSE on any machine since I started using Linux. Everything worked right from the start. (Haven't had time to install lightscribe yet but I see no reason why it won't work, works in 10.3 on my dv9572EA see below). Boot time is really impressive. To avoid potential issues with boot splash select vga=0x0365 at initiall install. Absolutely brilliant! Upgraded to 11.3 and KDE 4.5 no issues.
Pavilion dv9572EA	10.3 DVD, 32-bit UPDATE 11.2 UPGRADE							*)	Although post install there were problems with Sound the latest updates cured this. Everything works including 3D graphics, WebCam, TV/DVB, LightScribe, bluetooth, wireless etc. and functions normally except for the Finger Print Scanner, which really isn't an issue, would be nice though. Looks as if we may have to wait a little while for a driver for this device.UPDATE: Authentec AES2501 fingerprint scanner now configured and fully operational. So now absolutely everything works! 11.2 UPGRADE (DUAL BOOT WITH VISTA) - AS FOR MY DV9568EA ABOVE EVERYTHING WORKED FROM INITIAL INSTALL ABSOLUTELY NO ISSUES!
Pavilion dv9576EA	11.1 DVD, 32-bit		1)	2)				*) 3)	1) Built in Microphone not working. 2) Ethernet untested, device is recognised. 3) Fingerpting scanner untested. Compiz in GNOME randomly crashes. KDE flawless.
Pavilion dv9683es	10.3 DVD, 64-bit								Although post install there were problems with Sound the latest alsa updates fixed it. Everything works including 3D graphics, WebCam, LightScribe, bluetooth, wireless etc.
Pavilion dv9683es	11.0 DVD, 64-bit								Everything works including 3D graphics, WebCam, LightScribe, bluetooth, wireless etc.
HP Pavilion dv9700	10.3 DVD 64-bit						1)	*)	1) hibernate hangs during snapshot phase touchpad works
HP Pavilion dv9700 CTO	11.0 DVD 64-bit								1) Fingerprint scanner does not work

Elitebook

Model	SUSE Linux version	Hardware Support							Remark:
		Video	Sound	Ethernet	Wireless	Bluetooth	Power Management	Other
HP 2530p	11.1,11.4 DVD 64-bit						1)	2,3,4,5)	1) Suspend to ram does not come back, suspend to disk works ok 2) Webcam works, tested with Kopete Yahoo IM 3) 3D works great, tested using comiz-fusion on KDE 3.5 4) IMPORTANT! In the BIOS Setup, go to System Configuration, Device Configuration and DISABLE "Fan Always on while on AC Power", otherwise you won't be able to boot. 5) If you have problems activating wireless and bluetooth together, go into the BIOS and do a reset to defaults, just remember afterwards to also do #4 above.
HP 2760p Convertible Tablet PC	12.1 Live CD 32-bit							1,2,3,4,5,6,7	1) Touch and Stylus work out of the box. Rotation accomplished via hp_wmi, req. Magick Rotation and a patch to accomplish rotation. 2) Fingerprint reader unsupported 3) Smartcard reader not tested 4) on-screen keyboards do not work on login screen, password dialog boxes, run command dialog. Must rotate screen and use physical keyboard. Assitive technologies is buggy, default OSKB (Caribou?) incomplete. Recommend installing OnBoard in addition to Caribou and using both to accomplish 100% input functionality 5) Did not test ambient light sensor 6) Bezel buttons and thumb toggle require mapping and tweaking but can be made to work using xbindkeys for esc, and rotation - thumb toggle push for CR works out of the box, up/down must be mapped manually 7) Did not test PC Card slot ~robbyb413
HP 8440p	11.4 DVD 84_64	1)			2)			3,4)	1) Tested with 1600x900, Intel graphics. 2) If equipped with Broadcom BCM4312 802.11bg, Broadcom WL (STA) driver is required. bc43 driver does not work.     http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php (include patch) 3) Internal HP Webcam ok. 4) Fingerprint does not work.
HP 8730w	11.1 DVD 64-bit		1)			not tested	2)	3,4,5,6,7)	Sound works but you need to add options snd-hda-intel model=laptop in /etc/modprobe.d/sound (can be done through YAST). Keyboard mute is not syncronized with mixer mute. Increase/Decrease volume keyboard shortcuts need to be set up manualy. KDE4 screen lock problem Keyboard brightness control does not work. dhcp doesn't announce hostname. You need to uncomment send host-name in /etc/dhclient.conf For the kernel to boot, you need to disable the option "Fan always on" in BIOS settings. Suspend to disk does not work. This is due to the encrypted swap partition. SD card insertions is not detected. For bug report and workaround see: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 Host Adapter: Card insertion not detected

nc XXXX

Model	SUSE Linux version	Hardware Support							Remark:
		Video	Sound	Ethernet	Wireless	Bluetooth	Power Management	Other
nc6000	10.0,10.1,11.0,11.1	1)			2)		3)	4)	1) 11.0, 11.1: ATI fglrx driver for Mobility Radeon 9600 not preinstalled. ATI fglrx video driver fails to install automatically, manually: vesa driver functional. 2) (more info) 3) Suspend to disk works, suspend to RAM works on 10.1 and 11.1 Suspend to ram works in 10.1 but not in 10.0. 4) Touchpad modem Infra red PCMCIA SD card
nc6220	10.1,10.2,10.3.RC1, 10.3, 11.0						1)	2)	1) 10.1:Suspend to disk works, but fails to come back with XGL, ok W/o XGL. 10.3: Suspend-to-RAM broken 2) Touchpad ok, modem ok, irda?, Sound ok, volume keys ok incld. OSD, wifi ok incld. radio switch, brightness +, - & auto work w/o OSD Volume keys only work from 10.2, Use snd-intel8x0m + slmodemd for the modem, need smlink package from non-oss repo nc6230 is same system w/ ATI graphics -- should work 11.0 - SD card reader works out of box - Wifi is Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG - HP integrated Bluetooth module (Broadcom, usb device) - need to turn on wifi button - Printer - HP DeskJet 3940 - after installing HPLIP driver works fine
nx6320	11.1							1)	1) Fingerprint reader works, the hardware. Not connected to the userauthentication. There are tutorials available. Everything works out of the box. Including wifi!
nc6400	10.1,10.2	1)					2)	3)	1) [2] 2) Suspend to disk, suspend to RAM works. (Upgrade your kernel and pm-utils with latest patches to make sure it does.) 3) Touchpad ok, modem?, irda ok, Sound ok, wifi ok, Biometric Fingerprint Sensor not working, Integrated Smart Card Reader Not Working, TPM 1.2 Embedded Security Chip Not Working. ATI X1300 display in Suse 10.1 show only 128MB but Windows Xp show 512MB. Do not know why but so far working great. KDE KPowersave (Set Brightness Not Supported - IBM work great in this area). Tried out Xinerama dual head - works like a breeze even for 1900x1200 and 1440x920
nc8230, PV406	9.3 Retail	1)					2)	*)	1) With ATI Binary Driver 2) (see notes; suspend to ram fails) ) Touchpad & Trackpoint ok, modem?, irda?, SD? ATI Binary Driver (> 25.18) is required for OpenGL hardware acceleration, Suspend to Disk, DualHead or Xinerama. An annoying high-pitched noise produced by faulty electronics can be eliminated by adding "options processor max_cstate=2" to /etc/modprobe.conf (affects a whole series of intel chipsets with integrated bluetooth). Touchpad (including horizontal scrolling), Bluetooth and Wireless worked out of the box (maybe after Yast-Update). Installing 10.0 failed due to common ACPI problems (known and fixed in 10.1 AFAIK).
HP nc8430	10.2	1)					2)	3)	1) with 3D and XGL and compiz/beryl 2) Suspend to Disk 2) Suspend to RAM 3) Touchpad 3) Modem 3) Hot Keys (some of them most of the time ;-) This laptop (as many other HP laptops in this page) suffers from "bad state" problem. Laptop goes into "bad state" whenever it is shutdown or rebooted from SUSE. Possible indicators of the problem are: CPU not reaching maximum frequency (speedstepping does not work), battery indicator is not updated when running under battery power, long delay (20s) when booting. This problem survives reboot. One workarround is to boot to Windows or to remove power and battery, and wait for up to 20 seconds. The solution is to use kernel from | here or latest online-update-kernel. see | bug-179702. This bug is fixed in the latest kernel, and might get into openSUSE 10.3. It is also important to use the latest BIOS version from HP. to get wlan, fglrx or any other kmp-drivers to work again after kernel-update, just get source-rpm of required kmp-package and rebuild rpm or reinstall driver (in case of fglrx). For 3D graphics problem fixes look at: | ATI Driver | ATI Driver Howto | bug-222993 | bug-233112

nx XXXX

Model	SUSE Linux version	Hardware Support							Remark:
		Video	Sound	Ethernet	Wireless	Bluetooth	Power Management	Other
nx5000	10.0RC1				1)		2)	*)	1) After firmware install 2) Suspend to Disk ok, Suspend to RAM not reliable. Touch pad ok, infrared ?,SD no, Modem ?
nx6110	10.0RC1						1)	2)	1) Suspend to disk works, as does suspend to RAM 2) Touchpad ok, modem?, irda?, Sound ok Flawless install.Laptop halts instead of shutdown or reboot after Linux has shutdown. Probable solution, install kernel. It should be fixed any way in next kernel update.
nx6125	10.3, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4							1)	1) finger print reader won't work No real problems except the usual ATi related issues.
nx6325	10.3 Alpha 3	1)			2)			3)	1) without 3D. Did not try latest ATI drivers 2) with ndiswrapper and bcmwl5.inf driver 3) finger print reader doesn't work Kernel 2.6.21-rc5 fixes ACPI and DSDT problems. Fans working now. TZ1,TZ2,TZ3 sensors working. 'Bad state' on shutdown solved. Suffers from the 'Radeon Annoying bug' so no init 5 after install. After fixing xorg.conf - Workaround: Disable the MergedFB option - init 5 works fine. Runs very stable for an 'Alpha' version.
nx7010	10.1				1)		2)	*)	1) After firmware install 2) Suspend to Disk ok, Suspend to RAM needs boot parameter "acpi_sleep=s3_bios". touch pad ok, infrared ?, SD ?, Firewire ?, Modem ? Radeon Mobility 9200 Card now recognized automatically. Dualhead works out-of-the-box.
nx7300	10.2	1)					2)	3)	1) With 3D 2) Suspend to Disk 2) Suspend to RAM 3) Touchpad 3) Modem 3) Hot Keys Broadcom wireless card works With Intel Celeron processor, Intel graphics card, Broadcom wireless and ethernet cards, 1GB of RAM and 80GB HDD I haven't noticed the "bad state" problem mentioned for other HP laptops. Suspend to RAM works, but is not enabled by default. You should edit /etc/pm/config to force use of s2ram (change line S2RAM_OPTS="" to S2RAM_OPTS="-f"). On resume display backlight is off, but can be turned on using Fn+Brightness button. Ethernet works after resume, power management (fan) works as well. Wireless survives resume. Touchpad doesn't survive resume. Installing kernel 2.6.21 solves this. Broadcom wireless card works with bcm43xx driver and kernel 2.6.21. The Intel graphics card in the laptop works with 3D out of the box and plays nice with XGL and Beryl.
nx7400	10.2, 11.3	1)					2)	3)	1) with 3D 2) Suspend to Disk 2) Suspend to RAM 3) Touchpad 3) Modem 3) Hot Keys With "hotkey-setup" package Broadcom wireless card works, but only with ndiswrapper. This laptop (as many other HP laptops in this page) suffers from "bad state" problem. This problem no longer exists since openSUSE 10.3. The only real problems are with flickering screen (intel graphics) and some hassles setting up and configuring multiple monitors with Composition & Desktop effects enabled.
nx7400 (RU430ET)	10.2-10.3	1)					2)	3)	1) with 3D 2) Suspend to Disk 2) Suspend to RAM 3) Touchpad 3) Bluetooth 3) Modem 3) Hotkeys BIOS Version: F.0A Intel Wireless LAN 802.11a/b/g MOW2 Mini-PCI Card works out of the box None of the problems stated above (besides suspend to ram), perfect :)
nx8220, PY515EA	10.0 Retail						1)	*)	1) After instaling kernel, and setting "reboot=bios" in GRUB. Touchpad ok, Bluetooth?, modem?, irda?, SD? Flawless install, if not considerig problems with original kernel.
nx8220, PY538ES	10.2 DVD	1)						2)	1) 3D with radeon driver, also with new fglrx 8.32 (better performance) 2) Touchpad works, card reader works with little configuration Screen Resolution 1280x800 automatically configured after install, sound buttons work,hibernation ok.
nx9000	10.0						1)	2)	1) Suspend to disk works, suspend to RAM not 2) Touchpad ok, modem ok, irda ok, Sound ok Flawless install. Broadcom Wireless mini-PCI only works with ndiswrapper 1.7 and broadcom driver
nx9005	10.0,10.1	1)					2)	3)	1) without 3D 2) Suspend to disk works,but the network doesn't work after wake up 3) Touchpad ok, modem ok, Sound ok Everything works out of the box
nx9010	10.2	1)	2)				3)	*)	1) opensource radeon driver, 3D, beryl, kde translucency 2) side volume +,- buttons working, but not mute 3) Partial, Celeron CPU does not support scaling, but suspend to RAM and disk working Synaptics touchpad auto loaded, touchpad on,off switch working 768 Meg Ram, Celeron 2.0Ghz, not m-series. Suse eats XP.
nx9030	10.0, 10.1						1)	*)	1) Suspend to Disk ok touch pad ok infrared working Modem working with HSF modem driver, however modem not working with common driver. Wireless working well Acrox 8d mouse is not working well with full functions fwd-back buttons, 3d ball not working.
nx9110	9.3 10.0 10.1 10.2	1)			2)		3)	*)	1) 3D stability issues 2) not integrated 3) Suspend to disk ok. Touch Pad Modem Card Reader FireWire Suspending to RAM causes screen not responding on resume or kernel panic. Firewire and Card Reader not tested. Lockup issues with 3D propriety ATI driver .
nx9420	11.0				1)			* Touch Pad Modem FingerPrint Card Reader FireWire	1) iwl3945: Radio Frequency Kill Switch is On, Needed to reset bios to default to make wlan work 2) Installer could not save windows partition. Tried partition magic and it corrupted the disk. Probably not the installers problem. Needed to use BIOS to security option to wipe disk (only ran it to 20%) before it would stop giving error that rescue partition is missing.

ProBook

Model	SUSE Linux version	Hardware Support							Remark:
		Video	Sound	Ethernet	Wireless	Bluetooth	Power Management	Other
HP 4320s	11.4 DVD 32-bit				Forget hidden ESSID			Webcam Mobile Wireless (CDMA/HSDPA) (using KNetwork Manager Manager)
HP 4710s	11.1 DVD 64-bit						TBA	Webcam Mobile Wireless (CDMA/HSDPA) (using Gnome's Net Manager)
TBD	SuSE version

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Model	SUSE Linux version	Hardware Support							Remark:
		Video	Sound	Ethernet	Wireless	Bluetooth	Power Management	Other
tc1000	10.3	1)					2), 3)	*)	1) 2D ok, 3D requires proprietary driver with manual tweaks 2) Wacom Tablet/Pen features not working SuSE 10.2 & 10.3 is kind'a usable but a things do require a motivated user if you want to get past basic usage.
tc1100	10.3	1)					2)	*)	1) Some options required when using the proprietary 3d driver 2) Package update required Tablet Pen Pointing Stick PCMCIA Slot WLAN Modem IRDA Card Reader SuSE 10.3 is usable out of the box but a few things require recent updates especially to HAL and other hardware stuff. I got great support by the openSuSE Mobile Team (Thanks, Danny!): Virtual Keyboard to Login with Pen when the Tablet is closed Comfortable Tablet Pen configuration via SAX2
tc1100	11.3	1)				2)		*)	1) Nouveau driver works, no compositing yet though 2) Not tested For a full installation guide, see this guide
tc4200	10.0,10.2				1)		2)	*)	1) After firmware install 2) 10.0: Suspend to Disk and Suspend to RAM fail more info 2) 10.2: more info Touchpad Bluetooth modem irda Card Reader Wacom Stylus SuSE 10.0 is not working out of the box and there are some other issues also with openSUSE 10.2. More info.
tc4400	11.1	1)				Not Tested		2)	1) If you have a docking station, install un-docked and with no external monitor attached or you may have problems with the video resolution detection after install is completed. 2) Wacom Stylus/Tablet features In YaST, Hardware, Graphics Card and Monitor, Tablet, Activate Tablet, choose Tablet PCs, HP Compaq TC4400 (serial). Change to COM5, and add pen and eraser. 3) Other Hardware Touchpad Bluetooth modem irda Card Reader Fingerprint Scanner CPU Scaling My configuration tested on a default install of 11.1 32bit DVD using KDE4.1 Battery life just on 2hrs of normal usage (browsing, document editing etc) with Wifi on, and Dynamic CPU Performance scaling.

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Model	SUSE Linux version	Hardware Support							Remark:
		Video	Sound	Ethernet	Wireless	Bluetooth	Power Management	Other
HP Pavilion tx1000	10.3 DVD, 64-bit		1)		2)			3)	1) (see notes) 2) (with ndiswrapper, see notes) 3) Touchscreen works (see notes) 3) Touchpad 3) Webcam (see notes) Overall rather tricky. No problems with re-partitioning and dual-booting of Vista. Useful link: http://www.kellyandsopho.com/tiki/tiki-index.php?page=LinuxOnHpPaviliontx1000z - if you are installing the 64bit version, pass on the parameters to the kernel as described there in the initial boot of the system. The 32bit version boots out of the box. Sound also needs some fiddling (see link above) - and the headphone jacks are still not working, though the microphone is. Got the touchscreen working according to http://www.cnpbagwell.com/Tx1000/HomePage. Same for wireless. Shortcut keys came and went, but am too lazy to sort that. Though the uvcvideo driver for the webcam is installed out of the box, what was missing is v4l2 support, which can be obtained by downloading and installing pwlib-plugins-v4l2 from the "Build service". Remote control works, at least partially. Haven't tried the fingerprint reader, and light-scribe DVD.
HP Pavilion tx1316au	11.0 DVD, 64-bit				1)			2)	1) Wireless works with B43 + Firmware. (Not including Computer to Computer connection) For Computer to Computer connection must use ndiswrapper. WEP works.(Need to use NetworkManager-gnome) WPA is not tested. 2) Touchscreen works with TouchKit driver. However, every tap on the screen is registered as double click. 2) Webcam works out of the box. 2) Headphone jacks 2) Remote control 2) Microphone Not Tested: Fingerprint reader, light-scribe DVD Warning: If you have 4GB of Memory installed on the system and is using a kernel before 2.6.26. Please pass iommu=soft to kernel to prevent disk corruption after suspend/resume. See https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=435314 for details. Useful link: http://home.eeti.com.tw/web20/TouchKitDriver/linuxDriver.htm
HP Pavilion tx1316au	11.1 DVD, 64-bit				1)			2)	1) Wireless works with B43 + Firmware. (Not including Computer to Computer connection) WEP works.WPA is not tested. 2) Touchscreen works with TouchKit driver. However, every tap on the screen is registered as double click. 2) Webcam works out of the box. 2) Headphone jacks 2) Remote control 2) Microphone not tested. Others: Finger Reader got detected. However, kdm hangs on login page when the reader is activated. Suspend (both s2ram and s2disk) with 4GB Memory also works. Not Tested: light-scribe DVD Useful link: http://home.eeti.com.tw/web20/TouchKitDriver/linuxDriver.htm
HP Pavilion tx1316au	11.2 DVD, 64-bit				1)			2)	1) Wireless works with B43 + Firmware. Ad-Hoc, WEP, WPA work. 2) Touchscreen works with TouchKit driver but pointer movement is unbearably slow. 2) Webcam works out of the box. 2) Headphone and Microphone jacks 2) Remote control 2) Internal microphone . Others: Finger Reader got detected. However, recognition is poor. Not Tested: light-scribe DVD Useful link: http://home.eeti.com.tw/web20/TouchKitDriver/linuxDriver.htm
HP Pavilion TX2500Z	11.1 DVD, 64-bit		1)		2)			3) 4) 5)	1) Follow the instructions written on the jolt website. 2) Either build from sources or install broadcom-wl. Others: 3) You will need to configure the tablet, use sax. 4) By default the video driver is radeonhd, but you can also install fglrx to support video acceleration. 5) Fingerprint reader is also supported and integrated to unlock and login.

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Model	SUSE Linux version	Hardware Support							Remark:
		Video	Sound	Ethernet	Wireless	Bluetooth	Power Management	Other
Touchsmart tx2-1250ef	Tumbleweed DVD 64-bit
Touchsmart tx2-1250ef	12.3 DVD 64-bit	1)			2)			3) 4) 5) 6) 7)	1) USE Open Source driver RADEON. Proprietary driver from ATI DO NOT AND WILL NEVER WORK. 2) Broadcom wireless : just add Packman repository to download the broadcom proprietary driver. 3) fingerprint reader login works "out of the box" BUT come in addition to password login and NOT as a replacement. 4) remote control 5) webcam 6) Touchscreen now works out of the box, WITHOUT mutlitouch. Pen pressure works in GIMP. 7) Virtual keyboard on tablet mode : the virtual keyboard plasmoïd works in KDE4.
Touchsmart tx2z-1000	12.1 Live CD 32-bit	1)			2)	3)		4) 5) 6) 7) 8)	1) Touch and Stylus work fine out of the box with no drivers or config, single touch only using older N-Trig firmware (aka "Vista" firmware) so presumably the newer firmware multitouch would also work out of the box. Tested old (pre v1) version of Magick Rotation and display rotated but touch and stylus did not, did not test further. 2) Broadcom wireless - needs tweaking to work 3) Bluetooth works out of box, works find if laptop is just streaming audio but gets choppy and cuts out when multitasking - i.e. scrolling through Google Reader while listening can cause music to cut in and out 4) Fingerprint Reader AES1600 - detected, did not test enroll and login 5) Remote control works out of box 6) Webcam and integrated Mic work out of box, tested in Cheese 7) Card reader not tested 8) Caribou on-screen keyboard is installed and works for most functions out of the box. It does not recognize text entry fields with key applications such as Opera/Firefox/Chrome and other assorted apps for auto-unhide purposes, and as it minimizes to message tray it becomes inaccessible in tablet mode. Suggested workaround is to use gestures in EasyStroke, however could not get EasyStroke to invoke Caribou. GNOME3 crashes if you try to invoke "caribou" as a command. Installed Florence and used gestures in EasyStroke as a workaround until Caribou development is complete or until I find proper command to invoke ~robbyb413.
Touchsmart tx2-1250ef	11.1 DVD 64-bit	1)			1)			1) 2) 3) 4)	1) Touchscreen: follow instructions from OpenSUSE SDB. WARNING : that's really tricky under OpenSUSE 11.1 ! 2) fingerprint reader 3) remote control 4) webcam

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Model	SUSE Linux version	Hardware Support							Remark:
		Video	Sound	Ethernet	Wireless	Bluetooth	Power Management	Other
HP Omnibook xe4500	OpenSuSE 11.0 DVD 32bit	3D-acceleration OK					There are problems with battary, Fn-brightnes keys under PAE kernel. It seems OK with "kernel-default". But sometimes ACPI return wrong values for battary paramerers, as mentioned somewhere on this forum. Suspend to RAM/disk features not tested		1)InfraRed: OK 2) USB: OK 3) PCMCIA: recognized, not tested 4) Modem: recognized, not tested

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Model	SUSE Linux version	Hardware Support							Remark:
		Video	Sound	Ethernet	Wireless	Bluetooth	Power Management	Other
HP Pavilion zd7010ea	Suse 9.3, 10.0	1)						2)	1) 3D is working with new nvidia driver 2) Keyboard (ms natural pro) 2) USB 2) DVD-RW+ 2) Touchpad 2) card-reader More or less standard install, only some small adjustments are necessary (NVIDIA). Graphics resolution 1440x900 on flat panel , analog monitor . Suspend to disk . Detection of closing the notebook . Keyboard volume control
Pavilion zd7145ea	10.3	1)			2)			*)	1) add repo for binary driver 2) needs firmware installing Support for everything else is there, touchpad is super sensitive though. I was pretty amazed at the out of the box support, basically only closed source stuff needs adding, follow the SDB article for 10.2 on bcm43xx wireless to get that working.
Pavilion zd8000	10.0 Retail				1)			*)	1) External pcmcia wireless card, Linksys WPC55AG works flawlessly Touchpad works as well as modem Radeon Mobility X600 works beautifully (Dualhead as well)

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Model	SUSE Linux version	Hardware Support							Remark:
		Video	Sound	Ethernet	Wireless	Bluetooth	Power Management	Other
HP Pavillion ze2000	10.2 DVD 32bit							1)	1) Wireless installed but had problems connecting would recommend using ndis wrapper, is using the bcm43xx driver.
Pavilion ze2308wm	9.3				1)			*)	1) with ndiswrapper 1.7 and broadcom driver Touchpad work both vertical and horizontal scroll 1024x768 24 bit 3D, almost flawless install touchpady a little to touchy though
Pavilion ze4300	9.3							*)	works with IBM Touchpad support (scrolling) Supports 1440x1050 screen resolution Does not support notebook capability of second monitor (as far as I know).
Pavilion ze4547wm	10.2				1)		2)	*)	1) Not Integrated 2) Suspend Doesn't Work, Hibernate Does Work & CPU Frequency Throttling Requires Manual Kernel Update and Setup Synaptics Touchpad Driver Automatically Loaded Madwifi works well with my PCMCIA Wireless Adapter Volume Up & Down Work, but Mute button doesn't work
Pavilion ze4600	10.1				1)		2)	3)	1) with ndiswrapper 1.7 and broadcom driver on CD supplied with laptop (BCM4320) 2) Only tried on/off and suspend 3) works with IBM Touchpad support (scrolling) Supports 1440x1050 screen resolution. Haven't tried getting the hotkeys to work.
Pavilion ze4925ea	9.3, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 11.0 1), 11.1, 11.2, 11.3				2)			3)	1) 11.0 onwards requires extra RAM to work smoothly with KDE4. 2) Belkin PCMCIA card works with ndiswrapper and Broadcom drivers. 3) Touchpad works Some multimedia/special keys do not work.
Pavilion ze5170	10.3				1)			2)	1) with ndiswrapper 1.52 and D-Link WUA 2340 driver 5.08.96 2) Touchpad works Supports 1024x768 screen resolution. Email and Internet hotkeys work.

zt XXXX xx

Model	SUSE Linux version	Hardware Support							Remark:
		Video	Sound	Ethernet	Wireless	Bluetooth	Power Management	Other
Pavilion zt3000	9.2, 9.3, 10.0, 10.1beta2						1)	2)	1) update 18 JUNE 2006 - Suspend to disk and RAM works- add parameter: acpi_sleep=s3_bios to kernel boot line- vesafb and vga16 should both work fine - important to disable radeonfb 2) Touchpad ok, modem ok, irda, Sound ok. Winbond W83L518D SD/MMC card reader works with wbsd and mmc_block kernel modules loaded. ATI Radeon 9200 3D works with fglrx. No problems with install. Can't successfully drive a projector/beamer.

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Model	SUSE Linux version	Hardware Support							Remark:
		Video	Sound	Ethernet	Wireless	Bluetooth	Power Management	Other
Pavilion zv5000z	10.1, 64-bit				1)		2)	3)	1) reverse engineered bcm43xx driver 2) hibernate 2) suspend 3) touchpad 3) 5in1 card reader nv - 1280x960 nvidia - 1680x1050
Pavilion zv5120us	9.3						1)	*)	1) Suspend and hibernate not working, black screen... touchpad works Supports 1240x800 screen resolution; hotkeys: sound and www buttons work with existing pavilion keyboard layout modem seen but not working (google -zv5120us linux- for some help).
Pavilion zv6000 AMD 3200+	9.3 64bits, 10.0 64bit, 10.1 64bit				1)			*)	1) w/SUSE ndiswrapper and Broadcom 64bit drivers touch pad works There is a clock problem from the motherboard there are ways around fixing this and there is extensive documentation on forums around.(9.3) Clock problem solved with 10.0 Ndiswrapper 1.27 works on 10.1 only with the netbc564.inf ([http://ubuntuforums.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=186 driver from Ubuntu forums]) NOT the bcmwl5.inf file. The ATI 64bit drivers for the 200M cards seem to not work so far for 3d (9.3 or 10.0 or 10.1)
Pavilion zv6270us	10.0 64bit Retail							*)	No 3D (2006-01-25) Touch Pad Modem Card Reader

HP Pavilion G6

Model	SUSE Linux version	Hardware Support							Remark:
		Video	Sound	Ethernet	Wireless	Bluetooth	Power Management	Other
Pavilion G6 Intel	Leap 42.1 64 bit							Touch Pad Card Reader