Compaq

Model	openSUSE Release	Video ^(A)			Sound ⁽⁴⁾	Network ^(B)			Bluetooth ⁽⁸⁾	Power Management ^(C)			Infra Red ⁽¹²⁾	PCMCIA ⁽¹³⁾	Card Reader ⁽¹⁴⁾	Others ^(*)
Model	openSUSE Release	2D ⁽¹⁾	3D ⁽²⁾	TV-out ⁽³⁾	Sound ⁽⁴⁾	Wired ⁽⁵⁾	Wireless ⁽⁶⁾	Modem ⁽⁷⁾	Bluetooth ⁽⁸⁾	Screen Brightness ⁽⁹⁾	Suspend to RAM ⁽¹⁰⁾	Suspend to Disk ⁽¹¹⁾	Infra Red ⁽¹²⁾	PCMCIA ⁽¹³⁾	Card Reader ⁽¹⁴⁾	Others ^(*)
2405 CA	10.0
Remark		(6) Using Ndiswrapper.
6710s	10.2
6710s	10.3
Remark		10.2: (*) Special Function Keys don't work except hardware handled ones (Brightness).
6720	10.3
Remark		(*) The wireless failed to function with iwlwifi driver, but functioned well with ipw3945 driver and wifi-radar (not with knetworkmanager).
nx 6110	10.0
Remark
nx 6125
Remark		(6) Using Ndiswrapper + driver. (C) Powermanagement/ACPI works mostly but sleeping or restarting freezes the machine. (*) Shortcutkeys (sound volume/brightness control etc.) do not work.
V 2401 CL	10.2
Remark		(6) When using ndiswrapper, if wireless device is already installed in Yast, edit it and change the module under hardware to ndiswrapper from bcm42xx. (*) Don't forget to type `noapic` in the boot options after rebooting.
V 2410	10.0
V 2410	10.1
Remark		10.0: (A) Newest ATI driver (as of 05/07/2006) works with 200M. (6) Using Ndiswrapper + bcmwl5. 10.1: (2) 3D Mesa OpenGL. (6) Using Ndiswrapper + bcmwl5. (*) SuSE 10.1 has better auto-mount support for external USB devices. SuSE 10.0 works, just has to be browsed through media rather than auto-detect pop-ups.
V 3000 Z	10.1
Remark		(4) It is impossible to adjust volume, or to mute. (6) Wireless will work but you have to use ndiswrapper with the Windows drivers.
V 6000	10.2
Remark		(A) Using Nvidia driver. (6) Using Ndiwrapper.
V 6302 EU	10.2
Remark		(2) Using Nvidia driver. (4) Update ALSA to the latest. (6) Using Ndiswrapper.
nw 9440	10.3
Remark		(2) Using Nvidia driver. (6) Although buggy; must change kernel module on wireless card to ipw3945 instead of iwl3945. (*) Function keys are buggy: dimming controls don't work, presentation mode works sometimes, calculator button doesn't work, information button does bring up YELP.

Compaq Armada

Model	openSUSE Release	Video ^(A)			Sound ⁽⁴⁾	Network ^(B)			Bluetooth ⁽⁸⁾	Power Management ^(C)			Infra Red ⁽¹²⁾	PCMCIA ⁽¹³⁾	Card Reader ⁽¹⁴⁾	Others ^(*)
Model	openSUSE Release	2D ⁽¹⁾	3D ⁽²⁾	TV-out ⁽³⁾	Sound ⁽⁴⁾	Wired ⁽⁵⁾	Wireless ⁽⁶⁾	Modem ⁽⁷⁾	Bluetooth ⁽⁸⁾	Screen Brightness ⁽⁹⁾	Suspend to RAM ⁽¹⁰⁾	Suspend to Disk ⁽¹¹⁾	Infra Red ⁽¹²⁾	PCMCIA ⁽¹³⁾	Card Reader ⁽¹⁴⁾	Others ^(*)
M 700	10.0
Remark		(8) With USB DLink DBT-122 stick.

Compaq Evo

Model	openSUSE Release	Video ^(A)			Sound ⁽⁴⁾	Network ^(B)			Bluetooth ⁽⁸⁾	Power Management ^(C)			Infra Red ⁽¹²⁾	PCMCIA ⁽¹³⁾	Card Reader ⁽¹⁴⁾	Others ^(*)
Model	openSUSE Release	2D ⁽¹⁾	3D ⁽²⁾	TV-out ⁽³⁾	Sound ⁽⁴⁾	Wired ⁽⁵⁾	Wireless ⁽⁶⁾	Modem ⁽⁷⁾	Bluetooth ⁽⁸⁾	Screen Brightness ⁽⁹⁾	Suspend to RAM ⁽¹⁰⁾	Suspend to Disk ⁽¹¹⁾	Infra Red ⁽¹²⁾	PCMCIA ⁽¹³⁾	Card Reader ⁽¹⁴⁾	Others ^(*)
N 610 C	10.0
Remark		(C) Be aware that this laptop runs extremely hot. Under load the CPU will get close to 90C even with all fans enabled.
N 800 V	10.3
Remark		(C) Be aware that this laptop runs extremely hot.
N 800 C	11.0
Remark		This model does not seem to have the same heat problems the N610c or N800v have. (A) Cannot change resolution from default.

Compaq Mini (Netbook)

Model	openSUSE Release	Video ^(A)			Sound ⁽⁴⁾	Network ^(B)			Bluetooth ⁽⁸⁾	Power Management ^(C)			Infra Red ⁽¹²⁾	PCMCIA ⁽¹³⁾	Card Reader ⁽¹⁴⁾	Others ^(*)
Model	openSUSE Release	2D ⁽¹⁾	3D ⁽²⁾	TV-out ⁽³⁾	Sound ⁽⁴⁾	Wired ⁽⁵⁾	Wireless ⁽⁶⁾	Modem ⁽⁷⁾	Bluetooth ⁽⁸⁾	Screen Brightness ⁽⁹⁾	Suspend to RAM ⁽¹⁰⁾	Suspend to Disk ⁽¹¹⁾	Infra Red ⁽¹²⁾	PCMCIA ⁽¹³⁾	Card Reader ⁽¹⁴⁾	Others ^(*)
Mini 110c	11.2
Remark		(6) After 11.2 installation the netbook will hang on boot. Disable ssb and b43 modules which do not work with BCM4312 wireless controller. After you have a running system, follow the instructions on HCL to have a running driver for BCM4312 (i.e. compile and use the linux wl driver from Broadcom). (8) With external dongle sold with the netbook.

Compaq Presario

Model	openSUSE Release	Video ^(A)			Sound ⁽⁴⁾	Network ^(B)			Bluetooth ⁽⁸⁾	Power Management ^(C)			Infra Red ⁽¹²⁾	PCMCIA ⁽¹³⁾	Card Reader ⁽¹⁴⁾	Others ^(*)
Model	openSUSE Release	2D ⁽¹⁾	3D ⁽²⁾	TV-out ⁽³⁾	Sound ⁽⁴⁾	Wired ⁽⁵⁾	Wireless ⁽⁶⁾	Modem ⁽⁷⁾	Bluetooth ⁽⁸⁾	Screen Brightness ⁽⁹⁾	Suspend to RAM ⁽¹⁰⁾	Suspend to Disk ⁽¹¹⁾	Infra Red ⁽¹²⁾	PCMCIA ⁽¹³⁾	Card Reader ⁽¹⁴⁾	Others ^(*)
1500	10.1
Remark
2547 ai	10.0
Remark		(6) Using ndiswrapper.
B1213TU	11.2
Remark		(*) In short, this model works well right out-of-the-box !
C 302 NR	10.3
Remark		(6) BCMWL5.SYS & BCMWL5.INF installed with Ndiswrapper. Hint: During the confirmation near the end of the install do not change any video settings. If you do, you run the risk of getting a fuzzy looking display. If this happens, re-install and use the default setting openSUSE picked.
C 700	10.3
Remark
CQ50-110US	11.1
Remark		Had problems with getting wireless and sound to work, but results may not be typical. (4)(6) See this link.
CQ50 - 111LA	11.1
Remark		(*) Webcam:
CQ61-207SL	11.2 (+)
Remark		(+) And over, up to 11.4 (1) Webcam: (2) VGA Port: (3) HDMI Port:
F 560 E	10.2
	10.3
	11.1
Remark		(2) Using Nvidia driver. (6) Using Ndiswrapper.
F 700	10.3
F 700	11.0
Remark		10.3, 11.0: (2) Using Nvidia. (6) Using Ndiswrapper with bcmwl5.inf & bcmwl5.sys files from Windows.
F 730 US	11.0
Remark		(2) Using Nvidia. (6) Using Ndiswrapper with bcmwl5.inf & bcmwl5.sys files from Windows.
F 767 NR	11.0
Remark		(A) Using Nvidia driver.
R 3190 US	10.3
Remark		(A) Using Nvidia driver. (6) Using Ndiswrapper.
R 3200 CTO	10.0
Remark		(A) Using Nvidia driver. (6) Using Ndiswrapper.
R 3470 US	10.2
Remark		(A) Using Nvidia driver. (6) Need to extract firmware from original Windows driver via bcm43xx-fwcutter. (*) Touchpad: edit file `/etc/X11/xorg.conf`, in the section "InputDevice", where the driver is "synaptics", change options to "MaxTapMove" "0", "MaxTapTime" "0", "HorizScrollDelta" "0".
R 4000	10.0
Remark		(6) Using Ndiswrapper.
R 5000	10.1
Remark		(6) Using Ndiswrapper.
V 2000	10.0
Remark
V 3033 AU	10.2
Remark
V 4000 EA	10.2
Remark		(C) Suspend and hibernate required "-f -a 3" being added to S2RAM_OPTS in /etc/pm/config.
V 5120 NR	10.1
Remark		(6) bcm4318 via ndiswrapper.
V 5245 EU	10.2
Remark		(2) Using ATI driver. (6) Using Ndiswrapper. (*) Special Function Keys don't work except hardware handled ones (Brightness). Sound Keys work with Compaq Laptop Keyboard type.
V6106AU	11.2
V6106AU	11.3
Remark		(2)using nvidia driver (6)using Bcm43xx cutter (b43) (7)Phone modem bluetooth and cable
V 6340 EU	11.0
Remark		(A) Using Nvidia driver. (6) Installed the firmware and compiled a new kernel, didn't try Ndiswrapper.
V 6650 ED	10.3
Remark		(4) Works after updating ALSA applications.
X 1000	10.2
Remark
CQ61-323ER	11.2
Remark		(*) Webcam:
CQ61-330SS	11.2
Remark		(*) Webcam: (6) The button works partially (off, ok; on needs network restart). (10)(11) Sometimes the mouse freezes 11.4 - caveats solved
CQ60-155EP	10.3
	11.1
	11.4
Remark		(*) Webcam: (4)Alsa up-grade was necessary. All fn+f4..8 buttons work, switching for external monitor, monitor brightness. Did not test modem.

HCL:Compaq laptops

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Compaq

Compaq Armada

Compaq Evo

Compaq Mini (Netbook)

Compaq Presario