Zambayoni at 01:13, 24 February 2009

2009-02-24T01:13:58Z

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==Introduction==

This page is a summary of the installation/configuration of Sabayon 3.4a x86 on the HP nc6000 business notebook. This machine works great with Sabayon, although some of its older technology (ACPI and wireless) is not fully functional.

==System Information==

'''HP Compaq nc6000 Business Notebook'''
*Intel® Pentium M 1.80 GHz
*Intel® 855PM chipset
*ATI x300 Mobility graphics
*Integrated AC97 audio controller
*Intel® USB2, SMBus & IDE controllers
*O2 Micro Cardbus controller
*O2 Micro SD/MMC Card Reader
*Broadcom Corp® NetXtreme BCM5705 Gigabit Ethernet NIC
*Broadcom Corp® BCM2035 Bluetooth dongle
*Atheros Communications® AR5212 wireless NIC
*2x256 MB RAM
*60GB Ultra ATA 133 4200rpm Hard Drive
*14" Display (1024x768)
*DVD/CD-RW combo drive

==Out of the box==

Upon first boot, without any changes to configuration whatsoever, here's what works:
*Intel® 855PM chipset [no issues]
*ATI x300 Mobility graphics [no issues]
*Integrated AC97 audio controller [no issues]
*Intel® USB2, SMBus & IDE controllers [no issues]
*O2 Micro Cardbus controller [no issues]
*O2 Micro SD/MMC Card Reader [not yet tested]
*Broadcom Corp® NetXtreme BCM5705 Gigabit Ethernet NIC [no issues]
*Broadcom Corp® BCM2035 Bluetooth dongle [no issues]

And here's what didn't work out-of-the-box:
*Compiz Fusion (requires special runtime variable; see below) ''fixed in 3.4e''
*Wireless functionality (KNetworkManager doesn't like the madwifi drivers, sometimes)
*Suspend-to-Disk / Suspend-to-RAM (still haven't gotten this working, but it is possible)

==Making stuff work==

===Compiz Fusion===

Run Acceleration Manager. Choose XGL, then click "Configure Desktop Acceleration."

Open /etc/X11/xorg.conf as root. Go to the line:
#Composite "Enable"
and remove the # to uncomment it. Restart X.

To run Compiz Fusion:
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/opengl/xorg-x11/libs compiz --replace ccp --sm-disable
You probably want to make a shortcut to start it up. Currently, it cannot be set to autoload (causes weird display issues.)

''Note: this section is deprecated in Sabayon 3.4e revision, as it has better out-of-the-box support for AMD/ATI cards.''

===Wireless Networking===

Okay, so KNetworkManager (I'm using 0.2_pre20070702) doesn't want to work with this card. Wireless networks can be detected but it hangs on 28% whenever you attempt to connect to one. I have, however, been able to successfully connect to WPA2 networks. Odd.

To connect to my (unsecured) AP I had to do the following:
# ifconfig ath0 up
# iwlist ath0 scan
This performed a scan and detected the access point. Then:
# iwconfig ath0 ap 01:23:45:67:89:ab
# iwconfig ath0 essid "My Network"
# iwconfig ath0 channel 11
These values would obviously be different depending on what was picked up in the scan for your access point. Next I run dhclient on the interface to grab an IP address:
# dhclient ath0
This only takes a few seconds, and bam! We're good. You should be able to ping the router or any other machine. This works for DHCP. If you are using a static address, run
net-setup
If you can't access the internet, check /etc/resolv.conf and see if your nameservers are defined. I've found that the DNS servers listed on [http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum/remark,13154925 this website] work perfectly.

I understand that this process is lengthy and can be frustrating. If someone can determine a better one for this card then they are welcome to post it here.

===Suspend to Disk/RAM===

This doesn't work for a lot of machines and on the nc6000 results in a black screen with a blinking cursor. Other distros have this working on the nc6000 so it can be done. I will keep researching this and post back here.

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Zambayoni at 01:13, 24 February 2009