Comments on: Gentoo Linux on new HP dv8000z http://www.enigmacurry.com/2005/11/27/gentoo-linux-on-new-hp-dv8000z/ The Curry Enigma Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:09:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: mark http://www.enigmacurry.com/2005/11/27/gentoo-linux-on-new-hp-dv8000z/#comment-58528 mark Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:57:49 +0000 http://www.enigmacurry.com/?p=37#comment-58528 I have had a dv8000z for 2 and a half years now and have never had a problem with the touchpad in windows or linux. keyboard sometimes gets a key stuck, but never as bad as some desktop keyboards I have seen. great guide BTW. I have had a dv8000z for 2 and a half years now and have never had a problem with the touchpad in windows or linux. keyboard sometimes gets a key stuck, but never as bad as some desktop keyboards I have seen. great guide BTW.

]]> By: Bill http://www.enigmacurry.com/2005/11/27/gentoo-linux-on-new-hp-dv8000z/#comment-25508 Bill Thu, 11 Oct 2007 10:37:56 +0000 http://www.enigmacurry.com/?p=37#comment-25508 I have written another guide for the dv8000z which you can find at: http://www.linlap.com/wiki/HP+Pavilion+dv8000z I have written another guide for the dv8000z which you can find at:
http://www.linlap.com/wiki/HP+Pavilion+dv8000z

]]> By: Sean Cline http://www.enigmacurry.com/2005/11/27/gentoo-linux-on-new-hp-dv8000z/#comment-3216 Sean Cline Sat, 21 Apr 2007 20:12:10 +0000 http://www.enigmacurry.com/?p=37#comment-3216 The touchpad behaving strangely is a problem with all HP laptops I believe. It occurs in windows but i think the Synaptics driver in Windows compensates for the problem somehow, still, while on battery and under any kind of load, the touchpad is unusable in both Linux and Windows. If you execute "dmesg" in linux you get to see it's error messages: [40038.833419] psmouse.c: TouchPad at isa0060/serio4/input0 lost sync at byte 1 [40038.833422] psmouse.c: issuing reconnect request ....except there are a lot of them :) The touchpad behaving strangely is a problem with all HP laptops I believe. It occurs in windows but i think the Synaptics driver in Windows compensates for the problem somehow, still, while on battery and under any kind of load, the touchpad is unusable in both Linux and Windows.
If you execute "dmesg" in linux you get to see it's error messages:

[40038.833419] psmouse.c: TouchPad at isa0060/serio4/input0 lost sync at byte 1
[40038.833422] psmouse.c: issuing reconnect request

….except there are a lot of them :)

]]> By: Dan http://www.enigmacurry.com/2005/11/27/gentoo-linux-on-new-hp-dv8000z/#comment-182 Dan Sun, 19 Nov 2006 02:43:29 +0000 http://www.enigmacurry.com/?p=37#comment-182 The DV8000t and DV8000z are great laptops (I have one of each). I wouldn't recommend the 8000t for gaming though. The ATI video is pretty crappy for any games that require moderate power, but the NVIDIA in the 8000z is comparable to high end desktop PCIx cards. The DV8000t and DV8000z are great laptops (I have one of each). I wouldn't recommend the 8000t for gaming though. The ATI video is pretty crappy for any games that require moderate power, but the NVIDIA in the 8000z is comparable to high end desktop PCIx cards.

]]> By: nbazz http://www.enigmacurry.com/2005/11/27/gentoo-linux-on-new-hp-dv8000z/#comment-106 nbazz Thu, 31 Aug 2006 13:50:21 +0000 http://www.enigmacurry.com/?p=37#comment-106 I dont know what the person above this post is talking about. I have a dv8310us and absolutly love it. I have Gentoo 2006.0 runing w/ KDE+Xgl+compiz+cgwd and its is just amazing. I havent had any trouble w/ the buttons on the tuchpad, but the pad it self seems to be realy sensitve (sometimes vibrations from my typing move the mouse around). As far as gaming on this thing goes, well it plays Half-life 2 w/ no problems as well as World of Warcraft. I havent tryed any Linux games yet. If your looking to get Xgl or even just have the ATI Drivers working w/the Xpress 200M card in Gentoo, check out my post to the fourms: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-493489-highlight-atidrivers.html As far as the Wifi stuff goes, this thing has amazing range. My router sits in the far conner of my living room and i can still get a 24mbps signal at the curb sitting in my truck (about 200ft away). Great buy if you are in the market. I dont know what the person above this post is talking about. I have a dv8310us and absolutly love it. I have Gentoo 2006.0 runing w/ KDE+Xgl+compiz+cgwd and its is just amazing. I havent had any trouble w/ the buttons on the tuchpad, but the pad it self seems to be realy sensitve (sometimes vibrations from my typing move the mouse around). As far as gaming on this thing goes, well it plays Half-life 2 w/ no problems as well as World of Warcraft. I havent tryed any Linux games yet. If your looking to get Xgl or even just have the ATI Drivers working w/the Xpress 200M card in Gentoo, check out my post to the fourms:
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-493489-highlight-atidrivers.html

As far as the Wifi stuff goes, this thing has amazing range. My router sits in the far conner of my living room and i can still get a 24mbps signal at the curb sitting in my truck (about 200ft away). Great buy if you are in the market.

]]> By: marcello http://www.enigmacurry.com/2005/11/27/gentoo-linux-on-new-hp-dv8000z/#comment-103 marcello Sun, 02 Jul 2006 00:47:38 +0000 http://www.enigmacurry.com/?p=37#comment-103 The dv8000 keyboard is a lemon. Google dv8000 keyboard problems and you will see the problems people are having with this buggy keyboard. HP has the worst customer service I've ever experienced in my life. I'm on my second dv8000 replacement and right out of the box the keyboard was defective, worse than the first one. Caps lock inexplicably, keystrokes don't register, spacebar also does not register, touchpad goes berserk. Now I have the black screen incident!!! Screen goes black, computer is on, all lights are on, computer does not respond to anything, have to take the battery out and wait for it to run out of juice, put battery back in and restart. Hewlett Packard dv8000 is plagued with problems. The dv8000 keyboard is a lemon. Google dv8000 keyboard problems and you will see the problems people are having with this buggy keyboard. HP has the worst customer service I've ever experienced in my life. I'm on my second dv8000 replacement and right out of the box the keyboard was defective, worse than the first one. Caps lock inexplicably, keystrokes don't register, spacebar also does not register, touchpad goes berserk. Now I have the black screen incident!!! Screen goes black, computer is on, all lights are on, computer does not respond to anything, have to take the battery out and wait for it to run out of juice, put battery back in and restart. Hewlett Packard dv8000 is plagued with problems.

]]> By: comely http://www.enigmacurry.com/2005/11/27/gentoo-linux-on-new-hp-dv8000z/#comment-43 comely Fri, 05 May 2006 11:02:20 +0000 http://www.enigmacurry.com/?p=37#comment-43 I'm finaly going "byby" to M$ and installing Linux. Just wanted to tell that I've used the dv8000 for some time now. And the touchpad is acting up also in M$. Range of Wlan, is moderate, (normale) a friend bought the most expencive from Dell, and can get much better signal than me on the dv8000. Also I have some problem with the keyboard, sometimes it does not recognice me typing. (It leavs out some of the letters.) This could be me not pressing the key hard enough... But all toghter I'm happy witht the computer. I'm finaly going "byby" to M$ and installing Linux.

Just wanted to tell that I've used the dv8000 for some time now. And the touchpad is acting up also in M$.

Range of Wlan, is moderate, (normale) a friend bought the most expencive from Dell, and can get much better signal than me on the dv8000.

Also I have some problem with the keyboard, sometimes it does not recognice me typing. (It leavs out some of the letters.) This could be me not pressing the key hard enough…

But all toghter I'm happy witht the computer.

]]> By: ryan http://www.enigmacurry.com/2005/11/27/gentoo-linux-on-new-hp-dv8000z/#comment-38 ryan Sun, 12 Mar 2006 18:00:16 +0000 http://www.enigmacurry.com/?p=37#comment-38 Hi Philip, The touchpad still behaves strangely sometimes. I have never seen it "move randomly" but it does not want to click on things sometimes. I have narrowed the clicking problem down to this: Sometimes, when I Right-click on something I will no longer be able to click on anything until I right click the same exact thing again and then clicking works normally again. That is the only issue I have ever had with it. It is really annoying, but I always carry a mouse with me in my bag so it's never a real problem. So it sounds to me like you have a slightly different problem then me if yours is "randomly moving". Please post here if you find a solution though! -Ryan Hi Philip,

The touchpad still behaves strangely sometimes. I have never seen it "move randomly" but it does not want to click on things sometimes. I have narrowed the clicking problem down to this: Sometimes, when I Right-click on something I will no longer be able to click on anything until I right click the same exact thing again and then clicking works normally again.

That is the only issue I have ever had with it. It is really annoying, but I always carry a mouse with me in my bag so it's never a real problem.

So it sounds to me like you have a slightly different problem then me if yours is "randomly moving". Please post here if you find a solution though!

-Ryan

]]> By: Philip http://www.enigmacurry.com/2005/11/27/gentoo-linux-on-new-hp-dv8000z/#comment-37 Philip Sun, 12 Mar 2006 17:45:12 +0000 http://www.enigmacurry.com/?p=37#comment-37 Did you manage to get the touchpad working? I have got everyting to work nicely except the touchpad which moves randomly and behaves really weird especially if the cpu is working hard. There was a question about battery time for this model (I use the dv8000 not the 8000z), and the battery time is about 2-2,5 hours with normal use. Did you manage to get the touchpad working? I have got everyting to work nicely except the touchpad which moves randomly and behaves really weird especially if the cpu is working hard.

There was a question about battery time for this model (I use the dv8000 not the 8000z), and the battery time is about 2-2,5 hours with normal use.

]]> By: ryan http://www.enigmacurry.com/2005/11/27/gentoo-linux-on-new-hp-dv8000z/#comment-36 ryan Fri, 10 Feb 2006 17:08:58 +0000 http://www.enigmacurry.com/?p=37#comment-36 Hi Mark, The volume and mute keys are working fine for me. I didn't do anything to make them work they just work that way in Gnome. The calculator and DVD button don't do anything however. I thought that it would be cool for the calculator button to bring up a python terminal (which is where I do most of my calculating). Xmodmap is probably the way to go but I haven't really played around with it yet. Hi Mark,

The volume and mute keys are working fine for me. I didn't do anything to make them work they just work that way in Gnome. The calculator and DVD button don't do anything however.

I thought that it would be cool for the calculator button to bring up a python terminal (which is where I do most of my calculating). Xmodmap is probably the way to go but I haven't really played around with it yet.

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