HP Compaq 6530b (GB978EA#AKB)

• PC Core2 Duo T9400
• 14.1 WXGA+ display
• 2048MB DDR RAM
• 160GB HDD 7200rpm
• DVD+/- RW LightScribe
• FPR,WebCam
• 56K Modem
• 802.11a/b/g/n
• Bluetooth
• 6C Battery

Output of lshw

jx
    description: Notebook
    product: HP Compaq 6530b (GB978EA#AKB)
    vendor: Hewlett-Packard
    version: F.05
    serial: CNU83874MC
    width: 64 bits
    capabilities: smbios-2.4 dmi-2.4 vsyscall64 vsyscall32
    configuration: boot=normal chassis=notebook uuid=0B435D00-05D6-DD11-ACE9-70D05F068083
  *-core
       description: Motherboard
       product: 30DD
       vendor: Hewlett-Packard
       physical id: 0
       version: KBC Version 96.18
     *-firmware
          description: BIOS
          vendor: Hewlett-Packard
          physical id: 9
          version: 68PDD Ver. F.05 (07/04/2008)
          size: 64KiB
          capacity: 1984KiB
          capabilities: pci pcmcia upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect edd int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer acpi usb smartbattery biosbootspecification netboot
     *-cpu
          description: CPU
          product: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     T9400  @ 2.53GHz
          vendor: Intel Corp.
          physical id: 0
          bus info: cpu@0
          version: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     T9400  @ 2.53GHz
          slot: Intel(R) Genuine processor
          size: 2534MHz
          capacity: 2534MHz
          width: 64 bits
          clock: 266MHz
          capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx x86-64 constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl pni monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr sse4_1 lahf_lm cpufreq
        *-cache:0
             description: L2 cache
             physical id: 1
             slot: Internal Cache
             size: 6MiB
             capacity: 6MiB
             capabilities: asynchronous internal write-back unified
        *-cache:1
             description: L1 cache
             physical id: 3
             slot: Internal Cache
             size: 32KiB
             capacity: 32KiB
             capabilities: asynchronous internal write-back data
     *-cache
          description: L1 cache
          physical id: 2
          slot: Internal Cache
          size: 32KiB
          capacity: 32KiB
          capabilities: asynchronous internal write-back instruction
     *-memory
          description: System Memory
          physical id: 4
          slot: System board or motherboard
          size: 2GiB
        *-bank:0
             description: SODIMM Synchronous 800 MHz (1.2 ns)
             product: 16HTF25664HY-800E1
             vendor: Micron
             physical id: 0
             serial: DF2EEB0C
             slot: Top
             size: 2GiB
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 800MHz (1.2ns)
        *-bank:1
             description: SODIMM [empty]
             physical id: 1
             slot: Bottom
     *-pci
          description: Host bridge
          product: Cantiga Memory Controller Hub
          vendor: Intel Corporation
          physical id: 100
          bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
          version: 07
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
          configuration: driver=agpgart-intel module=intel_agp
        *-display:0 UNCLAIMED
             description: VGA compatible controller
             product: Cantiga Integrated Graphics Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 2
             bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
             version: 07
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list
             configuration: latency=0
        *-display:1 UNCLAIMED
             description: Display controller
             product: Cantiga Integrated Graphics Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 2.1
             bus info: pci@0000:00:02.1
             version: 07
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
             configuration: latency=0
        *-usb:0
             description: USB Controller
             product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1a
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1a.0
             version: 03
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: uhci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 module=uhci_hcd
        *-usb:1
             description: USB Controller
             product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1a.1
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1a.1
             version: 03
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: uhci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 module=uhci_hcd
        *-usb:2
             description: USB Controller
             product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1a.2
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1a.2
             version: 03
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: uhci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 module=uhci_hcd
        *-usb:3
             description: USB Controller
             product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1a.7
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1a.7
             version: 03
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=0 module=ehci_hcd
        *-multimedia
             description: Audio device
             product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1b
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1b.0
             version: 03
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=HDA Intel latency=0 module=snd_hda_intel
        *-pci:0
             description: PCI bridge
             product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1c
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.0
             version: 03
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=pcieport-driver
        *-pci:1
             description: PCI bridge
             product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1c.1
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.1
             version: 03
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=pcieport-driver
           *-network UNCLAIMED
                description: Network controller
                product: Intel Corporation
                vendor: Intel Corporation
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
                version: 00
                width: 64 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
                configuration: latency=0
        *-pci:2
             description: PCI bridge
             product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 3
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1c.2
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.2
             version: 03
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=pcieport-driver
        *-pci:3
             description: PCI bridge
             product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 5
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1c.4
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.4
             version: 03





             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=pcieport-driver
        *-pci:4
             description: PCI bridge
             product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 6
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1c.5
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.5
             version: 03
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=pcieport-driver
           *-network
                description: Ethernet interface
                product: NetLink BCM5787M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express
                vendor: Broadcom Corporation
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci@0000:85:00.0
                logical name: eth0
                version: 02
                serial: 00:4f:4e:61:94:b4
                size: 100MB/s
                capacity: 1GB/s
                width: 64 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: pm vpd msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
                configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=tg3 driverversion=3.94 duplex=full ip=147.32.112.8 latency=0 link=yes module=tg3 multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100MB/s
        *-usb:4
             description: USB Controller
             product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1d
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.0
             version: 03
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: uhci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 module=uhci_hcd
        *-usb:5
             description: USB Controller
             product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1d.1
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.1
             version: 03
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: uhci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 module=uhci_hcd
        *-usb:6
             description: USB Controller
             product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1d.2
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.2
             version: 03
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: uhci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 module=uhci_hcd
        *-usb:7
             description: USB Controller
             product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1d.7
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.7
             version: 03
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=0 module=ehci_hcd
        *-pci:5
             description: PCI bridge
             product: 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1e
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1e.0
             version: 93
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci subtractive_decode bus_master cap_list
           *-firewire
                description: FireWire (IEEE 1394)
                product: FW323
                vendor: Agere Systems
                physical id: 2
                bus info: pci@0000:86:02.0
                version: 70
                width: 32 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: pm ohci bus_master cap_list
                configuration: driver=ohci1394 latency=64 maxlatency=24 mingnt=12 module=ohci1394
        *-isa
             description: ISA bridge
             product: ICH9M LPC Interface Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1f
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.0
             version: 03
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: isa bus_master cap_list
             configuration: latency=0
        *-storage
             description: SATA controller
             product: ICH9M/M-E SATA AHCI Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1f.2
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.2
             logical name: scsi0
             logical name: scsi1
             version: 03
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: storage msi pm ahci_1.0 bus_master cap_list emulated
             configuration: driver=ahci latency=0 module=ahci
           *-disk
                description: ATA Disk
                product: TOSHIBA MK1649GS
                vendor: Toshiba
                physical id: 0
                bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
                logical name: /dev/sda
                version: LC00
                serial: 98ADT06OT
                size: 149GiB (160GB)
                capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
                configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=80d2f3ee
              *-volume:0
                   description: Windows NTFS volume
                   physical id: 1
                   bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,1
                   logical name: /dev/sda1
                   logical name: /windows/vista
                   version: 3.1
                   serial: 94d2c0fd-8cd9-9f45-9c3a-7d970a9d0d10
                   size: 38GiB
                   capacity: 38GiB
                   capabilities: primary bootable ntfs initialized
                   configuration: clustersize=4096 created=2001-02-26 17:38:39 filesystem=ntfs mount.fstype=fuseblk mount.options=rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,user_id=0,group_id=0,default_permissions,allow_other,blksize=4096 state=mounted
              *-volume:1
                   description: Extended partition
                   physical id: 2
                   bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,2
                   logical name: /dev/sda2
                   size: 100GiB
                   capacity: 100GiB
                   capabilities: primary extended partitioned partitioned:extended
                 *-logicalvolume:0
                      description: Linux swap / Solaris partition
                      physical id: 5
                      logical name: /dev/sda5
                      capacity: 2055MiB
                      capabilities: nofs
                 *-logicalvolume:1
                      description: Linux filesystem partition
                      physical id: 6
                      logical name: /dev/sda6
                      logical name: /
                      capacity: 20GiB
                      configuration: mount.fstype=reiserfs mount.options=rw,acl,user_xattr state=mounted
                 *-logicalvolume:2
                      description: Linux filesystem partition
                      physical id: 7
                      logical name: /dev/sda7
                      logical name: /home
                      capacity: 78GiB
                      configuration: mount.fstype=reiserfs mount.options=rw,acl,user_xattr state=mounted
              *-volume:2
                   description: Windows FAT volume
                   vendor: MSDOS5.0
                   physical id: 3
                   bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,3
                   logical name: /dev/sda3
                   logical name: /windows/hptools
                   version: FAT32
                   serial: 3043-9368
                   size: 1004MiB
                   capacity: 1GiB
                   capabilities: primary fat initialized
                   configuration: FATs=2 filesystem=fat mount.fstype=vfat mount.options=rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,gid=100,fmask=0002,dmask=0002,allow_utime=0020,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,utf8 state=mounted
              *-volume:3
                   description: Windows NTFS volume

                   physical id: 4
                   bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,4
                   logical name: /dev/sda4
                   logical name: /windows/recovery
                   version: 3.1
                   serial: 40fccf47-aecc-d843-8f71-45dad0adcb86
                   size: 9200MiB
                   capacity: 9218MiB
                   capabilities: primary ntfs initialized
                   configuration: clustersize=4096 created=2008-08-04 13:17:53 filesystem=ntfs label=HP_RECOVERY mount.fstype=fuseblk mount.options=rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,user_id=0,group_id=0,default_permissions,allow_other,blksize=4096 state=mounted
           *-cdrom
                description: DVD-RAM writer
                product: DVDRAM GSA-T50L
                vendor: HL-DT-ST
                physical id: 1
                bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0
                logical name: /dev/cdrom
                logical name: /dev/cdrw
                logical name: /dev/dvd
                logical name: /dev/dvdrw
                logical name: /dev/scd0
                logical name: /dev/sr0
                version: SC04
                capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram
                configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc
     *-scsi
          physical id: 1
          bus info: usb@8:2
          logical name: scsi6
          capabilities: emulated scsi-host
          configuration: driver=usb-storage
        *-disk
             description: SCSI Disk
             product: My Book
             vendor: WD
             physical id: 0.0.0
             bus info: scsi@6:0.0.0
             logical name: /dev/sdb
             version: 1028
             size: 465GiB (500GB)
             capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
             configuration: ansiversion=4 signature=5c74ae42
           *-volume
                description: Linux filesystem partition
                physical id: 1
                bus info: scsi@6:0.0.0,1
                logical name: /dev/sdb1
                logical name: /media/My Book
                version: 3.6
                serial: e409f0ec-d062-4c91-8a4b-d33b7e5be816
                size: 465GiB
                capacity: 465GiB
                capabilities: primary journaled reiserfs initialized
                configuration: filesystem=reiserfs hash=r5 label=My Book mount.fstype=reiserfs mount.options=rw,nosuid,nodev state=mounted
  *-battery
       product: TD06055
       vendor: SMP-SS26
       physical id: 1
       version: 391C
       serial: 04FE
       slot: Primary
       capacity: 5100mWh
       configuration: voltage=11.1V
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Ethernet interface
       physical id: 2
       logical name: pan0
       serial: ce:9e:ea:fe:09:0e
       capabilities: ethernet physical
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=bridge driverversion=2.3 firmware=N/A link=yes multicast=yes

Output of lspci

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Cantiga Memory Controller Hub (rev 07)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Cantiga Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Cantiga Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
00:1a.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 03)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 5 (rev 03)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 6 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 93)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation ICH9M LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E SATA AHCI Controller (rev 03)
02:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Device 4237
85:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5787M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 02)
86:02.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Agere Systems FW323 (rev 70)

Output of lsusb

Bus 004 Device 004: ID 04f2:b059 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 08ff:2810 AuthenTec, Inc.

Working

• sound without headphones: add options model=mobile to snd-hda-intel driver, eg. to /etc/modprobe.conf.local
• Wifi, which is Intel Wifi Link 5100 AGN, linux driver is iwlagn and there are several ways to make it to work. According to this thread on ubuntu forum, must have kernel >= 2.6.26 where is proper mac802.11 stack, or older with compat-wireless module witch for somebody works. But for me, kernel 2.6.27.2, with iwl5100 microcode installed to /lib/firmware and theese settings in /usr/src/linux/.config file:

  devbox:~ # cat /usr/src/linux/.config | grep -i IWL
  CONFIG_IWLWIFI=m
  CONFIG_IWLCORE=m
  # CONFIG_IWLWIFI_LEDS is not set
  CONFIG_IWLWIFI_RFKILL=y
  CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEBUG=y
  CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEBUGFS=y
  CONFIG_IWLAGN=m
  # CONFIG_IWLAGN_SPECTRUM_MEASUREMENT is not set
  # CONFIG_IWLAGN_LEDS is not set
  # CONFIG_IWL4965 is not set
  CONFIG_IWL5000=y
  # CONFIG_IWL3945 is not set
  

  Kernel modules are

  devbox:~ # lsmod | grep -i iwl
  iwlagn                144388  0
  iwlcore               153988  1 iwlagn
  rfkill                 18596  2 iwlcore
  mac80211              185880  2 iwlagn,iwlcore
  cfg80211               34320  3 iwlagn,iwlcore,mac80211
  

• software management of backlight is working after switching backlight mngmt from kernel to native, under user X session  type command xrandr --output LVDS --set BACKLIGHT_CONTROL native, once. So you may but in some X config file. After that, command xbacklight is working. eg. xbacklight +10; xbacklight -10. Unfortunately none of ACPI keys aren't recognized with kernel, so no ACPI mapping will be possible, but you can map theese commands to some other shortcuts of course.
• suspend to ram, on openSUSE simply type s2ram -f, no hacks like vbetool are neccessary
• web cam Chicony, 04f2:b059, working in Ubuntu 8.10 out of the box with all possible programs, on openSUSE 11.0 with vanilla kernel 2.5.27.2 and latest UVC from trunk is also working.
• bluetooth in Ubuntu 8.10 out of the box

Doesn't work yet (openSUSE 11.0/partial factory)

• fingerprint reader authentec 08ff:2810 is not supported by libfprint yet

Not tested

• modem (has it at all? :))