3.2. HP hardware supported by Linux

This section presents HP hardware supported today by Linux. Informations are based on the latest stable version of the Linux kernel, which is currently version 2.4.3. A development kernel (version 2.4test) is also available but doesn't offer any garantee of stability.

3.2.1. Intel based computer range

Page last updated the 6th of April 2001.

That computer range is today the main set of HP machines supported by Linux, and that till many years. In case you didn't already do it before, some preliminaty readings are recommended before to try to install Linux on these platforms.

The Linux Installation HOWTO contains a great number of informations to install Linux. If you bought linux on a CD-ROM, chances are that installation instructions are provided with it (the little booklet inside the disk case, and/or files on the CD).

The Linux Kernel HOWTO should be read to have details on kernel construction. I will just mention here points which are specific to HP hardware.

Outside particular indication, Linux support means during the installation of a RedHat 7.0 distribution. In special cases, a kernel rebuild will be necessary to support completely some hardware elements. You should note that what is true for one distribution is generally true for another, as these functions are linked to the kernel or the XFree86 server, and not to the distribution itself.

3.2.1.1. The desktop range (Brio, Vectra, Kayak)

HP has a new program called "Freedom of Choice" on the whole desktop range. Linux is thus one of hte operating systems pushed by HP. Cf: http://www.hp.com/desktops/linux/ and http://www.hp.com/pressrel/aug00/14aug00.htm.

A FAQ is also available.

HP insures the support of certified Linux hardware by the following method : all the machines have the Diagtool utility. If this utility indicates a problem, it's taken in account by HP maintenance. If it doesn't, it's considered as a software problem and should be reported to the distribution provider.

The following tables indicate the state of Linux support by these platforms :

Table 3-1. Brio and Linux

MachineGraphic CardLinux supportNetwork CardLinux supportSCSI CardLinux supportSound CardLinux supportTested
Brio (D5522A, D5526A, D5857A, D6665A, D5838A, D5848A, D6514A, D5527A, D5528A, D6666A, D6675A, D5849A, D5839A, D5859A, D6666A, D6510A, D6515A, D6667A, D5840A, D5861A, D6668A, D5840C, D5841A, D6516B)S3 Trio 64V2 PCIYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)NoneN/ANoneN/A??????Yes
Brio (D6810A, D6812A)ATI Rage Pro ZX AGPYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (Mach 64)NoneN/ANoneN/A??????No
Brio (D6638A, D6639A, D6640A, D6644A, D7901A, D7902A, D6645A, D6646A) Chipset BXRem.ATI Rage Pro ZX AGPYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (Mach 64)NoneN/ANoneN/A??????No
Brio (D5841A, D6516B)Matrox Millenium II PCIYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)NoneN/ANoneN/A??????No
Brio (D6760A, D7671A, D6908A, D7930A, D7672A, D7925T, D6776A, D6769A, D6755A, D6895A, D6896A, D6897A, D7931A)Matrox Productiva G100 AGPRem.Yes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)NoneN/ANoneN/A??????No
Brio BA (D7581A, D7584A, D7585A, D7587A, D7586A, D7591A, D7594A, D8411A)Sis 5595 AGPYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. in Frame Buffer mode (FBDEV)Rem.NoneN/ANoneN/ACirrus Logic CS 4614Yes driver AlsaRem.No
Brio BAx (D7600A, D7603A, D7624A, D7625A, D7630A, D7610A)Rem.Matrox Productiva G200 AGPYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)NoneN/ANoneN/ACirrus Logic CS 4614Yes driver AlsaRem.Yes
Brio BAx (D7605A)Rem.Matrox Productiva G200 AGPYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)??????NoneN/ACirrus Logic CS 4614Yes driver AlsaRem.No
Brio BA400 (D8760A, D8761A, D8763A, D8764A, D8767A, D8768A, D8769A, D8934A, D8935A, D8936A, D8943A, D8947A, D8952A, D8953A, D9720A, D9721A, D9724A)Intel i810 AGPRem.Yes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (Intel X Server i810)NoneN/ANoneN/A??????Yes
Brio BA410 (P1682A, P1683A, P1686A, P1687A, P1689A, P1692A, P1694A, P1710A, P1711A, P1718A, P1719A, P1720A, P1722A, 03237A, P2738A, P2739A, P2741A, P2743A, P2745A, P2746A, P3235A, P3263A, P3264A, P3265A, P3266A, P3267A, P3268A, P3269A, P3271A, P3272A, P3662A, P3663A, P3664A, P3665A, P3666A)S3 Savage AGPRem.Yes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (S3 X Server Savage)NoneN/ANoneN/AVIA 82C686Yes driver AlsaRem.Yes
Brio BA410 (P1716A, P1721A, P1723A, P3270A, P3273A)S3 Savage AGPRem.Yes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (S3 X Server Savage)SMC 1211 TX EZ Card 10/100 BTYes driver rtl8139NoneN/AVIA 82C686Yes driver AlsaRem.Yes
Brio BA410 (P2744A, P3274A, P3667A)nVidia GeForce 2 GTS AGPYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)NoneN/ANoneN/AVIA 82C686Yes driver AlsaRem.No
Brio BA600 (D8770A, D8771A, D8772A, D8773A, D8778A, D8780A, D8783A, D8784A, D8785A, D8788A, D8789A, D8963A, D9070A, D9072A, D9080A, D9082A, D9085A, D9091A) Chipset BXRem.Matrox Productiva G200 AGPYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)NoneN/ANoneN/ACirrus Logic CS 4614Yes driver AlsaRem.Yes
Brio BA600 (D8406A, D8774A, D8781A, D8787A, D8967A, D9075A) Chipset BXRem.Matrox Productiva G200 AGPYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)??????NoneN/ACirrus Logic CS 4614Yes driver AlsaRem.No

Table 3-2. Vectra and Linux

MachineGraphic CardLinux supportNetwork CardLinux supportSCSI CardLinux supportSound CardLinux supportTested
Vectra VE5 (D5592A, D5602A, D5603A, D5604A, D5606N, D5608A, D5612A, D5615A, D5618A, D5607A, D5617A)S3 Trio 64V2 PCIYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)NoneN/ANoneN/A??????Yes
Vectra VE7 (D6530A, D6531A, D6533A, D6610A, D6611A, D6615A, D6616A, D6613A)ATI Rage II C AGPYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (Mach 64)NoneN/ANoneN/A??????Yes
Vectra VE7 (D6532A, D6612A, D6617A, D6618A)ATI Rage II C AGPYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (Mach 64)3Com 905B-TX 10/100 BTRem.Yes driver 3c59xRem.NoneN/A??????Yes
Vectra VE8 (D6550A, D6560A, D6570A, D6554A, D6584A, D6540A, D6541A, D6544A, D6543A, D6578A, D6573A, D6574A, D6580A,D6581A, D6584A, D6583A, D6593A, D6597A, D6598A) Chipset BXRem.Matrox Productiva G100 AGPRem.Yes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)NoneN/ANoneN/AAZTEC 2320Yes driver AlsaRem.Yes
Vectra VE8 (D6552N, D6562N, D6565N, D6542A, D6572A, D6575A, D6582A, D6595A, D6582A, D6585N, D6599A) Chipset BXRem.Matrox Productiva G100 AGPRem.Yes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)3Com 905B-TX 10/100 BTRem.Yes driver 3c59xRem.NoneN/AAZTEC 2320Yes driver AlsaRem.Yes
Vectra VEi7 (D8112A, D8117A, D8121A, D8123A, D8124A, D8126A, D8128A, D8129A, D8131A, D8133A, D8134A, D8136A, D8138A, D8139A, D8141A, D8143A, D8144A, D8145A, D8148A, P1618A, P1619A)Sis 5595 AGPYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. in Frame Buffer mode (FBDEV)Rem.NoneN/ANoneN/A??????Yes
Vectra VEi7 (D8118N, D8122A, D8127N, D8132A, D8137A, P1620A)Sis 5595 AGPYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. in Frame Buffer mode (FBDEV)Rem.3Com 905B-TX 10/100 BTRem.Yes driver 3c59xRem.NoneN/A??????No
Vectra VEi8 (D8166A, D8168A, D8151A, D8153A, D8155A, D8169A, D8171A, D8173A, D8174A, D8181A, D8183A, D8184A, D8186A, D8188A, D9784A, D9785A, D9786A, D9788A, D9791A, D9793A, P1626A, P1628A, P1633A)Matrox Productiva G200 AGPYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)NoneN/ANoneN/A??????No
Vectra VEi8 (D8167N, D8152N, D8172N, D8182N, D8187N, D9787N, D9789A, D9792N, P1627A)Matrox Productiva G200 AGPYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)3Com 905B-TX 10/100 BTRem.Yes driver 3c59xRem.NoneN/A??????No
Vectra VL5 (D4552A, D4543A, D4554A, D4555A, D4556A, D4557A, D4558A, D4559A, D4560A, D4567A, D4562A, D4563A, D4572A, D4574A, D4576A, D4579A, D4577A)S3 Trio 64V2 PCIYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)NoneN/ANoneN/A??????Yes
Vectra VL6Cirrus Logic GD 5446 PCIYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)NoneN/ANoneN/A??????Yes
Vectra VL6Matrox Millenium II PCIYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)NoneN/ANoneN/A??????No
Vectra VL7 (D5710A, D5711N, D5725A, D5720A, D5721N, D5731N, D5797N, D5737A, D5799N)Cirrus Logic GD 5465 AGPRem.Yes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)NoneN/ANoneN/A??????Yes
Vectra VL7 (D5734N, D5729N, D5739N, D5728N, D5798N)Matrox Millenium II PCIYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)NoneN/ANoneN/A??????No
Vectra VL7 (D5724N, D5796N)Cirrus Logic GD 5465 AGPRem.Yes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)AMD 79C971 KC 10/100 BTYes driver pcnet32NoneN/A??????No
Vectra VL8 (D5880A, D5882A, D5890A, D5891A, D5893A, D5896A, D5898A, D5900A, D5902A, D6945A) Chipset BXRem.Matrox Productiva G100 AGPRem.Yes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)NoneN/ANoneN/A??????No
Vectra VL8 (D5881A, D5883A, D5894A, D5888A, D5892A) Chipset BXRem.Matrox Productiva G100 AGPRem.Yes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)3Com 905B-TX 10/100 BTRem.Yes driver 3c59xRem.NoneN/A??????No
Vectra VL8 (D5887A) Chipset BXRem.Matrox Productiva G100 AGPRem.Yes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)3Com 905B-TX 10/100 BTRem.Yes driver 3c59xRem.????????????No
Vectra VL8 (D6944A) Chipset BXRem.Matrox Millenium G200 AGPYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)NoneN/ANoneN/A??????No
Vectra VL8 (D6940A, D6941A, D6942A) Chipset BXRem.Matrox Millenium G200 AGPYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)3Com 905B-TX 10/100 BTRem.Yes driver 3c59xRem.NoneN/A??????No
Vectra VL8 (D6943A) Chipset BXRem.Matrox Millenium G200 AGPYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)3Com 905B-TX 10/100 BTRem.Yes driver 3c59xRem.Adaptec AIC 7880 UW PCIYes driver aic7xxxRem.??????Yes
Vectra VLi8 (D7941A, D7943A, D7945A, D7948A, D7951A, D7953A, D7955A, D7961A, D7963A, D7965A, D7958A, D7968A, D7969A, D7973A, D7976A, D9459A, D9460A, D9463A, D9467A, D9774A, D9810A, P1894A, P1898A)Matrox Millenium G200 AGPYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)NoneN/ANoneN/ACirrus Logic CS 4614Yes driver AlsaRem.Yes
Vectra VLi8 (D7826A, D7836A, D7837A, D7846A, D7847A, D7848A, D7856A, D7857A, D7866A, D7867N, D7876A, D7877N, D7942A, D7949A, D7952A, D7959A, D7962A, D7969A, D7972A, D8696A, D8697A, D8950A, D9456A, D9457N, D9461A, D9462A, D9770N, D9771N, D9775A, D9778A, D9779N, D9809A, P1896A, P1899A)Matrox Millenium G200 AGPYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)3Com 905C-TX 10/100 BTYes driver 3c59xRem.NoneN/ACirrus Logic CS 4614Yes driver AlsaRem.Yes
Vectra VL400 (D9815A, D9816A, D9817A, D9818A, D9819A, D9820A, D9821A, D9822A, D9824A, D9826A, D9828A, D9829A, D9830A, D9831A, D9833A, P1555A, P1556A, P1557A, P1558A, P1560A, P2260A, P2261A, P2266A, P2265A, P2778A, P2779A, P3351A, P3353A, P3389A, P3390A, P3391A, P3394A, P3614A, P3615A, P3616A, P3618A, P3687A, P3691A, P3694A, P3697A, P3698A, P3699A, P3700A, P3702A, P3704A, P3728A, P3730A, P3732A, P3733A, P3734A, P3735A, P3736A, P3737A, P3738A, P3739A, P3740A, P3743A, P3744A, P3745A, P3746A, P3747A, P4110A, P4116A, P4119A, P4120A, P4121A, P4128A, P4129A, P4130A, P4134A, P4136A, P4137A, P4138A, P4140A, P4352A, P4354A, P4355A, P4368A, P4369A, P4370A, P4371A, P4746A, P4747A, P4748A, P4752A, P4753A) Chipset i820Rem.Intel i815 AGPRem.Yes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (Intel X Server i815)3Com 905C-TX 10/100 BTYes driver 3c59xRem.NoneN/AIntel 82810 AudioYes driver AlsaRem.Yes
Vectra VL400 (D9825A, D9827A, D9832A, D9834A, P1554A, P1559A, P1561A, P1562A, P3352A, P3384A, P3686A, P3701A, P3703A, P3617A, P3619A, P3688A, P3689A, P3690A, P3692A, P3693A, P3695A, P3696A, P4112N, P4113N, P4114N, P4115A, P4117A, P4118A, P4122A, P4123N, P4124N, P4125N, P4126N, P4127N, P4133A, P4356A, P4357A, P4358A, P4359A, P4360A, P4361A, P4362A, P4363A, P4364A, P4365A, P4366A, P4167A) Chipset i820Rem.Matrox Millenium G450D AGP???3Com 905C-TX 10/100 BTYes driver 3c59xRem.NoneN/AIntel 82810 AudioYes driver AlsaRem.RedHat 7.0
Vectra VL400 (P2257A) Chipset i820Rem.Matrox Millenium G400D AGPYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)3Com 905C-TX 10/100 BTYes driver 3c59xRem.NoneN/AIntel 82810 AudioYes driver AlsaRem.No
Vectra VL600 (D9733A, D8643A, D8653A, D8657A, D8663A, D8667A, D9737A, D8647A, D8677A, P2780A, P3285A, P3288A) Chipset i820Rem.Matrox Millenium G250 AGPYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)NoneN/ANoneN/ACirrus Logic CS 4614Yes driver AlsaRem.No
Vectra VL600 (D7543N, D8644N, D8648N, D8654N, D8658N, D8664N, D8668N, D8678A, D9734N, D9738N, P2786A, P3286N, P3289N, P3604N, P3705N) Chipset i820Rem.Matrox Millenium G250 AGPYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)3Com 905C-TX 10/100 BTYes driver 3c59xRem.NoneN/ACirrus Logic CS 4614Yes driver AlsaRem.No
Vectra VL600 (D8635A, D8645A, D8649N, D8655A, D8659N, D8665A, D8669N, D8679N, D9735A, D9739N, P2787A, P3287A, P3290N, P3344N, P3345N, P3605N, P3606N, P3607N, P3608N, P3610N) Chipset i820Rem.Matrox Millenium G400D AGPYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)3Com 905C-TX 10/100 BTYes driver 3c59xRem.NoneN/ACirrus Logic CS 4614Yes driver AlsaRem.Yes
Vectra VL600 (P3609N) Chipset i820Rem.Matrox Millenium G450D AGP???3Com 905C-TX 10/100 BTYes driver 3c59xRem.NoneN/ACirrus Logic CS 4614Yes driver AlsaRem.No
Vectra VL600 (D8656N) Chipset i820Rem.Matrox Millenium G250 AGPYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)NoneN/A??????Cirrus Logic CS 4614Yes driver AlsaRem.No
Vectra VL800 (P2074A, P2076A, P2077A, P2078A, P2080A, P3631A, P3633A, P3635A) P4 Chipset i850Rem.Matrox Millenium G450D AGP???3Com 905C-TX 10/100 BTYes driver 3c59xRem.NoneN/ACirrus Logic CS 4614Yes driver AlsaRem.No
Vectra VL800 (P2075A, P2079A, P3632A, P3634A) P4 Chipset i850Rem.nVidia GeForce 2 GTS AGPYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)3Com 905C-TX 10/100 BTYes driver 3c59xRem.NoneN/ACirrus Logic CS 4614Yes driver AlsaRem.No
Vectra XA (D3986A, D3989A, D3990A, D3991A, D3993A, D4770N, D4771N, D4773N, D4774N, D3994N, D3995N, D4776N)Matrox Millenium II PCIYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)AMD 79C971 KC 10/100 BTYes driver pcnet32NoneN/A??????No
Vectra XA (D4777A)Matrox Millenium II PCIYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)AMD 79C971 KC 10/100 BTYes driver pcnet32Adaptec AIC 7880 UW PCIYes driver aic7xxxRem.??????Yes

Table 3-3. e-PC and Linux

MachineGraphic CardLinux supportNetwork CardLinux supportSCSI CardLinux supportSound CardLinux supportTested
e-Vectra (D9896T, D9897T, D9898T, D9899T, P2024T, P2025T, P2027T, P2706T, P2707T)Intel i810 AGPRem.Yes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (Intel X Server i810)3Com 905C-TX 10/100 BTYes driver 3c59xRem.NoneN/AIntel 82810 AudioYes driver AlsaRem.Yes
e-PC (P2760A, P2761A, P2763A, P2765A, P2791A, P2792A, P2793A, P2794A, P2795A, P3355A, P3362A, P4229A, P4230A, P4256A, P4265A, P4266A, P4269A, P4271A, P4272A, P4273A, P4274A, P4941A)Intel i810 AGPRem.Yes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (Intel X Server i810)3Com 905C-TX 10/100 BTYes driver 3c59xRem.NoneN/AIntel 82810 AudioYes driver AlsaRem.RedHat 7.0

Table 3-4. Kayak and Linux

MachineGraphic CardLinux supportNetwork CardLinux supportSCSI CardLinux supportSound CardLinux supportTested
Kayak XA (D4792A, D4795N)Cirrus Logic GD 5465 AGPRem.Yes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)NoneN/ANoneN/A??????No
Kayak XA (D4807N, D4796N, D6491N, D6492N, D4806N, D4808N, D6493N)Cirrus Logic GD 5465 AGPRem.Yes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)AMD 79C971 KC 10/100 BTYes driver pcnet32NoneN/A??????Yes
Kayak XA (D4798N, D6490N, D4799N, D4803N, D6494N)Cirrus Logic GD 5465 AGPRem.Yes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)AMD 79C974 KC 10/100 BT + SCSIYes driver pcnet32Symbios Logic 8751SP with network cardYes driver ncr-53c8xxRem.Analog Device 1816Yes driver AD1816Rem.Yes
Kayak XA (D4796S, D6493S)Matrox Millenium II AGPYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)NoneN/ANoneN/A??????No
Kayak XA (D4803S)Matrox Millenium II AGPYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)AMD 79C974 KC 10/100 BT + SCSIYes driver pcnet32Symbios Logic 8751SP with network cardYes driver ncr-53c8xxRem.??????No
Kayak XA (D6720N, D6721N, D6723N, D6726N, D6724N, D6730N, D6731N, D6735N, D6736N, D6738N, D6739N, D7994N)Matrox Millenium G200 AGPYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)NoneN/ANoneN/A??????No
Kayak XA (D6722N, D6729N, D6734N)Elsa Gloria Synergy + AGPRem.Yes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (3D Labs)NoneN/ANoneN/A??????Yes
Kayak XA (D6725N, D6732N, D6737N, D7993N)Matrox Millenium G200 AGPYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)AMD 79C971 KC 10/100 BT + SCSI (D6692A)Rem.Yes driver pcnet32Symbios Logic 53c875 with network card (D6692A)Yes driver ncr-53c8xxRem.??????Yes
Kayak XA (D6727N)Elsa Gloria Synergy + AGPRem.Yes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (3D Labs)AMD 79C971 KC 10/100 BT + SCSI (D6692A)Rem.Yes driver pcnet32Symbios Logic 53c875 with network card (D6692A)Yes driver ncr-53c8xxRem.??????No
Kayak XA (D6728N, D6733N)Accel Galaxy AGPYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. in Frame Buffer mode (FBDEV)Rem. Not interestingNoneN/ANoneN/A??????No
Kayak XA-s (D5751N, D5752N, D5753N, D5755N, D5754N, D5756N, D5759N) Chipset BXRem.Matrox Productiva G100 AGPRem.Yes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)NoneN/ANoneN/A??????No
Kayak XA-s (D5757N, D5758N) Chipset BXRem.Matrox Productiva G100 AGPRem.Yes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)AMD 79C971 KC 10/100 BT + SCSI (D6692A)Rem.Yes driver pcnet32Symbios Logic 53c875 with network card (D6692A)Yes driver ncr-53c8xxRem.??????Yes
Kayak XA-s (D5765N, D5763N, D5766N, D5769N, D7982N, D7986N, D7991N, D7987N) Chipset BXRem.Matrox Productiva G200 AGPYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)NoneN/ANoneN/A??????Yes
Kayak XA-s (D5768N, D5767N) Chipset BXRem.Matrox Productiva G200 AGPYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)AMD 79C971 KC 10/100 BT + SCSI (D6692A)Rem.Yes driver pcnet32Symbios Logic 53c875 with network card (D6692A)Yes driver ncr-53c8xxRem.??????No
Kayak XA-s (D5762N, D7984N, D7988N) Chipset BXRem.Elsa Gloria Synergy + AGPRem.Yes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (3D Labs)AMD 79C971 KC 10/100 BT + SCSI (D6692A)Rem.Yes driver pcnet32Symbios Logic 53c875 with network card (D6692A)Yes driver ncr-53c8xxRem.??????Yes
Kayak XA-s (D5764N, D7983N, D7989N) Chipset BXRem.Accel Galaxy AGPYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. in Frame Buffer mode (FBDEV)Rem. Not interestingAMD 79C971 KC 10/100 BT + SCSI (D6692A)Rem.Yes driver pcnet32Symbios Logic 53c875 with network card (D6692A)Yes driver ncr-53c8xxRem.??????No
Kayak XA-s (D7990N) Chipset BXRem.Matrox Productiva G100 AGPRem.Yes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)AMD 79C971 KC 10/100 BT + SCSI (D6692A)Rem.Yes driver pcnet32Symbios Logic 53c875 with network card (D6692A)Yes driver ncr-53c8xxRem.??????No
Kayak XA-s (D7992N) Chipset BXRem.Elsa Gloria Synergy II AGPYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)AMD 79C971 KC 10/100 BT + SCSI (D6692A)Rem.Yes driver pcnet32Symbios Logic 53c875 with network card (D6692A)Yes driver ncr-53c8xxRem.Analog Device 1816Yes driver AD1816Rem.Yes
Kayak XM600 (D9531N, D9533N, D9535N, D9541N, D9549N, D9552N, D9553N, D9555N, D9556N, D9557N, D9559N, P1642N, P1645N, P1653N, P1655N, P1658N, P2055N, P2191N, P2202N)Matrox Millenium G250 AGPYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)SMC 1211 TX EZ Card 10/100 BTYes driver rtl8139NoneN/ACirrus Logic CS 4614Yes driver AlsaRem.No
Kayak XM600 (P1650N, P1652N, P1656N)Matrox Millenium G250 AGPYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)SMC 1211 TX EZ Card 10/100 BTYes driver rtl8139Symbios Logic 53C895 PCIYes driver ncr-53c8xxRem.Cirrus Logic CS 4614Yes driver AlsaRem.No
Kayak XM600 (D8350N, D9554N, D9558N) Rem.Matrox Millenium G250 AGPYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)SMC 1211 TX EZ Card 10/100 BTYes driver rtl8139NoneN/ACirrus Logic CS 4614Yes driver AlsaRem.No
Kayak XM600 (P2054N) Rem.Matrox Millenium G400D AGPYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)NoneN/ANoneN/ACirrus Logic CS 4614Yes driver AlsaRem.No
Kayak XM600 (D9563N)Matrox Millenium G400D AGPYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)NoneN/ANoneN/ACirrus Logic CS 4614Yes driver AlsaRem.No
Kayak XM600 (D9536N, D9537N, D9538N, D9544N, D9548N, P1646N, P1648N, P2192N, P2193N, P2203N, P2204N, P2204N, P2192N, P2193N)Matrox Millenium G400D AGPYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)SMC 1211 TX EZ Card 10/100 BTYes driver rtl8139NoneN/ACirrus Logic CS 4614Yes driver AlsaRem.No
Kayak XM600 (D9539N, D9565N, P1651N, P1657N, P2190N, P2194N)Matrox Millenium G400D AGPYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)SMC 1211 TX EZ Card 10/100 BTYes driver rtl8139Symbios Logic 53C895 PCIYes driver ncr-53c8xxRem.Cirrus Logic CS 4614Yes driver AlsaRem.No
Kayak XM600 (D9550N, D9567N)Elsa Gloria Synergy II AGPYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)SMC 1211 TX EZ Card 10/100 BTYes driver rtl8139NoneN/ACirrus Logic CS 4614Yes driver AlsaRem.Yes
Kayak XM600 (D9534N, D9540N, D9543N, D9546N, D9564N, P1644N, P1647N, P1649N, P2053N, P2056N, P2195N, P2210N, P2211N)Elsa Gloria Synergy II AGPYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)SMC 1211 TX EZ Card 10/100 BTYes driver rtl8139Symbios Logic 53C895 PCIYes driver ncr-53c8xxRem.Cirrus Logic CS 4614Yes driver AlsaRem.Yes
Kayak XM600 (D9545N, D8366N)3DLabs Oxygen GVX1 AGPYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. in Frame Buffer mode (FBDEV)Rem.SMC 1211 TX EZ Card 10/100 BTYes driver rtl8139Symbios Logic 53C895 PCIYes driver ncr-53c8xxRem.Cirrus Logic CS 4614Yes driver AlsaRem.Yes
Kayak XU (D4691N, D4692N, D4695N, D4701N, D4693N, D4694N, D4702N, D4705N)Matrox Millenium II PCIYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)AMD 79C971 KC 10/100 BTYes driver pcnet32Adaptec AIC 7860 PCI + Adaptec AIC 7880 UW PCIYes driver aic7xxxRem.??????Yes
Kayak XU (D5680N, D5682N, D5683N, D5684N) Chipset BXRem.Matrox Millenium II PCIYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)AMD 79C971 KC 10/100 BTYes driver pcnet32Adaptec AIC 7860 PCI + Adaptec AIC 7880 UW PCIYes driver aic7xxxRem.Analog Device 1816Yes driver AD1816Rem.Yes
Kayak XU (D5702, D5704, D5686N, D6336N, D6348N, D8431N, D8920N)Matrox Millenium G200 AGPYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)AMD 79C972 10/100 BT + SCSI (D6692A)Rem.Yes driver pcnet32Symbios Logic 53c875 with network card (D6692A) + Adaptec AIC 7880 PCIYes driver ncr53c8xx and driver aic7xxx??????Yes
Kayak XU (D5687N, D6333N, D6334N, D8432N, D6345N, D8923N)Elsa Gloria Synergy + AGPRem.Yes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (3D Labs)AMD 79C972 10/100 BT + SCSI (D6692A)Rem.Yes driver pcnet32Symbios Logic 53c875 with network card (D6692A) + Adaptec AIC 7880 PCIYes driver ncr53c8xx and driver aic7xxx??????No
Kayak XU (D6337N, D6346N)Accel Galaxy AGPYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. in Frame Buffer mode (FBDEV)Rem. Not interestingAMD 79C972 10/100 BT + SCSI (D6692A)Rem.Yes driver pcnet32Symbios Logic 53c875 with network card (D6692A) + Adaptec AIC 7880 PCIYes driver ncr53c8xx and driver aic7xxx??????No
Kayak XU (D6347N)Matrox Productiva G100 AGPRem.Yes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)AMD 79C972 10/100 BT + SCSI (D6692A)Rem.Yes driver pcnet32Symbios Logic 53c875 with network card (D6692A) + Adaptec AIC 7880 PCIYes driver ncr53c8xx and driver aic7xxx??????No
Kayak XU (D8924N)Matrox Millenium G400D AGPYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)AMD 79C972 10/100 BT + SCSI (D6692A)Rem.Yes driver pcnet32Symbios Logic 53c875 with network card (D6692A) + Adaptec AIC 7880 PCIYes driver ncr53c8xx and driver aic7xxx??????No
Kayak XU700 (A7185C)Matrox Millenium G450D AGP?????????NoneN/A??????No
Kayak XU700 (A7186C)Matrox Millenium G450D AGP?????????????????????No
Kayak XU800 (D8019N) Rem.Matrox Millenium G250 AGPYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)SMC 1211 TX EZ Card 10/100 BTYes driver rtl8139NoneN/ACirrus Logic CS 4614Yes driver AlsaRem.No
Kayak XU800 (D8021N, P1586N, P1661N) Rem.Matrox Millenium G400D AGPYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)SMC 1211 TX EZ Card 10/100 BTYes driver rtl8139NoneN/ACirrus Logic CS 4614Yes driver AlsaRem.No
Kayak XU800 (D8000N, D8001N) Rem. Rem.Matrox Millenium G250 AGPYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)SMC 1211 TX EZ Card 10/100 BTYes driver rtl8139Symbios Logic 53C895 PCIYes driver ncr-53c8xxRem.Cirrus Logic CS 4614Yes driver AlsaRem.No
Kayak XU800 (D8002N, D8010N, D8016N, P1585N, P1589N, P1663N, P1664N, P1668N) Rem.Matrox Millenium G250 AGPYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)SMC 1211 TX EZ Card 10/100 BTYes driver rtl8139Symbios Logic 53C895 PCIYes driver ncr-53c8xxRem.Cirrus Logic CS 4614Yes driver AlsaRem.No
Kayak XU800 (D8003N, D8006N, D8012N, P1587N, P1665N, P1669N) Rem.Matrox Millenium G400D AGPYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)SMC 1211 TX EZ Card 10/100 BTYes driver rtl8139Symbios Logic 53C895 PCIYes driver ncr-53c8xxRem.Cirrus Logic CS 4614Yes driver AlsaRem.Yes
Kayak XU800 (P1667N) Rem. Rem.Matrox Millenium G400D AGPYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)SMC 1211 TX EZ Card 10/100 BTYes driver rtl8139Symbios Logic 53C895 PCIYes driver ncr-53c8xxRem.Cirrus Logic CS 4614Yes driver AlsaRem.No
Kayak XU800 (D8007N, D8013N, D8020N, D8022N, P1588N, P1590N, P1662N, P3220N, P3221N) Rem.Elsa Gloria Synergy II AGPYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)SMC 1211 TX EZ Card 10/100 BTYes driver rtl8139Symbios Logic 53C895 PCIYes driver ncr-53c8xxRem.Cirrus Logic CS 4614Yes driver AlsaRem.No
Kayak XU800 (D8009N, D8015N) Rem.3DLabs Oxygen GVX1 AGPYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. in Frame Buffer mode (FBDEV)Rem.SMC 1211 TX EZ Card 10/100 BTYes driver rtl8139Symbios Logic 53C895 PCIYes driver ncr-53c8xxRem.Cirrus Logic CS 4614Yes driver AlsaRem.Yes
Kayak XW (D6475N)Elsa Gloria SynergyRem.Yes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (3D Labs)AMD 79C971 KC 10/100 BTYes driver pcnet32Adaptec AIC 7860 PCI + Adaptec AIC 7880 UW PCIYes driver aic7xxxRem.??????No
Kayak XW (D5505N, D5507N, D5509N)Accel Eclipse PCIYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. in Frame Buffer mode (FBDEV)Rem. Not interestingAMD 79C971 KC 10/100 BTYes driver pcnet32Adaptec AIC 7860 PCI + Adaptec AIC 7880 UW PCIYes driver aic7xxxRem.??????No
Kayak XW (D5510N, D5514N, D6485N)HP Fx-4 AGPYes HP X ServerRem.AMD 79C971 KC 10/100 BTYes driver pcnet32Adaptec AIC 7860 PCI + Adaptec AIC 7880 UW PCIYes driver aic7xxxRem.??????No
Kayak XW (D6480N, D6481N, D6482N) Chipset BXRem.Accel Eclipse PCIYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. in Frame Buffer mode (FBDEV)Rem. Not interesting??????????????????No
Kayak XW (D6797N)HP Fx-6 AGPYes HP X ServerRem.??????????????????No
Kayak XW (D6486N, D6487N, D6488N) Chipset BXRem.HP Fx-4 AGPYes HP X ServerRem.??????????????????No

The health monitoring system HP Kayak Maxilife, available on the whole Kayak range, is supported by Linux with the tool Lm_sensors

Visualize systems come in two flavors: the p and x class systems are preinstalled, supported, and configured with Windows; the pl and xl class systems are preinstalled, supported, and configured with Linux. There is no hardware difference between the base systems, but the Linux image that is preinstalled on the pl and xl is customized so that all drivers for the systems are preconfigured -- there's no need to specify or tune the box and drivers.

Table 3-5. Visualize and Linux

MachineGraphic CardLinux supportNetwork CardLinux supportSCSI CardLinux supportSound CardLinux supportTested
Visualize P (A1296A, A5015A) Chipset BXRem.Elsa Gloria Synergy + AGPRem.Yes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (3D Labs)AMD 79C971 KC 10/100 BT + SCSI (D6692A)Rem.Yes driver pcnet32Symbios Logic 53c875 with network card (D6692A)Yes driver ncr-53c8xxRem.Analog Device 1816Yes driver AD1816Rem.RedHat 6.0, 6.1
Visualize P (A1296A, A5015A) Chipset BXRem.Elsa Gloria Synergy II AGPYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)AMD 79C971 KC 10/100 BT + SCSI (D6692A)Rem.Yes driver pcnet32Symbios Logic 53c875 with network card (D6692A)Yes driver ncr-53c8xxRem.Analog Device 1816Yes driver AD1816Rem.RedHat 6.0, 6.1
Visualize P (A6034A, A6038A)Elsa Gloria Synergy II AGPYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)Intel i82557 / i82558 10/100 BT (D5013A/B)Yes driver eepro-100Adaptec AIC 7892 PCIYes driver aic7xxxRem.Cirrus Logic CS 4280Yes driver AlsaRem.RedHat 6.2
Visualize P (A6034A, A6038A)HP Fx-5 AGPYes HP X ServerRem.Intel i82557 / i82558 10/100 BT (D5013A/B)Yes driver eepro-100Adaptec AIC 7892 PCIYes driver aic7xxxRem.Cirrus Logic CS 4280Yes driver AlsaRem.RedHat 6.2
Visualize P (A6034A, A6038A)HP Fx-10 AGPYes HP X ServerRem.Intel i82557 / i82558 10/100 BT (D5013A/B)Yes driver eepro-100Adaptec AIC 7892 PCIYes driver aic7xxxRem.Cirrus Logic CS 4280Yes driver AlsaRem.RedHat 6.2
Visualize X (A1297A, A5014A) Chipset BXRem.Elsa Gloria Synergy + AGPRem.Yes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (3D Labs)AMD 79C971 KC 10/100 BT + SCSI (D6692A)Rem.Yes driver pcnet32Symbios Logic 53c875 with network card (D6692A)Yes driver ncr-53c8xxRem.Analog Device 1816Yes driver AD1816Rem.RedHat 6.0
Visualize X (A1280A, A6020A)Elsa Gloria Synergy II AGPYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)Intel i82557 / i82558 10/100 BT (D5013A/B)Yes driver eepro-100Adaptec AIC 7892 PCIYes driver aic7xxxRem.Cirrus Logic CS 4280Yes driver AlsaRem.RedHat 6.2
Visualize X (A1280A, A6020A)HP Fx-5 AGPYes HP X ServerRem.Intel i82557 / i82558 10/100 BT (D5013A/B)Yes driver eepro-100Adaptec AIC 7892 PCIYes driver aic7xxxRem.Cirrus Logic CS 4280Yes driver AlsaRem.RedHat 6.2
Visualize X (A1280A, A6020A)HP Fx-10 AGPYes HP X ServerRem.Intel i82557 / i82558 10/100 BT (D5013A/B)Yes driver eepro-100Adaptec AIC 7892 PCIYes driver aic7xxxRem.Cirrus Logic CS 4280Yes driver AlsaRem.RedHat 6.2

A page dedicated to these machines and their support under Linux is available at the following address : http://www.hp.com/workstations/products/linux/index.html

A page of questions and answers on these machines is also available at the following address : http://www.hp.com/visualize/programs/news/archive/qa1.html

In particular, it's recommended to use a kernel 2.2.16 at least to support correctly the SCSI controller of these machines.

A beta X server for the FX2+, FX4+ and FX6+ cards is available at the following address : http://www.hp.com/workstations/support/software/drivers/linux/video/fxvideo/fx6/driver.html?

An X server for the FX5 and FX10 cards is available at the following address : http://www.hp.com/workstations/support/software/drivers/linux/video/fxvideo/fx10/index.html

3.2.1.2. Desktop computer accessories

The following table provides all of the informations on the support for this hardware by Linux.

Table 3-6. Desktop computer accessories

ReferenceCard typeChipsetLinux supportTested
D1553AExtensionISA Slots Extension kitNoneYes
D5480AFastRaid CardAdaptec ARO RaidportNoNo
D6690AFastRaid CardAdaptec ARO RaidportNoNo
D6951ASCSI CardAdaptec AIC 7880 UW PCIYes driver aic7xxxRem.Yes
D9528ASCSI CardSymbios Logic 8952U Ultra2 Wide PCI???No
D9529ASCSI CardSymbios Logic 53C895 PCIYes driver ncr-53c8xxRem.Yes
D9663ASCSI CardSymbios Logic 53C895 PCIYes driver ncr-53c8xxRem.Yes
D9561ASCSI Card??????No
D6936ANetwork CardAMD 79C972 AKC 10/100 BTYes driver pcnet32Yes
D7504ANetwork Card3Com 905B-TX 10/100 BTRem.Yes driver 3c59xRem.Yes
D7506ANetwork Card??????No
D7508ANetwork Card??????No
D7522ANetwork Card3Com 905C-TX 10/100 BTYes driver 3c59xRem.Yes
D7531ANetwork CardCarte HP chipset RealTekYes driver RealTekYes
D6657ASound Card??????No
D5183ASound Card??????No
P1552AVideo CardMatrox Millenium G250 AGPYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)Yes
D9521AVideo CardMatrox Millenium G400D AGPYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)Yes
D9509A, D9522A, D9522BVideo CardElsa Gloria Synergy II AGPYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)Yes
D9523AVideo Card3DLabs Oxygen GVX1 AGPYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. in Frame Buffer mode (FBDEV)Rem.Yes
P1971AVideo CardnVidia GeForce 2 GTS AGPYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)No

CD-ROM, DVD and ZIP drives are supported by Linux kernel. Read the various HOWTO for their use, following the interface type.

3.2.1.3. The portable range (OmniBook)

To suspend to disk the current session, you need to not have deleted the hibernation partition, to have support for APM in the kernel, and to use the key combination Fn+F12.

The following table provides all of the informations on the support for this hardware by Linux.

Table 3-7. OmniBook and Linux

MachineGraphic CardLinux supportNetwork CardLinux supportSCSI CardLinux supportSound CardLinux supportTested
OmniBook Sojourn (F1430A)Neomagic MagicGraph 128XD NM2160Yes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)NoneN/ANoneN/A??????No
OmniBook XE (F1719W, F1720W, F1721W, F1722W) Rem.Silicon Motion LynxE SM810Rem.Yes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)NoneN/ANoneN/AESS Maestro 2Yes driver maestroRem.Yes
OmniBook XE2 (F1664W, F1666W, F1666N, F1667W, F1667N, F1674W, F1675W, F1753W, F1756W, F1755W, F1755N, F1772W, F1774N, F1774W, F1775N, F1775W, F1962W, F2051W, F2052W, F2052K, F2053W, F2053K, F2055W, F2055K, F2065W, F2065K, F2068W, F2069W, F2069K) Rem.Silicon Motion LynxE SM810Rem.Yes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)NoneN/ANoneN/AESS Maestro 3YesRem.Yes
OmniBook XE3 (F2113W, F2113K, F2114W, F2114K) Rem. Rem.S3 Savage AGPRem.Yes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (S3 X Server Savage)NoneN/ANoneN/AESS Maestro 3YesRem.Yes
OmniBook XE3 (F2115W, F2115K, F2116W, F2116K, F2117W, F2117K, F2302W, F2302K, F2303W, F2303K, F2305W, F2305K, F2306W, F2306K, F2308W, F2308K, F2321W, F2321K) Rem. Rem.S3 Savage AGPRem.Yes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (S3 X Server Savage)Accton EN2242 minipciYes driver tulipNoneN/AESS Maestro 3YesRem.Yes
OmniBook 500 (F2158W, F2158K, F2159W, F2159K, F2161W, F2161K, F2162W, F2162K)ATI Rage MobilityYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. in Frame Buffer mode (FBDEV)Rem. Rem.NoneN/ANoneN/AESS Maestro 3YesRem.No
OmniBook 500 (F2164W, F2164K, F2165W, F2165K, F2167W, F2167K, F2168W, F2168K)ATI Rage MobilityYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. in Frame Buffer mode (FBDEV)Rem. Rem.3Com 3C556 10/100 BTYes driver Rem.NoneN/AESS Maestro 3YesRem.No
OmniBook 600 ()Chips & Technologies CT65545Yes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)NoneN/ANoneN/A??????No
OmniBook 800 (F1360A, F1175A, F1174A, F1173A, F1172A, F1171A)Neomagic MagicGraph 128XD NM2160Yes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)NoneN/ASCSI CardYes driver ncr-53c8xxRem.SoundBlaster compatibleYes driver sbYes
OmniBook 900 (F1711W, F1712W, F1760W, F1711N, F1712N, F1765N)Neomagic MagicGraph 256AV NM2200Yes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)NoneN/ANoneN/AAnalog Device 1848Yes driver AD1848Yes
OmniBook 900 (F1769W, F1769N, F1769K, F1770W, F1770N, F1770K, F1979W, F1979N, F1979K, F1980W, F1980N, F1980K, F2007W, F2007N, F2007K)ATI Rage MobilityYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. in Frame Buffer mode (FBDEV)Rem. Rem.NoneN/ANoneN/AESS Maestro 2Yes driver maestroRem.Yes
OmniBook 2000 (F1356A, F1397A)Chips & Technologies CT65554Yes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)NoneN/ANoneN/A??????No
OmniBook 2100 (F1584W, F1580W, F1581W, F1597W, F1598W, F1599W, F1600W, F1729W)Neomagic MagicGraph 128XD NM2160Yes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)NoneN/ANoneN/ACrystal CS 4232YesYes
OmniBook 3000 (F1391A, F1392A, F1393A)Neomagic MagicGraph 128XD NM2160Yes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)NoneN/ANoneN/ACrystal CS 4232YesNo
OmniBook 3100 (F1582W)Neomagic MagicGraph 128XD NM2160Yes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)NoneN/ANoneN/ASoundBlaster compatibleYes driver sbNo
OmniBook 4000 ()WD90C24 PCIYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)NoneN/ANoneN/A??????No
OmniBook 4100 (F1462W, F1463W, F1479W, F1464W, F1703W)Neomagic MagicGraph 128XD NM2160Yes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)NoneN/ANoneN/A??????Yes
OmniBook 4150 (F1629W, F1640W, F1641W, F1642W, F1629N, F1640N, F1641N, F1642N, F1647W, F1647N, F1648W, F1648N, F1663W, F1663N)Neomagic MagicGraph 256AV NM2200Yes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)NoneN/ANoneN/A??????Yes
OmniBook 4150 (F1649W, F1649N, F1649K, F1650W, F1650N, F1650K, F1658W, F1658N, F1660W, F1660N, F1662W, F1662N, F1662K, F1976W, F1976N, F1976K, F1983W, F1983N, F1983K, F2000W, F2000N, F2000K, )ATI Rage MobilityYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. in Frame Buffer mode (FBDEV)Rem. Rem.NoneN/ANoneN/AESS Maestro 2Yes driver maestroRem.Yes
OmniBook 5000 ()Chips & Technologies CT65545Yes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)NoneN/ANoneN/ACrystal CS 4232YesYes
OmniBook 5500 ()Chips & Technologies CT65548Yes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)NoneN/ANoneN/ACrystal CS 4232YesYes
OmniBook 5700 (F1352A, F1353A, F1396A, F1354A, F1355A)Chips & Technologies CT65554Yes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)NoneN/ANoneN/A??????Yes
OmniBook 6000 (F2072W, F2072K, F2079W, F2079K, F2081W, F2081K, F2083W, F2083K, F2087W, F2087K, F2090W, F2090K, F2140W, F2140K, F2144W, F2144K, F2148W, F2148K, F2150W, F2150K, F2186W, F2186K, F2182W, F2182K, F2184W, F2184K, F2200W, F2200K, F2202W, F2202K)ATI Rage MobilityYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. in Frame Buffer mode (FBDEV)Rem. Rem.3Com 3C556 10/100 BTYes driver Rem.NoneN/AESS Maestro 3YesRem.Yes
OmniBook 7100 (F1441W, F1442W)ATI Rage LT ProYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (Mach 64)NoneN/ANoneN/ASoundBlaster compatibleYes driver sbRedHat 7.0
OmniBook 7150 (F1443W)ATI Rage LT ProYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (Mach 64)NoneN/ANoneN/AESS Maestro 2Yes driver maestroRem.No

3.2.1.4. Portable accessories

The cards mentionned below are PCMCIA or PC-Card cards.

The following table provides all of the informations on the support for this hardware by Linux.

Table 3-8. Portable accessories

ReferenceCard typeChipsetLinux supportTested
F1623AModem/Net CardXircom CEM56-100 56Kb 10/100 BTYes driver xirc2ps_csYes
F1625AModem Card??????No
F1626ANetwork Card3Com 3CXFE575BT 10/100 BT???No
F1626BNetwork Card??????No
F1643AModem/Net Card??????No
F1782AModem/Net Card??????No

3.2.1.5. The server range (NetServer)

A page on how Linux works on HP NetServers is available at http://www.netserver.hp.com/netserver/products/highlights_linux.asp

An official compatibility matrix of HP NetServers with Linux and other operating systems is available at : http://netserver.hp.com/netserver/support/compatibility/drvmatrx.htm

Official documents to help configuring NetServers under Linux RedHat 5.2 and 6.0 are also available.

The following table provides all of the informations on the support for this hardware by Linux.

Table 3-9. NetServers and Linux

MachineGraphic CardLinux supportNetwork CardLinux supportSCSI CardLinux supportSound CardLinux supportTested
NetServer E45 (D4973A, D4974A, D4975A, D4976A, D5971A)Cirrus Logic GD 5446 PCIYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)Intel i82557 / i82558 10/100 BT (D5013A/B)Yes driver eepro-100Adaptec AIC 2910bui (7860) PCIYes driver aic7xxxRem.NoneN/ANo
NetServer E50 (D6034A, D6033A, D6035A, D6031A, D6030A, D6032A)Cirrus Logic GD 5446 PCIYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)Intel i82557 / i82558 10/100 BT (D5013A/B)Yes driver eepro-100Adaptec AIC 7880 UW PCIYes driver aic7xxxRem.NoneN/AYes
NetServer E55 (D9337A)ATI Rage II C AGPYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (Mach 64)Intel S82093A / i82559 10/100 BTYes driver eepro-100Adaptec AIC 7895H PCIYes driver aic7xxxRem.NoneN/ANo
NetServer E60 (D7140A, D7142A, D7144A, D7146A, D7148A, D9123A, D9127A, D9128A, D9129A)ATI Rage II C AGPYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (Mach 64)Intel S82093A / i82559 10/100 BTYes driver eepro-100Adaptec AIC 7895H PCIYes driver aic7xxxRem.NoneN/AYes
NetServer E200 (P1205A, P2448A)ATI Rage II C AGPYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (Mach 64)Intel i82557 / i82558 10/100 BT (D5013A/B)Yes driver eepro-100Adaptec AIC 7880 UW PCIYes driver aic7xxxRem.NoneN/ANo
NetServer E800 (D9400A, D9402A, D9404A, D9408A, D9409, D9411A, P1195A, P1200A, P2457A, P2458A, P2460A, P2477A, P2502A, P2503A, P2504A, P3428A, P3432A) Rem.ATI Rage II C AGPYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (Mach 64)Intel S82093A / i82559 10/100 BTYes driver eepro-1002 Symbios Logic 53C896 PCIYes driver sym-53c8xxRem.NoneN/ARedHat 7.0, Mandrake 7.2
NetServer LC (D3343A)Trident TVGA 9000iYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)NoneN/AAdaptec AIC 7770 EISAYes driver aic7xxxRem.NoneN/AYes
NetServer LCII (D4907A, D4909A, D5014A, D5015A, D5016A, D5969A, D5970A, D5959A, D5961A)Cirrus Logic GD 5446 PCIYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)Intel i82557 / i82558 10/100 BT (D5013A/B)Yes driver eepro-100Adaptec AIC 7880 UW PCIYes driver aic7xxxRem.NoneN/AYes
NetServer LC3 (D6123A, D7018A, D6125A, D7020A, D7028A, D7025A, D7126A, D8594A) Chipset BXRem.Cirrus Logic GD 5446 PCIYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)Intel i82557 / i82558 10/100 BT (D5013A/B)Yes driver eepro-100Adaptec AIC 7880 UW PCIYes driver aic7xxxRem.NoneN/AYes
NetServer LC2000 (D8514A, D8515A, D8519A, D8520A, D8524A, D8525A, D9162A, D9163A, D9164A, D9165A, P1802A, P1804A, P2478A, P2479A, P3493A) Chipset i820Rem. Rem.ATI Rage II C AGPYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (Mach 64)Intel S82093A / i82559 10/100 BTYes driver eepro-1002 Symbios Logic 53C897 PCIYes driver ncr-53c8xxRem.NoneN/ARedHat 6.2, 7.0, Mandrake 7.2
NetServer LDPro (D4944A, D4946A, D4961A, D4962A)Trident TVGA 9000iYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)Intel i82557 / i82558 10/100 BT (D5013A/B)Yes driver eepro-100Adaptec AIC 7880 UW PCIYes driver aic7xxxRem.NoneN/ANo
NetServer LHPro (D4979A, D4980A, D4981A, D4982A)Trident TVGA 9000iYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)NoneN/A2 Adaptec AIC 7880 UW PCIYes driver aic7xxxRem.NoneN/AYes
NetServer LHII (D5017A, D5953A, D5021A, D5023A, D6047A, D6048A)Trident TVGA 9000iYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)NoneN/A2 Adaptec AIC 7880 UW PCIYes driver aic7xxxRem.NoneN/AYes
NetServer LH3 (D4998A, D5002A, D5000A, D5004A, D7033A, D7034A, D8503A, D8504A, D8567A, D8568A, D9343A, D9344A) Chipset BXRem. Rem.Cirrus Logic GD 5446 PCIYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)Intel i82557 / i82558 10/100 BT (D5013A/B)Yes driver eepro-1002 Symbios Logic 53C895 PCIYes driver ncr-53c8xxRem.NoneN/AYes
NetServer LH3000 (D8228A, D8230A, D8236A, D8238A, D8244A, D8246A, D9176A, D9178A, D9180A, D9182A, P1794A, P1796A, P2482A, P2483A) Chipset BXRem. Rem.ATI Rage II C AGPYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (Mach 64)Intel S82093A / i82559 10/100 BTYes driver eepro-100Adaptec AIC 7880 PCI + 2 Symbios Logic 53C896 PCIYes driver aic7xxx and driver sym53c8xxNoneN/ARedHat 6.2, 7.0, Mandrake 7.2
NetServer LH4 (D7092A, D7093A, D7094A, D7095A, D6971A, D6972A, D6973A, D6974A, D7103A, D7104A, D8552A, D8553A, D8556A, D8557A, D8560A, D8561A, P1225A, P1227A) Chipset BXRem. Rem.Rem. Rem.Cirrus Logic GD 5446 PCIYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)Intel i82557 / i82558 10/100 BT (D5013A/B)Yes driver eepro-1002 Symbios Logic 53C895 PCIYes driver ncr-53c8xxRem.NoneN/AYes
NetServer LH6000 (D9103A, D9104A, D9107A, D9108A, D9190A, D9192A, D9194A, D9196A, P2622A, P2623A) Chipset BXRem. Rem. Rem. Rem.ATI Rage II C AGPYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (Mach 64)Intel S82093A / i82559 10/100 BTYes driver eepro-100Adaptec AIC 7880 PCI + 2 Symbios Logic 53C896 PCIYes driver aic7xxx and driver sym53c8xxNoneN/ARedHat 6.2, 7.0, Mandrake 7.2
NetServer LPr (D6130A, D6131A, D7171A, D9133A, D9348A, D9431A, D9434A, P1736A, P1738A, P1820A, P3417A) Chipset BXRem.Cirrus Logic GD 5446 PCIYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)Intel i82557 / i82558 10/100 BT (D5013A/B)Yes driver eepro-100Symbios Logic 53C895 PCIYes driver ncr-53c8xxRem.NoneN/ARedHat 6.2
NetServer LP1000r (P1810A, P1812A, P2465A) Rem. Rem.ATI Rage II C AGPYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (Mach 64)2 x Intel i82559 10/100 BTYes driver eepro-1002 Symbios Logic 53C1010 PCIYes driver sym-53c8xxRem.NoneN/ARedHat 6.2, 7.0, Mandrake 7.2, SuSE 7.0
NetServer LP1000r (P3573A) Rem. Rem. Rem.ATI Rage II C AGPYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (Mach 64)2 x Intel i82559 10/100 BTYes driver eepro-1002 Symbios Logic 53C1010 PCIYes driver sym-53c8xxRem.NoneN/APreload RedHat 7.0 based
NetServer LP1000r (P3574A) Rem. Rem. Rem.ATI Rage II C AGPYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (Mach 64)2 x Intel i82559 10/100 BTYes driver eepro-1002 Symbios Logic 53C1010 PCIYes driver sym-53c8xxRem.NoneN/APreload SuSE 7.0 based
NetServer LP2000r (P1824A, P1827A, P1830A, P3576A) Rem. Rem.ATI Rage II C AGPYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (Mach 64)2 x Intel i82559 10/100 BTYes driver eepro-1002 Symbios Logic 53C1010 PCIYes driver sym-53c8xxRem.NoneN/ARedHat 6.2, 7.0, Mandrake 7.2, SuSE 7.0
Cluster NetServer LPr (D6131A, P1133A)Rem.Cirrus Logic GD 5446 PCIYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)Intel i82557 / i82558 10/100 BT (D5013A/B)Yes driver eepro-100Symbios Logic 53C895 PCIYes driver ncr-53c8xxRem.NoneN/AYes
NetServer LT6000r (D9143A, D9145A, P1756A, P1758A, P2621A, P3460) Chipset BXRem. Rem. Rem. Rem.ATI Rage II C AGPYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (Mach 64)Intel S82093A / i82559 10/100 BTYes driver eepro-100Adaptec AIC 7880 PCI + 2 Symbios Logic 53C896 PCIYes driver aic7xxx and driver sym53c8xxNoneN/ARedHat 6.2, 7.0, Mandrake 7.2
NetServer LXePro/LXPro (D4920B, D4925B, D6036A, D4311B, D4312B, D6037A, D4315B, D4958B, D6014A, D6015A, D4964B, D4898A, D6016A, D4899A, D6017A, D4900A, D6018A)Cirrus Logic GD 5424 PCIYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)NoneN/A2 Adaptec AIC 7880 UW PCIYes driver aic7xxxRem.NoneN/ANo
NetServer LXrPro8 (D5028A)??NoneN/ASymbios logic UW?NoneN/ANo
NetServer LXr8000 (D6021A, D6022A, D6136A, D6137A, D7000A, D8256A, D8257A, D8258A, D8546A, D8548A) Rem.Cirrus Logic GD 5446 PCIYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)NoneN/A2 Symbios Logic 53C896 PCIYes driver sym-53c8xxRem.NoneN/AYes
NetServer LXr8500 (D8540A, D8542A, D9317A, D9417A, D9418A, P1230A, P1765A, P3461A) Rem.Cirrus Logic GD 5446 PCIYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (SVGA)NoneN/A2 Symbios Logic 53C896 PCIYes driver sym-53c8xxRem.NoneN/ANo

Table 3-10. Appliance Servers and Linux

MachineGraphic CardLinux supportNetwork CardLinux supportSCSI CardLinux supportSound CardLinux supportTested
Web hosting SA1100 (P4533A)????????????NoneN/ANoneN/ANo
Web hosting SA1200 (P4533A)??????????????????NoneN/ANo

3.2.1.6. NetServers accessories

The following table provides all of the informations on the support for this hardware by Linux.

Table 3-11. NetServers accessories

ReferenceCard typeChipsetLinux supportTested
NetRaid 1 D4992ANetRaid CardAMI Megaraid (Raid 0, 1, 3, 5, 10, 50)Yes driver megaraidRem.Yes
NetRaid 1Si D2140ANetRaid CardAMI Megaraid (Raid 0, 1, 3, 5, 10, 50)Yes driver megaraidRem.Yes
NetRaid 1M P3410A Rem.NetRaid CardAMI Megaraid (Raid 0, 1, 3, 5, 10, 50)Yes driver megaraidRem.No
NetRaid 2M P3411A Rem.NetRaid CardAMI Megaraid (Raid 0, 1, 3, 5, 10, 50)Yes driver megaraidRem.Yes
NetRaid 3 D4943ANetRaid CardAMI Megaraid (Raid 0, 1, 3, 5, 10, 50)Yes driver megaraidRem.Yes
NetRaid 3Si D5955ANetRaid CardAMI Megaraid (Raid 0, 1, 3, 5, 10, 50)Yes driver megaraidRem.Yes
NetRaid 4M D9161A/D9351ANetRaid CardStrong ARM (Raid 0, 1, 3, 5, 10, 50)Yes driver aacraidRem.Yes
C1578BSCSI CardAdaptec AIC 7895H PCIYes driver aic7xxxRem.No
C7430ASCSI CardAdaptec AIC 7880 UW PCIYes driver aic7xxxRem.No
D5025ASCSI CardAdaptec AIC 7880 UW PCIYes driver aic7xxxRem.Yes
D5252ASCSI CardAdaptec AIC 7880 UWD PCIYes driver aic7xxxRem.Yes
P3413ASCSI Card??????No
D5013A, D5013BNetwork CardIntel i82557 / i82558 10/100 BT (D5013A/B)Yes driver eepro-100Yes
P3492Network Card??????No
J2585BNetwork CardCarte 100VG (J2585B)Yes driver hp100Yes
D6977AFibre Channel Card??????No
D5246AFibre Channel Card??????No
D8602AFibre Channel Card??????No
D8602BFibre Channel Card??????No
D6028ATop Tools Card???YesYes

3.2.1.7. Complementary informations

Please refer to the Hardware Howto and Ethernet Howto for other details concerning the support of some hardware elements by Linux.

For video chipsets support, a fundamental page is the one of XFree86 with its supported chipsets list.

Commercial servers are also available, as those of X-Inside and MetroLink

Netvectra are not supported by Linux.

Driver supporting the HP GPIB cards (IEEE 488) HP 27209 (= HP 82990, HP 61062, HP 88500) and HP 82335 is available at the following address : ftp://ftp.llp.fu-berlin.de/pub/linux/LINUX-LAB/IEEE488

3.2.1.7.1. Remarks

XFree86

The latest version of XFree86 is the 3.3.6, available from our mirror.

G100 card

To use the MGA G100 AGP card, with a version of XFree86 before the 3.3.2 one, you have to use an option in the file XF86Config : Option "no_accel".

Section example :
Section "Device"
[...]
      VendorName "Matrox"
      VideoRam 4096
      Option "no_accel"
EndSection

ATI Rage Mobility video card

The maximum resolution supported by vthis chipset in frame-buffer mode is 800x600 in 16 bpp (vga=0x315 in /etc/lilo.conf)

This chipset is also supported by XFree 3.3.6 with the Mach64 driver and a patch available at http://www.staikos.on.ca/~staikos/tp1460/XFMa64-Rage-Thinkpad.patch.

A precompiled X server is available at this address : http://www.0wned.org/XFMa64-Rage-Thinkpad.tar.gz.

GD 5465 video card

To use a Cirrus Logic GD 5465 AGP card, with a version below Xfree86 3.3.3, you have to use an option in the file XF86Config : Option "xaa_no_color_exp".

Section example :
Section "Device"
[...]
       Identifier "CL-GD5465"
       VendorName "Cirrus"
       BoardName  "GD5465"
       VideoRam   2048
       Option     "xaa_no_color_exp"
EndSection

Some users who had problems with the support of this chipset were more satisfied with the use of the "sw_cursor" option.

Elsa Gloria Synergy card

Specifications of that card should be consulted on Elsa web site. This card is equiped with an hardware OpenGL accelerator. Under Linux, there is an OpenGL compatible layer called Mesa. This layer begins to support hardware accelerators, and among them the 3DLabs chipset which is on Elsa Gloria cards.

Silicon Motion LynxE card

This card is only supported from the 3.3.6 version of XFree86. Nevertheless, even in that version, this is a preliminary support, which isn't as stable as the Frame Buffer mode.

On the other hand, to be able to install a RedHat 6.1 version, you should do that in text mode, because the server provided (3.3.5) doesn't support this card.

If you have a dual-boot system, booting first on Windows, and initialize the card through its driver seems to improve the oprations then under Linux (warm reboot).

Versions of XFree86 above 4.0.2 also offer the support of this chipset.

Intel i810/i815 card

(Informations provided by Frédéric Dubuy , Anne-Marie Mahfouf and Jean-Bernard Chaffardon )

These cards are only supported with a specific X server XFCom_i810/5 downloadable in both format RPM or tar.gz and a complementary module for the kernel agpgart, downloadable in both format SRPM or tar.gz (old).

Detailed documentations on the installation are provided at http://www.linux-france.org/article/x/GuideIntel810/book1.html and ftp://download.intel.com/support/graphics/intel815/release_linux.pdf

To summarize, once the X server installed, the module compiled and installed, it's sufficient to modify with the following parameters the file /etc/X11/XF86Config :
Section "Device"
[...]
      Identifier "i810"
[...]
EndSection

[...]
Section "Screen"
[...]
      Driver "svga"
      Device "i810"
[...]
EndSection

You have to note that the agpgart module provided by Intel should replace the one delivered in the kernel so that it works. You then have to reinstall it, particularly when a kernel update occurs.

S3 Savage 4 card

This card is only supported with a specific X server downloadable at ftp://ftp.s3.com/pub/s3/desktop/395/395_xf86_1011.tar.gz

For the installation, please read the following document

Frame Buffer

To use the Frame Buffer mode, please consult the following documents http://www.medasys-digital-systems.fr/linux/framebuffer.html and http://www.medasys-digital-systems.fr/mirror/linux/LDP/HOWTO/Framebuffer-HOWTO.html.

Aic7xxx

The latest version of the aic7xxx driver is available from the reference site.

Ncr53c8xx

The latest version of the ncr53c8xx driver is available from the reference site.

A driver disk for the RedHat distribution is available at the following address for the versions 6.2 and 7.0.

D6692A card

To use the D6692A card, you need to use a 2.1.122 kernel at least. Previous kernels didn't handled correctly the shared IRQ between the network and SCSI parts of the card. In particular, a standard RedHat 5.2 version doesn't allow to the network part to be supported. You have to update your kernel with a recent one (preferably 2.4.3) and the distribution with the complementary packages needed.

3C59x

The latest version of the 3c59x driver is available from the reference site.

There is also a version provided and supported by 3Com, available at http://support.3com.com/infodeli/tools/nic/linuxdownload.htm.

There are also other drivers available at ftp://ftp.scyld.com/pub/network/test/3c59x.c and http://www.uow.edu.au/~andrewm/linux/#3c59x-bc.

3C556

This card is supported by kernel 2.2.17 and upper.

Sound Chipset ESS Maestro

The chipset 2EM (Vendor id: 125d - device id: 1978) is supported in 2.2.14 kernel and upper. Version 3 (Vendor id: 125d - device id: 1998) on the other side is supported in 2.2.19pre5 kernel and upper. Cf : the site of the maestro3, driver, in the AlsaRem. project (version >= 0.5.10) driver, and in the commercial software Open Sound System . The latest version of the ESS Maestro driver is available from the reference site.

Sound Chipset AD1816

The latest version of the AD1816 driver is available from the reference site.

For Visualize workstations, it's recommended by HP to put in /etc/conf.modules :
alias sound ad1816
pre-install sound /sbin/insmod sound dmabuf=1
options ad1816 io=0x500 irq=5 dma=0 dma2=3 ad1816_clockfreq=33000
alias midi opl3
options opl3 io=0x388
(Source : http://www.hp.com/visualize/support/technotes/linux)

Alsa Sound Drivers

The Alsa project has for primary goals to develop drivers to support sound cards in Linux, being fully compatible with current OSS drivers, bringing more functionalities and supporting more hardware.

All the information on this project, as well as sources under the GPL license, are available from their home page http://www.alsa-project.org

RPMs for RedHat 6.2 and Turbo Linux 6.0 distribution are available at the address http://hp-linux.org/aau/alsa

DOS models

These models are delivered with MS-DOS only, in order to have a Linux Machine at the best price.

Turbo Linux models

These models are delivered ready to be installed with Turbo Linux, in order to have a Linux Machine at the best price (2 CDs + 30 days of support).

XU800

On that machine, the Bios doesn't give the right amount of memory which is in the machine to Linux. You need to use a line such as append="mem=xxxM" at the begining of /etc/lilo.conf where xxx is your RAM in MB.

The support of "big size" IDE disks (for example, 27 GB disks provided for the XU 800) on these machines needs a kernel 2.2.15 at least.

Omnibook XE

If you intend to use both the sound chipset and a PCMCIA card in this laptop, in order to avoid conflicts at input/output ports level, you'll have to modify the file /etc/pcmcia/config.opts to change the line 6 to
include port 0x300-0x4ff, port 0x1000-0x17ff
The NSC PC87108/338 chipset controlling IrDA on this model is supported by the 0.93 kernel. (Source : http://www.bits.bris.ac.uk/madmatt/laptop.shtml)

Some users had to apply the same tric for their Omnibook 4150 with success.

Omnibook XE3

It is recommended to not launch /sbin/halt under X11. The integrated modem card is not supported under Linux (ESS ES56CVM-PL).

The installation of a RedHat 6.2 distribution gives a problem when rebooting the system, at the PCMCIA initialisation. You have to install the latest version of the pcmcia-cs package at ftp://pcmcia-cs.sourceforge.net/pub/pcmcia-cs/

To use the network, you need a tulip driver modified by P. "goldpenguin" Depouilly, and available at http://www.math.u-bordeaux.fr/~depouill/XE3/tulip.tar.gz

RedHat models

These models are delivered preloaded with a improved distribution based on RedHat (shameless plug, as I did it :-)

LC 2000

In order to use the native SCSI controler you need to disable in the Bios the option "Reserve PCI Bus Numbers", in the menu PCI Device Setting. (Indication of GILLYNN COUCH)

LP1000r/LP2000r

To use the native SCSI bus of this machine, it's necessary to use the sym53c8xx driver with a version upon 1.6c. A driver disk for RedHat distributions is available for versions 6.2 and 7.0.

For the SuSE 7.0 distribution, you have to enter the manual mode to load the driver, as autodetection doesn't work correctly.

LH 6000

In order to use the native SCSI controler you need to desactivate in the Bios the "reserver PCI Bus #s", in the menu PCI Device Setting. The PS/2 system doesn't work correctly with a RedHat 6.1 or 6.2 distribution. In order to correct that you need to either put the machine in MPS 1.1, in the BIOS, or use a kernel above 2.3.47 in MPS 1.4 mode. The network card doesn't work correctly with the kernel of the RedHat 6.2 distribution.

LT 6000r

In order to use the native SCSI controler you need to desactivate in the Bios the "reserver PCI Bus #s", in the menu PCI Device Setting.

BX Chipset

Intel BX Chipset (Memory Bus at 100 MHz) is supported by kernels above 2.0.34/2.1.103.

i820 Chipset

Coppermine 0.18 µm technology - 256 kB synchronous cache - Intel i820 Chipset

P4 - i850 Chipset

These machines are equiped with a Pentium IV processor, supported by kernels 2.2.18/2.4.0 and above. The RedHat 7.0 and TurboLinux 6.1 distributions, e.g., can be installed correctly on this kind of machines.

BAx

Attention, the XF86_SVGA server works correctly with this mother board embedded version only above XFree86 3.3.5, due to the use of different frequencies (In particular, use the updates for RedHat 5.2/6.0).

Boot disk for 3Com card

Creation of a custom RedHat 5.1 Boot disk

To be able to boot with the RedHat 5.1 boot disk, and to have the support of the 3C905B-TX card, you need to do the following :

# Log as root. Go in the home directory  (~root)
#cd ~
# Put there the 3c59x.c source module for the 3Com card
#ncftp ftp://ftp.medasys-digital-systems.fr/pub/linux/networking/drivers/3c59x.c
# Compile it
#gcc -DMODULE -D__KERNEL__ -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O6 -c 3c59x.c `[ -f /usr/include/linux/modversions.h ] && echo -DMODVERSIONS`
# put the RedHat 5.1 floppy boot disk in the drive
# you have to copy the initrd.img file from the floppy disk  
#mcopy a:initrd.img /tmp
# then uncompress it  
#gzip -cd /tmp/initrd.img > /tmp/initrd.ext2
# Mount the "file" filesystem thus obtained  
#mount -t ext2 /tmp/initrd.ext2 /mnt/floppy -o loop
# uncompress the modules provided  
#gzip -cd /mnt/floppy/modules/modules.cgz > /tmp/modules.cpio
# extract the modules  
#cd /tmp ; mkdir modules ; 
cd modules ; cat /tmp/modules.cpio | cpio -i
# Copy the new updated module for the 3Com card  
#cp ~/3c59x.o .
# recreate the compressed cpio file  
#ls | cpio -o | gzip -c9 > ../newmodules.cgz
# replace the modules by their update  
#cp ../newmodules.cgz /mnt/floppy/modules/modules.cgz
# unmount the "file" filesystem  
#umount /mnt/floppy
# compress the "file" filesystem  
#gzip -c9 /tmp/initrd.ext2 > /tmp/initrd.img
# copy it on the floppy disk  
#mcopy /tmp/initrd.img a:

Boot/Driver disk for RedHat distribution

To be able to boot with a RedHat distribution (>6.1), and to have the recognition of a peripheral non supported in standard in the distribution, you need to do the following :

Download the delopment toolkit to create driver disk for the RedHat distribution at the following address: http://people.redhat.com/dledford

Install the sources of the driver in a directory and follow the instructions of the README file of the kit to create the modules necessary for the various kernel of the distributions.

# Log as root. (~root)
# put the RedHat floppy boot disk to modify in the drive
# you have to copy the initrd.img file from the floppy disk  
#mcopy a:initrd.img /tmp
# then uncompress it  
#gzip -cd /tmp/initrd.img > /tmp/initrd.ext2
# Mount the "file" filesystem thus obtained  
#mount -t ext2 /tmp/initrd.ext2 /mnt/floppy -o loop
# create a temporary directory  
#cd /tmp ; mkdir modules ; cd modules
# uncompress and extract the modules provided  
#gzip -cd /mnt/floppy/modules/modules.cgz | cpio -ivdum
# Copy the new updated module. In case you add it, remove also other useless modules of the same size.   
#cp ~/.../mod_devel_kit/rhxx/modules/x.y.z-iBOOT/module.o x.y.z-iBOOT
# Also in case you add it, copy the modules needed for the installed kernel during reboot, and adapt the files pcitable, module-info and modules.dep by using the information provided in the development kit.  
#cp -a ~/.../mod_devel_kit/rhxx/modules/x.y.z-i ~/.../mod_devel_kit/rhxx/modules/x.y.z-ismp .
#vi /mnt/floppy/modules/pcitable /mnt/floppy/modules/module-info /mnt/floppy/modules/modules.dep
# recreate the compressed cpio file  
#find * -print -depth | cpio -ov -H crc | gzip -c9 > /mnt/floppy/modules/modules.cgz
# unmount the "file" filesystem  
#umount /mnt/floppy
# compress the "file" filesystem  
#gzip -c9 /tmp/initrd.ext2 > /tmp/initrd.img
# copy it on the floppy disk  
#mcopy /tmp/initrd.img a:

LH 4

The LH4 doesn't seem to work correctly when not in Raid. Even with the latest Bios available at the time of the test (16.00), the problem remains. If you desactivate the Raid management, during the boot, the ncr53c8xx driver in Linux detects 4 controlers instead of 2 and boot doesn't end. To avoid that, you have to activate the Raid in the Bios and use each of the disk in Raid0 mode, which is quite the same as the solution without Raid at all.

NetRaid card

These cards are equiped with an AMI Megaraid chipset and may support the following Raid levels : 0, 1, 3, 5, 10, 30 and 50. Some NetRaid cards, as well as the chipset integrated on the LH3 and LH4 mother boards are supported by recent version of the Linux kernel (2.0.36/2.2.19/2.4.3 typically - don't use 2.0.37/38).

For the RedHat 5.2 distribution, it's not possible to install the system on this type of controler, because it's not detected by the installation program. You have to use a specific floppy disk . This floppy disk should be used as input to the rawrite tool, for example. It works for systems with less than 1 GB of memory.

For the RedHat 6.0 distribution, you have to manually declare the existence of this card as a supplementary SCSI adapter, in order to use it directly during the installation. The megaraid driver isn't automatically detected.

To avoid strange messages during the boot printed by the megaraid driver, it's necessary to recompile it with the option -DHP (before kernel 2.4.2) or -DMEGA_HP_FIX (after).

For the RedHat 6.1 distribution, the megaraid driver provided by the kernel does support on ly the first logical drive. In order to obtain the others, please recompile a 2.4.3 standard kernel.

You have to note that the integrated card of the LH3/4 realises a software parity checks and performs thus less efficiently than the NetRaid daughter cards. On the other side, LH3000/6000 are equiped with an integrated card doing hardware checks.

In the fourniture of the driver provided by AMI there is a Raid management tool megamgr, usable within Linux, and equivalent to the tool included in the software embedded on the controler. It's downloadable from http://www.ami.com/support/prodsearch.cfm?InpProdID=17

In case of problem, a version is available there.

NetRaid 1M/2M models

In addition to what is mentionned above, these models require a 1.14 version of the megaraid driver to work correctly. You may find a version of the sources of this driver there.

A driver disk for the RedHat distribution is available at the following address for the versions 6.2 and 7.0.

NetRaid 4M card

These cards are equiped with a StrongARM Chipset and correspond to the Adaptec card AAC-3642. A driver is available at http://domsch.com/linux. The RedHat 7.0 includes in standard the driver even if that release of the kernel doesn't handle it normaly. Information are also available on the Navigator L.19.00.

Second IDE bus

On these machines, when the second ide bus is probed by the kernel, there is a timeout, which doesn't hurt, but is useless. To avoid it, just add to your lilo.conf the following line :

append="ide1=noprobe"

Processors

To desactivate processors on a Linux server, you need to give an option during the boot to the kernel such as :

Lilo boot: linux maxcpus=3

where the number of processors given in option is less by one of the number of processors wanted. For example, here we activate 4 processors.

HA Cluster

To use a High Availability Custer under Linux, you need to use additional software, such as :

Multimedia keyboards

Some of the PCs provided by HP are equiped with a multimedia keyboard. You may use the additional keys thanks to the HotKeys daemon (Cf:http://freshmeat.net/projects/hotkeys/)

3.2.2. The monitors range

The following table provides all of the informations on the support for this hardware by XFree86.

Table 3-12. HP Monitors and Linux

ReferenceNameVert. F. (Hz)Hor. F. (kHz)Bandwidth (MHz)Resol.Freq. (Hz)Tested
D2825A, D2825S15" HP Ultra VGA 102450-11031-5465640x400, 640x480, 800x600, 1024x76870, 60-72-75-85, 60-72-75-85, 60Yes
D2826A, D2826S15" HP 5050-12031-5465640x400, 640x480, 800x600, 1024x76870, 60-75-85, 60-75-85, 60Yes
D2827A15" HP 5150-12031-54?????????No
D2828A15" HP 5250-12030-5465640x400, 640x480, 800x600, 1024x76870, 60-75-85, 60-75-85, 60No
D8897A15" HP 55???30-54?????????No
D2832A15" HP M50050-12030-70110640x400, 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x102470, 60-75-85, 72-75-85, 70-75-85, 60No
D2807A17" Ultra 128050-16030-64?????????Yes
D2837A17" HP7050-12030-70110640x400, 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x102470, 75-85, 75-85, 75-85, 60Yes
D2838A17" HP M70050-16030-86?????????No
D8906A17" HP P70050-16030-86140??????No
D2840A17" Ergo 128050-15031-92160512x384, 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1152x864, 1280x1024, 1440x1080, 1600x120085, 100, 100, 100, 100, 85, 72, 60Yes
D8901A, D8902A17" HP7150-12030-60110640x400, 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x102470, 60, 75-85, 75-85, 60No
D8904A, D8905A17" HP72???????????????No
D8900A17" HP7550-16030-86 (30-64 real)150640x400, 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x102470, 60-75-85, 75-85, 75-75-85, 75Yes
D2842A, D2842W19" HP9050-20030-96203640x400, 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x1024, 1600x120070, 75-85, 75-85, 75-85, 75-85, 75Yes
D8910A19" HP P91050-15029-107230640x400, 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x1024, 1600x120070, 60-85, 85, 75-85, 75-85, 75-85No
D8911A19" HP91???30-96?????????No
D8912A19" HP P920???????????????No
A4031A20"48-15030-82?????????Yes
D2846A, A4576A21" HP P110050-16030-107?????????No
D2847A21" P111050-18029-121300??????Yes
D8915A21" P1120???30-121?????????Yes
A4033A21"50-12030-80?????????Yes
A1295A24" Wide Aspect50-16030-96?????????No
D5061A15,1" LCD HP??????N/A??????No
D5062A15" LCD HPL1510?????-75N/A??????No
D5065A18,1" LCD HP L180056-8530-80N/A640x350, 640x480, 720x400, 800x600, 832x624, 1024x768, 1152x870, 1152x900, 1280x102470, 60-75-85, 70, 60-75-85, 75, 60-75-85, 75, 66, 60-75Yes
D5069A, D5069C, D5069J, D5069L18" LCD HPL1800?????-75N/A??????No

3.2.3. PA-Risc based computer range

The PA-Risc range is achitectured around a processor designed and realised by HP. First versions were produced in 1987. Currently the versions are named PA-8000 (8200, 8500, ...).

HP has announced at the begining of 1999 its intention to contribute to the port of Linux on its PA-Risc architecture. This port is a native one, which is different from a preceding project which used MkLinux on machines based on PA-7200. The work is currently done with The Puffin Group bought by Linuxcare, and more precise informations on the status may be found on the official Web site. In particular, interesting starting points may be found on http://www.parisc-linux.org/faq.html and http://www.parisc-linux.org/hw.html. Consult also ESIEE site which participates actively to the port : http://mkhppa1.esiee.fr/en/ Quoting Grant Grundler (12/05/2000) : "latest update: 32-bit parisc-linux boots and mostly works on most workstations and servers. Native builds work as does networking and scsi. User space is being built for both debian (.debs) and RH (.rpms). 64-bit parisc-linux gets to a login prompt on A500 but isn't useful yet. Lots of syscalls don't work and I/O subsystem isn't stable. I expect 64-bit to be better than beta quality by the end of Q12001."

The first machines concerned by the port are the A and L Class servers. The port should be operational in the middle of 2001. Tests are also done on 712 and 715. Other people begin also to work on PA-2.0 machines. The last state of the port is always available at http://www.parisc-linux.org/status.html.

There is on the other side for these machines a Linux project based on the MkLinux micro-kernel. This project as developped within OSF. The web site mentionning informations is at http://www.gr.opengroup.org/mklinux/hppa/mkpa-rel.html. Links to more parisc ports are at http://parisc.workstations.org/.

3.2.4. The IA-64 range

HP is developping in collaboration with Intel a new generation of 64 bits processors called IA-64. The first processor of this new generation, called Itanium, should be there during 2001. The initial port of Linux on IA-64 was published the 2nd of february, 2000 and the sources of the project are available through ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/ports/ia64. This is the place of the latest sources for this project. More informations on this topic may be found on this page of the HP labs : http://devresource.hp.com/devresource/Topics/IA64/IA64.html and http://www.hpl.hp.com/techreports/index.html or on the reference site http://www.linuxia64.org

HP, as a founding member of the IA-64 Linux project, works on the port of the kernel, the initial version of gcc, gas, ld and emacs. Another major contribution of HP to this project is the availability of the software development kit available at http://www.software.hp.com/ia64linux. It allows to develop applications as well as kernel code on Linux/IA32 for IA64 platforms and moreover to test them through a simulator.

3.2.4.1. The IA64 server range

The following tables indicate the state of Linux support by these platforms :

Table 3-13. HP IA-64 Servers and Linux

MachineGraphic CardLinux supportNetwork CardLinux supportSCSI CardLinux supportSound CardLinux supportTested
MX4000rATI Rage 128 AGP 8MBYes XFree 3.3.6Rem. (Mach 64)Intel S82093A / i82559 10/100 BTYes driver eepro-100Qlogic Ultra3 Wide PCIYes driver qla1280NoneN/AYes

3.2.4.2. Complementary informations

To boot Linux on this kind of machine, you need to type in the initial environment >eli linux

3.2.5. X Terminals

The HP X terminal range (Entria, Envizex) is usable with a Linux server. More over, a Linux server may be a boot server for X terminals. To do it, a certain number of operations are mandatory.

We suupose we have a HP-UX machine named hpux, on which is installed Enware, a Linux server, named linux and an X Terminal with MAC address 08:00:09:db:8d:1c. The gateway on the network is at IP address 192.168.1.254, and the DNS name server at 192.168.1.1.

Commands to do are :
hpux #cd /opt/hpxt/enware/xthome

# Enware Home Directory

hpux #tar cvf ~ftp/en.tar * .??*

# Creation of a tar archive from this software

linux #ftp hpux
Connected to hpux.
220 hpux  FTP server (Version wu-2.5.0(1) Wed Aug 25 12:50:08 EDT 1999) ready.
Name (ftp:Root):ftp
331 Password required for  ftp.
Password:(type your mail address here)
230-
[...]
230-
230 User ftp logged in.  Access restrictions apply.
ftp>lcd /tmp
Local directory now /tmp
ftp>get en.tar
200 PORT command successful.
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for en.tar (57638340 bytes).
226 Transfer complete.
57638340 bytes received in [...]
ftp>quit
[...]

# Download of the tar archive

linux #mkdir -p /tftpboot

# Creation of the target directory on the linux machine

linux #cd /tftpboot

# Go there

linux #tar xvf /tmp/en.tar

# untar the archive

linux #/usr/X11R6/bin/xfs -port 7100

# Launch the X Font Server working on port 7100

linux #cat >> /etc/bootptab << EOF
global.prof:\
          :sm=255.255.255.0:\
          :ds=192.168.1.1:\
          :gw=192.168.1.254:\
          :ht=ethernet:\
          :bf=bin/C3253A:	 # Adjust to your terminal
tx1:hd=/tftpboot:tc=global.prof:ha=080009db8d1c:ip=192.168.1.100:
EOF

# Creation of the bootpd configuration file
linux #rpm -Uvh bootp-2.4.3-7.i386.rpm

# Install bootpd say from 
http://rpmfind.net

# Verify the existence of such a line in  /etc/inetd.conf, and restart if needed the server by killall -1 inetd 
bootps dgram   udp     wait    root    /usr/sbin/tcpd  bootpd

# Now enkoy your X terminal by booting it

For a more detailed description, as well as the software related to that operation, consult also the page http://www.cb3rob.net/~sven/xterm.

3.2.6. The printing product range

3.2.6.1. General points

Printers may be connected directly to a machine through either a parallel port (generally), or a serial port, or even (more recently) through an USB port. They may also be directly wired to the network, for a global access; this is done thanks to a card put in a slot of the printer, or through the connexion of the parallel port of the printer to a sharing network box.

HP provides such boxes, called JetDirect, which allow thus to share personnal printers on the network, directly, without going through a machine. They exist for various network topologies (10 BT, 10/100 BT, Localtalk, 10B2) and offer the ability to access to the printer directly from machine which like Linux support the LPD protocol, by using a remote printer in the /etc/printcap file. The name of the queue to use is then raw.

An example of /etc/printcap file allowing to access to a printer, equiped with such a box or card, named lj4000 on the network is given below :

# REMOTE POSTSCRIPT 1200x1200 a4 {} PostScript Default {}
lj4000:\
        :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lj4000:\
        :rm=lj4000:\
        :rp=raw:\
        :if=/var/spool/lpd/lj4000/filter:\
        :mx#0:\
        :sh:

The configuration access to the box is done either through the WebJetAdmin tool provided also under Linux now, or by the telnet command. The default address of these products is 192.0.0.192. To connect to them initially, you just have to add an IP alias on your network interface, typically by :

#ifconfig eth0:0 192.0.0.1

and a route to that network (if not automatically created) typically by :
#route add -net 192.0.0.0

The access to the equipment is thus done simply by :
#telnet 192.0.0.192

Please pay attention to have only one such equipment on the network, at the same time, or you'll have duplicate IP addresses, which always causes problems. Note that HP manageable network equipments also use the same default address. The reading of the IP Alias mini HOWTO may be useful if you don't understand the previous paragraph :-).

It is of course possible to access through the network to an HP printer attached and declared directly on a Linux machine, thanks to the lpd service for the other Unix clients, through SaMBa for the clients of Microsoft systems (Win9x ou WinNTx) or through NetAtalk for the MacIntosh clients.

At last, SaMBa offers a tool, smbclient, which allows to print from a Unix/Linux machine to a printer wired directly on a Microsoft based PC, without any need to use a JetDirect system. All the details useful to realize this operation are described in the file example smbprint provided with the SaMBa package and on the page http://www.medasys-digital-systems.fr/linux/samba-truc.html.

Communication between a Linux machine and a printer needs also, outside a network dialog, a discussion with an exchange language between the two elements. There are a lot of languages of that sort, such as PCL, Postscript or HPGL. To be able to print correctly, the tool providing the datas to print has to generate code known by the printer. Filters exist which allow to easily transform an output in one given format to another one. Thus the Ghostscript software authorizes the transformation of Postscript source in a great variety of output formats, as indicated by its invocation in the 'Available devices' part :

#gs -h
GNU Ghostscript 5.10 (1998-12-17)
Copyright (C) 1997 Aladdin Enterprises, Menlo Park, CA.  All rights reserved.
Usage: gs [switches] [file1.ps file2.ps ...]
Most frequently used switches: (you can use # in place of =)
 -dNOPAUSE           no pause after page   | -q       `quiet', fewer messages
 -g<width>x<height>  page size in pixels   | -r<res>  pixels/inch resolution
 -sDEVICE=<devname>  select device         | -dBATCH  exit after last file
 -sOutputFile=<file> select output file: - for stdout, |command for pipe,
                                         embed %d or %ld for page #
Input formats: PostScript PostScriptLevel1 PostScriptLevel2 PDF
Available devices:
   x11 x11alpha x11cmyk x11gray2 x11mono ap3250 imagen iwhi iwlo iwlq la50
   la70 la75 la75plus lbp8 ln03 lj250 lj4dith lp2563 m8510 necp6 oce9050
   r4081 sj48 st800 stcolor t4693d2 t4693d4 t4693d8 tek4696 xes deskjet
   djet500 djet500c dnj650c laserjet ljetplus ljet2p ljet3 ljet3d ljet4
   cdeskjet cdjcolor cdjmono cdj500 cdj550 paintjet pj pjxl pjxl300 uniprint
   bj10e bj200 bjc600 bjc800 epson eps9mid eps9high epsonc ibmpro jetp3852
   dfaxhigh dfaxlow faxg3 faxg32d faxg4 cp50 pcxmono pcxgray pcx16 pcx256
   pcx24b pcxcmyk pbm pbmraw pgm pgmraw pgnm pgnmraw pnm pnmraw ppm ppmraw
   tiffcrle tiffg3 tiffg32d tiffg4 tifflzw tiffpack tiff12nc tiff24nc psmono
   psgray bit bitrgb bitcmyk pngmono pnggray png16 png256 png16m jpeg
   jpeggray pdfwrite pswrite epswrite pxlmono pxlcolor nullpage
Search path:
   . : /usr/share/ghostscript/5.10 : /usr/share/fonts/default/ghostscript :
   /usr/share/fonts/default/Type1
For more information, see /usr/doc/ghostscript-5.10/use.txt.
Report bugs to ghost@aladdin.com; use the form in bug-form.txt.

This represents only the output formats compiled in the program. Other are also available. You may find a complete list of all the printers known by this software at http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/printer.html.

A list of the HP printers support may be found on the following pages : http://www.linuxprinting.org/printer_list.cgi?make=HP andhttp://hp.sourceforge.net/.

HP has published in April 2001 improved drivers to support inkjet printers. Cf: http://hpinkjet.sourceforge.net/.

3.2.6.2. Control codes

Ink or laser printers may be controled through control codes. The following table gives some of them :

Table 3-14. Printer Control codes

CodeFunction
ESC&l1HTray 2
ESC&l2HManual tray, sheet
ESC&l3HManual tray, envelope
ESC&l4HTray 1
ESC&l5HTray 3
ESC&l7HAutomatic selection
ESC&l0OPortrait
ESC&l1OLandscape
ESC&l5AA4
ESC(8UHP Roman 8
ESC(10UIBM PC-8 (CP437)
ESC(12UIBM PC-850 (CP850)

3.2.7. All-in-one range

These products gather many functions : printing (all), scanning (all), copying (all), and faxing (some).

More information from their dedicated web site : http://hpoj.sourceforge.net/suplist.shtml

3.2.8. Digital imaging product range

3.2.8.1. The scanners range (ScanJet)

The main tool available in Linux environment to manage scanners is SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy). This software provides in particular a driver for HP scanner management: hpbackend.

The following table provides all of the informations on the support for this hardware by Linux.

Table 3-15. Scanners and Linux

ReferenceScannerInterfaceLinux supportTested
C9195AScanJet PlusHP Parallel Interface CardSANE and driverNo
C1750AScanJet IIcSCSISANENo
C2500A, C2507A, C2508A, C2509AScanJet IICXSCSISANENo
C1790A, C1797A, C1798A, C1799AScanJet IIPSCSISANENo
C2520A, C2527A, C2528A, C2529AScanJet 3CSCSISANENo
C2570AScanJet 3PSCSISANENo
C2520B, C2527B, C2527D, C2528B, C2529BScanJet 4CSCSISANENo
C1130BScanJet 4PSCSISANENo
C5110A, C5116A, C5117A, C5119AScanJet 5PSCSISANENo
C5160A, C5167AScanJet 5S??????No
C7167AScanJet 3200CParallel Port???No
C7680AScanJet 3300CUSBSANE and driver USBNo
C7727AScanJet 3400CParallel Port or USBSANE and driver PPSCSI or driver USBNo
C6290A, C6292A, C6293A, C7297AScanJet 4100C, Cse, CxiUSBSANE and driver USBNo
C7177AScanJet 4200CUSBSANE and driver USBNo
C7737AScanJet 4300CParallel Port or USBSANE and driver PPSCSI or driver USBNo
C5190A, C5192A, C5193A, C5197AScanJet 5100C, Cse, CxiParallel PortSANE and driver PPSCSINo
C7697A, C8477AScanJet 5300C, 5370CParallel Port or USBSANE and driver PPSCSI or driver USBNo
C5190A, C7192A, C7193AScanJet 5200CParallel Port or USBSANE and driver PPSCSI or driver USBNo
C6260A, C6266A, C6267A, C6269AScanJet 6100CSCSISANENo
C6270A, C6272A, C6273A, C6274A, C6275A, C7277A, C6278AScanJet 6200C, Cse, Cxi, 6250CSCSI or USBSANE or driver USBNo
C7677A, C7678A, C7679AScanJet 6300C, Cse, Cxi, 6350C, 6390CSCSI or USBSANE or driver USBYes
C5100APhotoSmart PhotoScannerSCSISANENo

A FAQ dedicated to HP scanners support under Linux with SANE is available at the address : http://www.kirchgessner.net/sanehpfaq.html

3.2.8.2. The Digital Sender

This product is a scanner, able to send the result of the digitalisation through e-mail, by sending the digitalised document as an attachement in PDF format. It may so well be used with a Linux (or other) mail server (sendmail, postfix, ...), as well as with clients reading their messages under Linux, providing they have a tool to display PDF file such as Acrobat Reader or xpdf.

The Digital Sender can also send images as black and white or colour TIFF files. The black and white images work fine, however, there is a problem with the colour TIFF files. These are sent in an obsolete format which is not supported by libtiff, which is the basis of support for the TIFF format for nearly all Linux software. This means that you cannot directly open colour TIFF images created by the Digital Sender using Linux software (e.g. The GIMP, ImageMagick).

3.2.8.3. The CapShare

I don't have any information on this product and its support in a Linux environment for the moment.

3.2.9. The Storage products range

3.2.9.1. Tape based products

Most HP SCSI tape drives work with Linux. the driver file to use is /dev/st0 for the first drive, /dev/st1, for the second...

More information may be found on the certification site http://www.linuxtapecert.org/

HP provides the tapeware software with its drives, including a Linux version. Other tools to manage such drives may be found on http://mtx.sourceforge.net/ or http://www.arkeia.com/ or http://www.estinc.com/ or http://www.strusel007.de/linux/changer.html.