I tried to test this laptop with Trisquel 5.5 live-cd and my pendrive which also had 5.5 installed. Both times the machine failed to boot normally and I ended up with CLI promt. It seems the display could not be located or that there are some incompatibilities with its videocards (card1, card2). It seems that neither works.
The live-cd booted succesfully in graphical mode and allowed me to select the language and keyboard layout but failed when booting up Trisquel itself.
Due to the above, I'm reporting this laptop as garbage. New versions of Trisquel or other free distros might give different results.
I gathered up all the info I needed with CLI and transferred the info to another machine.
lspci -vmmnn
Slot: 00:00.0 Class: Host bridge [0600] Vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] [1022] Device: Family 12h Processor Root Complex [1705] SVendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] [1022] SDevice: Family 12h Processor Root Complex [1705] Slot: 00:01.0 Class: VGA compatible controller [0300] Vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI [1002] Device: Device [9647] SVendor: Hewlett-Packard Company [103c] SDevice: Device [3593] Slot: 00:01.1 Class: Audio device [0403] Vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI [1002] Device: BeaverCreek HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 6500D and 6400G-6600G series] [1714] SVendor: Hewlett-Packard Company [103c] SDevice: Device [3593] Slot: 00:02.0 Class: PCI bridge [0604] Vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] [1022] Device: Family 12h Processor Root Port [1707] Slot: 00:04.0 Class: PCI bridge [0604] Vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] [1022] Device: Family 12h Processor Root Port [1709] Slot: 00:05.0 Class: PCI bridge [0604] Vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] [1022] Device: Family 12h Processor Root Port [170a] Slot: 00:06.0 Class: PCI bridge [0604] Vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] [1022] Device: Family 12h Processor Root Port [170b] Slot: 00:10.0 Class: USB controller [0c03] Vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] [1022] Device: Hudson USB XHCI Controller [7812] SVendor: Hewlett-Packard Company [103c] SDevice: Device [3593] Rev: 03 ProgIf: 30 Slot: 00:10.1 Class: USB controller [0c03] Vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] [1022] Device: Hudson USB XHCI Controller [7812] SVendor: Hewlett-Packard Company [103c] SDevice: Device [3593] Rev: 03 ProgIf: 30 Slot: 00:11.0 Class: SATA controller [0106] Vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] [1022] Device: Hudson SATA Controller [AHCI mode] [7804] SVendor: Hewlett-Packard Company [103c] SDevice: Device [3593] ProgIf: 01 Slot: 00:12.0 Class: USB controller [0c03] Vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] [1022] Device: Hudson USB OHCI Controller [7807] SVendor: Hewlett-Packard Company [103c] SDevice: Device [3593] Rev: 11 ProgIf: 10 Slot: 00:12.2 Class: USB controller [0c03] Vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] [1022] Device: Hudson USB EHCI Controller [7808] SVendor: Hewlett-Packard Company [103c] SDevice: Device [3593] Rev: 11 ProgIf: 20 Slot: 00:13.0 Class: USB controller [0c03] Vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] [1022] Device: Hudson USB OHCI Controller [7807] SVendor: Hewlett-Packard Company [103c] SDevice: Device [3593] Rev: 11 ProgIf: 10 Slot: 00:13.2 Class: USB controller [0c03] Vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] [1022] Device: Hudson USB EHCI Controller [7808] SVendor: Hewlett-Packard Company [103c] SDevice: Device [3593] Rev: 11 ProgIf: 20 Slot: 00:14.0 Class: SMBus [0c05] Vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] [1022] Device: Hudson SMBus Controller [780b] SVendor: Hewlett-Packard Company [103c] SDevice: Device [3593] Rev: 13 Slot: 00:14.1 Class: IDE interface [0101] Vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] [1022] Device: Hudson IDE Controller [780c] SVendor: Hewlett-Packard Company [103c] SDevice: Device [3593] Rev: 40 ProgIf: 8f Slot: 00:14.2 Class: Audio device [0403] Vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] [1022] Device: Hudson Azalia Controller [780d] SVendor: Hewlett-Packard Company [103c] SDevice: Device [3593] Rev: 01 Slot: 00:14.3 Class: ISA bridge [0601] Vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] [1022] Device: Hudson LPC Bridge [780e] SVendor: Hewlett-Packard Company [103c] SDevice: Device [3593] Rev: 11 Slot: 00:14.4 Class: PCI bridge [0604] Vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] [1022] Device: Hudson PCI Bridge [780f] Rev: 40 ProgIf: 01 Slot: 00:18.0 Class: Host bridge [0600] Vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] [1022] Device: Family 12h/14h Processor Function 0 [1700] Rev: 43 Slot: 00:18.1 Class: Host bridge [0600] Vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] [1022] Device: Family 12h/14h Processor Function 1 [1701] Slot: 00:18.2 Class: Host bridge [0600] Vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] [1022] Device: Family 12h/14h Processor Function 2 [1702] Slot: 00:18.3 Class: Host bridge [0600] Vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] [1022] Device: Family 12h/14h Processor Function 3 [1703] Slot: 00:18.4 Class: Host bridge [0600] Vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] [1022] Device: Family 12h/14h Processor Function 4 [1704] Slot: 00:18.5 Class: Host bridge [0600] Vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] [1022] Device: Family 12h/14h Processor Function 6 [1718] Slot: 00:18.6 Class: Host bridge [0600] Vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] [1022] Device: Family 12h/14h Processor Function 5 [1716] Slot: 00:18.7 Class: Host bridge [0600] Vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] [1022] Device: Family 12h/14h Processor Function 7 [1719] Slot: 01:00.0 Class: VGA compatible controller [0300] Vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI [1002] Device: Whistler [AMD Radeon HD 6600M Series] [6741] SVendor: Hewlett-Packard Company [103c] SDevice: Device [3593] PhySlot: 2 Slot: 02:00.0 Class: Ethernet controller [0200] Vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. [10ec] Device: RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller [8168] SVendor: Hewlett-Packard Company [103c] SDevice: Device [3593] Rev: 06 Slot: 03:00.0 Class: Network controller [0280] Vendor: Ralink corp. [1814] Device: RT5390 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe [5390] SVendor: Hewlett-Packard Company [103c] SDevice: U98Z077.00 Half-size Mini PCIe Card [1636] Slot: 04:00.0 Class: Unassigned class [ff00] Vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. [10ec] Device: RTS5209 PCI Express Card Reader [5209] SVendor: Hewlett-Packard Company [103c] SDevice: Device [3593] Rev: 01
lspci -nnk
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h Processor Root Complex [1022:1705] Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h Processor Root Complex [1022:1705] 00:01.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Device [1002:9647] Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:3593] Kernel modules: radeon 00:01.1 Audio device [0403]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI BeaverCreek HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 6500D and 6400G-6600G series] [1002:1714] Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:3593] Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel 00:02.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h Processor Root Port [1022:1707] Kernel driver in use: pcieport Kernel modules: shpchp 00:04.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h Processor Root Port [1022:1709] Kernel driver in use: pcieport Kernel modules: shpchp 00:05.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h Processor Root Port [1022:170a] Kernel driver in use: pcieport Kernel modules: shpchp 00:06.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h Processor Root Port [1022:170b] Kernel driver in use: pcieport Kernel modules: shpchp 00:10.0 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Hudson USB XHCI Controller [1022:7812] (rev 03) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:3593] Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd Kernel modules: xhci-hcd 00:10.1 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Hudson USB XHCI Controller [1022:7812] (rev 03) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:3593] Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd Kernel modules: xhci-hcd 00:11.0 SATA controller [0106]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Hudson SATA Controller [AHCI mode] [1022:7804] Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:3593] Kernel driver in use: ahci Kernel modules: ahci 00:12.0 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Hudson USB OHCI Controller [1022:7807] (rev 11) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:3593] Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd 00:12.2 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Hudson USB EHCI Controller [1022:7808] (rev 11) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:3593] Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd 00:13.0 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Hudson USB OHCI Controller [1022:7807] (rev 11) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:3593] Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd 00:13.2 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Hudson USB EHCI Controller [1022:7808] (rev 11) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:3593] Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd 00:14.0 SMBus [0c05]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Hudson SMBus Controller [1022:780b] (rev 13) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:3593] Kernel modules: i2c-piix4 00:14.1 IDE interface [0101]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Hudson IDE Controller [1022:780c] (rev 40) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:3593] Kernel driver in use: pata_atiixp Kernel modules: pata_atiixp 00:14.2 Audio device [0403]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Hudson Azalia Controller [1022:780d] (rev 01) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:3593] Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel 00:14.3 ISA bridge [0601]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Hudson LPC Bridge [1022:780e] (rev 11) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:3593] 00:14.4 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Hudson PCI Bridge [1022:780f] (rev 40) 00:18.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 0 [1022:1700] (rev 43) 00:18.1 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 1 [1022:1701] 00:18.2 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 2 [1022:1702] 00:18.3 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 3 [1022:1703] Kernel driver in use: k10temp Kernel modules: k10temp 00:18.4 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 4 [1022:1704] 00:18.5 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 6 [1022:1718] 00:18.6 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 5 [1022:1716] 00:18.7 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 7 [1022:1719] 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Whistler [AMD Radeon HD 6600M Series] [1002:6741] Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:3593] Kernel modules: radeon 02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller [10ec:8168] (rev 06) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:3593] Kernel driver in use: r8169 Kernel modules: r8169 03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Ralink corp. RT5390 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe [1814:5390] Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company U98Z077.00 Half-size Mini PCIe Card [103c:1636] Kernel driver in use: rt2800pci Kernel modules: rt2800pci 04:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTS5209 PCI Express Card Reader [10ec:5209] (rev 01) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:3593] Kernel driver in use: rts_pstor Kernel modules: rts_pstor
sudo lsusb -v (webcam, partial)
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 064e:e258 Suyin Corp. Device Descriptor: bLength 18 bDescriptorType 1 bcdUSB 2.00 bDeviceClass 239 Miscellaneous Device bDeviceSubClass 2 ? bDeviceProtocol 1 Interface Association bMaxPacketSize0 64 idVendor 0x064e Suyin Corp. idProduct 0xe258 bcdDevice 4.00 iManufacturer 1 SuYin iProduct 2 HP TrueVision HD iSerial 3 HF1016-A821-OV01-VH-R04.00.00 bNumConfigurations 1
Cartes 3G | 34 |
Acquisition cards | 34 |
Bluetooth | 57 |
Cartes ethernet | 172 |
Lecteurs d'empreintes digitales | 11 |
Contrôleurs Hôte | 170 |
Modems | 18 |
Notebooks | 793 |
Printers | 126 |
Adaptateurs RAID | 20 |
Scanneurs | 24 |
SD card readers | 57 |
Cartes son | 142 |
Cartes graphiques | 343 |
Webcams | 132 |
Cartes wifi | 234 |
TOTAL | 2367 |