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Thought, for my first post, I'd do a little review of setting up Debian Testing on a HP Pavillion Notebook, model dv5035nr. The processor is a Turion 64 by AMD, ...
  1. 05-24-2006 #1
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    Review: SID/ETCH AMD64 on HP dv5035nr Notebook

    Thought, for my first post, I'd do a little review of setting up Debian Testing on a HP Pavillion Notebook, model dv5035nr.

    The processor is a Turion 64 by AMD, video is ATI Radeon Express, sound is by ATI as well. Contains a DVD dual layer burner, integrated Broadcom wireless and Realtek ethernet.

    Aftermarket parts: Orinoco Gold PCMCIA wireless card.

    I used the Test library for my install, a Net Install of Debian (Test) AMD64. The install went smoothly, using the Orinoco card to connect to my WAP for internet access during the install. Upon completion I first retrieve netselect-apt, and selected a Testing AND Unstable mirror. THIS IS ESSENTIAL. The Testing library really doesn't have much of anything in it, so by using both it and Unstable I am able to have almost everything that someone using Sarge has.

    First off, I installed Xorg-Xserver, KDE and Gnome. Went without a hitch, really. Sound was supported without a problem (had to turn up the volume in K-Mix) as well as video (with gxine for WMV support). No problems at all with this installation, with one small exception.

    Wired internet didn't work. Fixing this took a bit of hunting, but finally I discovered that I had to modify my /etc/network/interfaces file. I did that, adding a line or two and then when I am wired I simply have to run "dhclient" to get an address.

    I have no complaints. I have used various Live CD's as well as Fedora 1, 3 and 4 and BY FAR Debian is the best I have used.

    Now if I could just get wmv files to play inside Firefox, I'll be in good shape...
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    Quote Originally Posted by mad_oracle
    Now if I could just get wmv files to play inside Firefox, I'll be in good shape...
    Did you try "mplayer" with "mplayer-plugin"?

    I use the packages
    Code:
    apt-get install mplayer mozilla-mplayer
    from Chrisitian Marillat repository:
    http://www.debian-multimedia.org/
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    -Bruce Lee
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    Actually, I found a different way of doing it. Found it right after I posted that, actually. The brief HOWTO can be found here for anyone interested:

    http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/gam...e-firefox.html
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