This entry is for a C714.
- Intel Pentium Dual Core, 15.4" WXGA, WebCam, Atheros Wifi, RTL8139 LAN, Modem, Card Reader, HDA sound, Intel x3100 (965GM) graphics.

I notice that C700 series come in a variety of CPU models and WiFi chipsets, etc... so your mileage may vary.

Out of the box, CentOS 5.1 was able to recognise the graphcis card with Xorg's i810 driver. Unfortunately the display resolutions are the fixed VESA resolutions (1024x768 being the best). Previous versions of CentOS used the generic VESA driver.

The RTL8139 LAN was recognised fine. The card reader was recognised as a USB card reader and worked out of the box.

The same can be said about the built-in sound as it was recognised and configured automatically.

Finally the CPU was brought up properly, 2 cores being seen by Linux. It works in 64 and 32 bit modes.

To get the AR5006 WiFi, I had to compile NDISWRAPPER and use the corresponding Windows driver. http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net

The Madwifi http://madwifi.org driver as of 29/01/2008 did not work for me (Hal status 13).

The WebCam worked after installing the Linux-UVC driver. http://linux-uvc.berlios.de

I did not try the Intel drivers
http://www.intellinuxgraphics.org/download.html
nor the built-in modem.

Got the video resolution to work properly by using 915resolution. (http://www.geocities.com/stomljen/)
You may either need to patch the source or the -c option

Using Fedora 8 the video worked flawlessly witout the 915resolution hack.

GNU/ Linux Fedora Core 8 has been installed on an C700 model C728TU on it. Most of the things have worked out of the box. Here is some basic informations which can help other owners of this notebook using GNU/ Linux.

Video/ LCD
lspci says: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
Work's without problem. Except for that I was unable to adjust the brightness of LCD screen. Had to do it manually using
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echo -n X > /proc/acpi/video/OVGA/DD03/brightness

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where X can be any of 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
I am trying to find a way so that it may work with kpower else I will use the method described here

Audio
lspci says: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
module in use: snd-hda-intel
Works without problem. But again updating the kernel version is recommended, after a kernel update to 2.6.23.15-137 another audio control PCM is avaible besides the Master and Capture. A Mute Audio control is not available.

Network controllers
lspci says: Wireless: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5006EG 802.11 b/g Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)
Had to install Madwifi Module, please note not the default one but the one listed here: http://snapshots.madwifi.org/special/,\ but make sure you have the kernel-devel package and gcc installed to build this module.

lspci says: Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
Works out of box.

Webcam
lsusb says: 04f2:b057 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd
Works well after installing UVC Video Drivers.

Multi-Card Reader
lsusb says: 0bda:0158 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
Too lazy to pull out the SD card from mobile phone, have not tested as of now, will test and report soon. But should work fine as a standard USB mass storage device.

Alps Touch Pad
Works fine.

Special/ Soft Keys
Play/ Pause/ Next/ Prev work fine with rhythmbox and amork. Volume Up/ Down work fine.
The Lock/ Help keys were recognised after the following changes in
/usr/share/hal/fdi/information/10freedesktop/30-keymap-hp.fdi
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<match key="/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer:system.hardware.product" contains="C700]
<append key="input.keymap.data" type="strlist]e00a:screenlock</append> <!-- FnF6 (lock) -->
<append key="input.keymap.data" type="strlist]e031:help</append> <!-- FnF1 (help) -->
<append key="info.capabilities" type="strlist]input.keymap</append>
</match>

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Maybe a small patch can be contributed to www.freedesktop.org.

Volume Mute/ Print/ WWW/ Switch Display/ Sleep/ Brightness Up/ Brightness Down as of now do not seem work. Touch pad disable/ enable key works fine as well.

Taken from here: http://www.ajaypal.com/linux_oncompaq_presario_c700.html

The PCI slot has:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev f3)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HEM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA AHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)
02:01.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)

(straight from lspci)

lsusb:
Bus 004 Device 005: ID 04f2:b057 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd
Bus 004 Device 004: ID 0bda:0158 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.


Issues:

Minor:
compiz doesn't work. Can't get DRI even, (when not having compiz)

Major:
Wifi doesn't work. madwifi gives HAL status 13.
ndiswrapper soft locks the CPU. So no wifi.
The button for wifi also doesn't work

What Works:
Sound, LAN, Video,Touchpad (the disable), Camera, Card Reader (all out of box on kubuntu hardy).

Minor Irks:
1.> The lcd screen doesnt dim when on battery power.
echo -n X > /proc/acpi/video/OVGA/DD03/brightness
where X is a no.0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

You can use its wifi card with the driver found in this page:

http://madwifi.org/ticket/1679