00:00.0 0600: 8086:0044 (rev 12)
00:01.0 0604: 8086:0045 (rev 12)
00:16.0 0780: 8086:3b64 (rev 06)
00:19.0 0200: 8086:10ea (rev 06)
00:1a.0 0c03: 8086:3b3c (rev 06)
00:1b.0 0403: 8086:3b56 (rev 06)
00:1c.0 0604: 8086:3b42 (rev 06)
00:1c.1 0604: 8086:3b44 (rev 06)
00:1c.3 0604: 8086:3b48 (rev 06)
00:1c.7 0604: 8086:3b50 (rev 06)
00:1d.0 0c03: 8086:3b34 (rev 06)
00:1e.0 0604: 8086:2448 (rev a6)
00:1f.0 0601: 8086:3b07 (rev 06)
00:1f.2 0106: 8086:3b2f (rev 06)
00:1f.6 1180: 8086:3b32 (rev 06)
01:00.0 0300: 10de:0a2c (rev a2)
01:00.1 0403: 10de:0be2 (rev a1)
44:00.0 0280: 8086:4239 (rev 35)
45:00.0 0c03: 1033:0194 (rev 03)
46:06.0 0c00: 1180:0832 (rev 06)
46:06.1 0805: 1180:0822 (rev 25)
46:06.2 0880: 1180:0843 (rev 14)
46:06.3 0880: 1180:0592 (rev 14)
46:06.4 0880: 1180:0852 (rev bb)
46:06.5 0607: 1180:0476 (rev ff)
ff:00.0 0600: 8086:2c62 (rev 02)
ff:00.1 0600: 8086:2d01 (rev 02)
ff:02.0 0600: 8086:2d10 (rev 02)
ff:02.1 0600: 8086:2d11 (rev 02)
ff:02.2 0600: 8086:2d12 (rev 02)
ff:02.3 0600: 8086:2d13 (rev 02)

Copy the result from the above command and visit the address Debian GNU/Linux device driver check page and paste it into the window.

In my case the result was presented like this

This is the text presentation of the hardware in the HP 8540p laptop

# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor DRAM Controller (rev 12)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor PCI Express x16 Root Port (rev 12)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset HECI Controller (rev 06)
00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82577LM Gigabit Network Connection (rev 06)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 06)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio (rev 06)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 06)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev 06)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev 06)
00:1c.7 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 8 (rev 06)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 06)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev a6)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 5 Series Chipset LPC Interface Controller (rev 06)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 6 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 06)
00:1f.6 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Thermal Subsystem (rev 06)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Device 0a2c (rev a2)
01:00.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)
44:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation WiFi Link 6000 Series (rev 35)
45:00.0 USB Controller: NEC Corporation Device 0194 (rev 03)
46:06.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 06)
46:06.1 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 25)
46:06.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C843 MMC Host Controller (rev 14)
46:06.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 14)
46:06.4 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev bb)
46:06.5 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev ff)
ff:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-core Registers (rev 02)
ff:00.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder (rev 02)
ff:02.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link 0 (rev 02)
ff:02.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Physical 0 (rev 02)
ff:02.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved (rev 02)
ff:02.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved (rev 02)

This makes it easier to determine which device drivers I’m missing and might have to compile for the kernel.

More info about this laptop can be found on the Linux Laptop Wiki

You can perform a quick test if your drive is affected by this issue

# hdparm -B 255 /dev/sda

Some harddrives do not accept value 255 (disable APM), then you could try value 254 (almost disabled APM).

A permanent fix to this issue is to add the following line to your /etc/hdparm.conf file

/dev/sda {
        apm = 255
}

In my example the sda drive is clicking. These settings is not active until you have rebooted your machine.

To verify that the value is active you could issue the command

# sudo hdparm -I /dev/sda | grep "Advanced power management level:"

Determine the number load cycles your harddrive has gone through

# sudo aptitude install smartmontools
# sudo smartctl -A /dev/sda|grep "Load_Cycle_Count"

These examples has been tested on my HP 8530p and worked like a charm.

00:00.0 0600: 8086:2a00 (rev 0c)
00:01.0 0604: 8086:2a01 (rev 0c)
00:03.0 0780: 8086:2a04 (rev 0c)
00:03.2 0101: 8086:2a06 (rev 0c)
00:03.3 0700: 8086:2a07 (rev 0c)
00:19.0 0200: 8086:1049 (rev 03)
00:1a.0 0c03: 8086:2834 (rev 03)
00:1a.1 0c03: 8086:2835 (rev 03)
00:1a.7 0c03: 8086:283a (rev 03)
00:1b.0 0403: 8086:284b (rev 03)
00:1c.0 0604: 8086:283f (rev 03)
00:1c.1 0604: 8086:2841 (rev 03)
00:1c.4 0604: 8086:2847 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 0c03: 8086:2830 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 0c03: 8086:2831 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 0c03: 8086:2832 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 0c03: 8086:2836 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 0604: 8086:2448 (rev f3)
00:1f.0 0601: 8086:2811 (rev 03)
00:1f.2 0101: 8086:2828 (rev 03)
01:00.0 0300: 1002:9581
01:00.1 0403: 1002:aa08
02:06.0 0607: 1180:0476 (rev b9)
02:06.1 0607: 1180:0476 (rev b9)
02:06.2 0c00: 1180:0832 (rev 03)
02:06.3 0805: 1180:0822 (rev 20)
02:06.4 0880: 1180:0843 (rev 10)
10:00.0 0280: 8086:4229 (rev 61)

Copy the result from the above command and visit the address Debian GNU/Linux device driver check page and paste it into the window.

In my case the result was presented like this:

This makes it easier to determine which device drivers I’m missing and might have to compile for the kernel.

The booting problem was fixed on 7.10 Beta and the installation process halted at 88% “importing documents and settings”.

The solution I came up with was to disable the migration tool and then run the installer from a terminal window with the following option:

ubiquity --no-migration-assistant

The solution is editing xorg.conf and adding “HorizSync 36-52″ and “VertRefresh 36-60″ in “Section Monitor”. Giving a startx, the desktop appears with normal resolution for the vesa driver (cannot use radeon driver on this machine).
Also, a sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg, even accepting all default choices, solves the problem.

Trådløs/Wireless oppsett
I Debian 4.0 (Etch) trenger man å installere følgende programvare for å få det til å fungere:

• firmware-ipw3945
• ipw3945d
• ipw3945-modules-’uname -r’
• ipw3945-source

VPN oppsett
Last ned VPN programvaren fra http://vpn.cc.uit.no og pakk den ut.
Installer av programvaren gjøres ved å kjøre vpn_install:
./vpn_install
Deretter legger du inn følgende linje i /etc/rc.local
/etc/init.d/vpnclient_init start

Det er ei oppdatert webside på http://fp.ath.cx/nc8430-linux-howto.html som tar for seg oppsett av 3D i Ubuntu (Compiz), Cisco VPN, wireless osv.