Comments on: Installing any Linux on HP Compaq 6515b

By: mattb

mattb — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 01:29:29 +0000

I’ve been meaning to try to get ubuntu running on my compaq 6515b … in particular I wanted to create a bootable installation on a usb stick. If all goes well I’ll comment again about any issues I ran into …

By: Ankur

Ankur — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 15:30:29 +0000

well i have used Debian amd 64 on it but without compiz, my WiFI was giving me troubles so didnt test it much but it was working fine with me

By: sarit

sarit — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 10:57:06 +0000

Have you ever test this laptop with compiz on and AMD64 debian 4.0 etch ?

By: Ankur

Ankur — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 18:41:22 +0000

well this is only the basic step or a last resort best is to install the fglrx drivers and kmod’s provided by the repositories restricted of 3rd party but you can do that easily after this step as it provides basic for running GUI

By: Zero

Zero — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 02:35:43 +0000

I had tried with debian etch 4.0 on the same laptop as you use, it works thanks.

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Fedora 8 on HP 6515b « My WaR WiTh WoRdS — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 18:49:36 +0000

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Fedora 8 on HP 6515b — Linux Users Group - Manipal — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 18:49:11 +0000

By: Ankur

Ankur — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 07:51:38 +0000

ya thankx
really that is a gr8 problem but well its works nice after that only it does not enable 3D acceleration but i am working on it
hope to make it work soon

By: Manish

Manish — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 21:16:33 +0000

Excellent Work Ankur! Now i understood why many First Year guys were telling that Linux crashes on their boxes. They should be cleared of this myth, so tell them that actually only the Xserver crashes, not the whole system.