Envy 14 & Linux

Output from powertop -d


PowerTOP 1.13 (C) 2007 - 2010 Intel Corporation

Collecting data for 15 seconds


Cn Avg residency
C0 (cpu running) ( 0.0%)
polling 0.0ms ( 0.0%)
C1 mwait 0.4ms ( 0.4%)
C2 mwait 1.4ms ( 9.3%)
C3 mwait 2.6ms (92.5%)
P-states (frequencies)
Turbo Mode 1.7%
2.40 Ghz 0.0%
1.74 Ghz 0.0%
1333 Mhz 0.0%
1199 Mhz 98.2%
Disk accesses:
The application 'chromium-browse' is writing to file 'data_1' on /dev/sda5
The application 'chromium-browse' is writing to file 'data_0' on /dev/sda5
The application 'chromium-browse' is writing to file 'data_4' on /dev/sda5
The application 'chromium-browse' is writing to file 'data_4' on /dev/sda5
The application 'chromium-browse' is writing to file 'index' on /dev/sda5
The application 'chromium-browse' is writing to file 'index' on /dev/sda5
The application 'chromium-browse' is writing to file 'data_2' on /dev/sda5
The application 'chromium-browse' is writing to file 'data_2' on /dev/sda5
The application 'chromium-browse' is writing to file 'data_1' on /dev/sda5
Wakeups-from-idle per second : 432.1 interval: 15.0s
no ACPI power usage estimate available
Top causes for wakeups:
29.4% (185.1) npviewer.bin
14.7% ( 92.5) [kernel scheduler] Load balancing tick
13.2% ( 83.3) PS/2 keyboard/mouse/touchpad interrupt
11.1% ( 70.0) alsa-sink
6.0% ( 38.0)D chromium-browse
10.6% ( 66.8) [iwlagn] <interrupt>
4.8% ( 30.3) [i915] <interrupt>
1.9% ( 12.3) evince
1.9% ( 11.7) [ahci] <interrupt>
1.1% ( 6.8) [Rescheduling interrupts] <kernel IPI>
0.8% ( 5.0) syndaemon
0.7% ( 4.3) [kernel core] hrtimer_start (tick_sched_timer)
0.5% ( 3.1) GoogleTalkPlugi
0.3% ( 2.1) Xorg
0.3% ( 2.0) emacs23
0.3% ( 2.0) [kernel core] clocksource_watchdog (clocksource_watchdog)
0.3% ( 1.6) [TLB shootdowns] <kernel IPI>
0.2% ( 1.5) gnome-terminal
0.2% ( 1.3) prism-bin
0.2% ( 1.1) [acpi] <interrupt>
0.2% ( 1.0) [hda_intel] <interrupt>
0.2% ( 1.0) [kernel core] inc_rt_group (sched_rt_period_timer)
0.2% ( 1.0) [kernel core] iwl_bg_monitor_recover (iwl_bg_monitor_recover)
0.2% ( 1.0) gvfs-afc-volume
0.1% ( 0.7) threaded-ml
0.1% ( 0.6) udisks-daemon
0.1% ( 0.4) [kernel core] ieee80211_rx_h_data (ieee80211_dynamic_ps_timer)
0.1% ( 0.4) compiz
0.1% ( 0.3) gnome-settings-
0.1% ( 0.3) gnome-panel
0.0% ( 0.2) update-notifier
0.0% ( 0.1) gnome-power-man
0.0% ( 0.1) ksoftirqd/1
0.0% ( 0.1) irqbalance
0.0% ( 0.1) [kernel core] rtl8169_phy_timer (rtl8169_phy_timer)
0.0% ( 0.1) rtkit-daemon
0.0% ( 0.1) NetworkManager
0.0% ( 0.1) [kernel core] laptop_io_completion (laptop_mode_timer_fn)
0.0% ( 0.1) ips-adjust
0.0% ( 0.1) nautilus
0.0% ( 0.1) gdm-binary
0.0% ( 0.1) nm-applet
0.0% ( 0.1) rsyslogd
0.0% ( 0.1) gnome-screensav
0.0% ( 0.1) ssh-agent
0.0% ( 0.1) [kernel core] neigh_timer_handler (neigh_timer_handler)
0.0% ( 0.1) kacpi_notify

A SATA device is active 33.3% of the time:
host2

An audio device is active 100.0% of the time:
hwC0D0 IDT 92HD81B1X5

A USB device is active 100.0% of the time:
/sys/bus/usb/devices/1-1

Suggestion: Enable Device Power Management by pressing the P key


Suggestion: Enable USB autosuspend for non-input devices by pressing the U key


Suggestion: Enable SATA ALPM link power management via:
echo min_power > /sys/class/scsi_host/host0/link_power_management_policy
or press the S key.

Suggestion: Enable the CONFIG_PM_ADVANCED_DEBUG kernel configuration option.
This option will allow PowerTOP to collect runtime power management statistics.

The program 'chromium-browse' is writing to file 'data_1' on /dev/sda5.
This prevents the disk from going to powersave mode.

The program 'chromium-browse' is writing to file 'data_2' on /dev/sda5.
This prevents the disk from going to powersave mode.

The program 'chromium-browse' is writing to file 'data_2' on /dev/sda5.
This prevents the disk from going to powersave mode.

The program 'chromium-browse' is writing to file 'index' on /dev/sda5.
This prevents the disk from going to powersave mode.

The program 'chromium-browse' is writing to file 'index' on /dev/sda5.
This prevents the disk from going to powersave mode.

The program 'chromium-browse' is writing to file 'data_4' on /dev/sda5.
This prevents the disk from going to powersave mode.

The program 'chromium-browse' is writing to file 'data_4' on /dev/sda5.
This prevents the disk from going to powersave mode.

The program 'chromium-browse' is writing to file 'data_0' on /dev/sda5.
This prevents the disk from going to powersave mode.

The program 'chromium-browse' is writing to file 'data_1' on /dev/sda5.
This prevents the disk from going to powersave mode.

Recent USB suspend statistics
Active Device name
100.0% USB device 2-1.6 : HP Webcam (Sunplus mM Co )
100.0% USB device 1-1.3 : HP Integrated Module (Broadcom Corp)
100.0% /sys/bus/usb/devices/2-1
100.0% /sys/bus/usb/devices/1-1
100.0% USB device usb2 : EHCI Host Controller (Linux 2.6.35-23-generic ehci_hcd)
100.0% USB device usb1 : EHCI Host Controller (Linux 2.6.35-23-generic ehci_hcd)

Runtime Device Power Management statistics
Active Device name
0.0% 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller

Devices without runtime PM






ff:02.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved
ff:02.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved
ff:02.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Physical 0
ff:02.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link 0
ff:00.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder
ff:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-core Registers
03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6200
01:00.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc Redwood HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 5600 Series]
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Redwood [Radeon HD 5600 Series]
00:1f.6 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Thermal Subsystem
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset SMBus Controller
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 4 port SATA AHCI Controller
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 5 Series Chipset LPC Interface Controller
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
9 more devices without runtime PM ommitted

Recent audio activity statistics
Active Device name
100.0% hwC0D0 IDT 92HD81B1X5

Recent SATA AHCI link activity statistics
Active Partial Slumber Device name
33.3% 33.3% 33.3% host3
33.3% 33.3% 33.3% host2
3.4% 3.2% 93.4% DVD RAM UJ897
0.5% 0.0% 99.5% INTEL SSDSA2M160

 

Thanks for this. The output is very similar to what I have. I thinking I may try the server edition if it will improve battery life.

 

Anyone try the 10.11 ATI Proprietary Display Drivers released 12/13 yet!? (64bit Linux)?!?

 

The newest drivers still caused issues as of today with Ubuntu 10.10. Granted I was trying them on a fresh install with no other setup.

I've been unable to find a real fix for the clickpad either. It DOES work, with tap to click and no right click. If a second finger hits the clickpad it goes nuts. I'm running Kernel: 2.6.35-24-generic-pae from Ubuntu 10.10.

I'm going to be tackling the Clickpad issue today one way or another.

I've been chronicling the issues and fixes on a blog. Linux on HP Envy 14

 

Update from the blog:
Dark screen at bootup - Tutorial Avail
No multitouch support - Tutorial Avail
Switchable Graphics - Tutorial Avail
Poor Flash Performance - Tutorial Avail

Linux on Hp Envy 14

 

this is not exactly the correct thread for my question since i've got an envy 17, but i've gotten ubuntu 10.10 running good with script additions to fix suspend/hibernate.

one piece of hardware that's not working right is my numeric keypad ... it doesn't function at all actually.

when in windows i know i need to bring up a virtual keyboard just to enable/disable numlock because there's no physical key for it. i tried the same thing in ubuntu but it doesn't enable the keypad ....

any tips ?

 

ok this is weird... im a Linux user and i just got my envy last Friday... after reading some problems regarding ubuntu running on envy i still install a mavric edition 32 bit... (why 32? i just like 32 on linux coz it doesnt give me much of a problem)
after installation i just updated it and everything seems to be fine except the low brightness on boot up... im just using the integrated graphics and did not bother installing tha ATi driver.
Still my compiz works... so i think im happpy still having the best of booth worlds.... UBUNTU and WIndows7 on my ENVY... \\(damn i love this machine...)//

 

After figuring out the display light problem, I felt the same. But just only until I tried to use my external monitor which I really need for my purpose. It just does not sync with any of the 4 monitors which I tried, I just see running stripes on the external display. With Windows 7 it works, thus it's not a hardware problem.

Tonight I wanna go through some of the hints in this thread ...

 

Ok, i've got a wierd one. Running Backtrack 4 R2 off a live cd and everything worked fine. Once i installed it to the hdd i lose mouse control in Xorg. Works fine when working from usb stick but not when installed to hdd. I also get a blank screen, only sometimes, in grub. I have to blindly pick my option and then everythings back to normal....i don't get it.

 

im planning to install backtrack today. Did you have to do any special confgureatiion for the paritions or was the default fine?

 

im planning to install backtrack today. Did you have to do any special confgureatiion for the paritions or was the default fine?

 

I pulled my cdrom and installed another hard drive so linux is on that. My main drive is an ssd and holds win7. Let me know if you can get the mouse working once backtrack is on the hdd.

 

im planing to do the same thing... where do you buy the caddy for the HHD?
can you do a TUT on that step by step on how did you do it?
thanks....

 

I grabbed the tray from here. I'm going to be doing some other things on the inside soon so i'll take some pics when i crack her back open. It's really easy though. The hardest part is minding the ribbon cables and thats a cinch.

On the Backtrack note, i pulled the install and loaded up Ubuntu. I'm still pretty pissed that i can't get the mouse to do anything in Backtrack.

 

thanks bro... im looking forward for your tutorial on that... for now im still not sure if im going to have a SDD or a HDD.

SSD's are expensive compare to HHD... Not to mention Linux compatibility on SSD.

 

I was experiencing some artifacts with the intel-xorg driver, and I was wondering if had experienced similar things. I am using Ubuntu 10.10 on my Envy 14 with i5 CPU. And here are the details:

1.) Some areas in the GUIs of my wine applications appear as black areas. This bug has been reported here ( https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30157) and here ( WineHQ Bugzilla &ndash; Bug 24430 &ndash; Black gui tab controls) and appear to be related to Xorg's Intel driver (2.12).

2.) The pull-down menus of the main panel or any window's menu fail to appear after a first click. It usually needs a second click to show up.

The two issues mentioned above only occurred while using the integrated Intel core GPU, but not with the ATI driver.

A bug report has been posted here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/719831

 

??! What's wrong with Linux's support for SSD? I think it is one of the best ones - it has TRIM (which OS X still hasn't, one of the reasons I haven't bought a Macbook), and lets You fully configurate the system to squeeze out the best performance from SSD.

 

Not to get too off topic.
OSX does support TRIM now, just on specific SSD's (and if you are not into hardware/vendor lock-in, why look at a Mac anyway...)

Regarding graphics corruption and UI issues, never experienced any on the IGP. (using Mint; based on Ubuntu 10.10)

 

For those wanting to avoid Hybrid GPU shenanigans by running only integrated or discrete GPU - it might be possible! Follow this thread:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/hp-envy-hdx/563970-access-hp-envy-14-f-23-bios-advanced-options.html

Then, in BIOS options go to Advanced->Video configuration-> Display mode.
It is possible to choose between "Hybrid" "iGPU" and "dGPU".

 

I was able to select the integrated graphics card by selecting iGPU. That helps with the Linux installation process as I didn't want to use the radeon driver, only the intel driver. Without iGPU the radeon driver is selected by default. However, the display mode setting only remains in effect until the next time the computer is shut down, after which it reverts back to hybrid.

 

I think one of the biggest problems right now is trying to find a way to power down the radeon card to get good battery life. I was able to run backtrack when i tried a long time ago, but the battery life was so bad and the mouse didnt really work at all. If the radeon can be turned off, this would probably be a bigger milestone, as linux could be used via command line then

 

Hello, I just got a new Envy 14 and I'm looking forward on dual-booting it with Ubuntu. I'm still not very familiar with Ubuntu, yet.
The Envy comes with 4 partitions: C: (438GB), HP TOOLS(99MB), Recovery D: (27GB) and SYSTEM(199MB). As far as I know, a HDD can only have 4 partitions, if this is right then which partition you guys recommend me to format to install Ubuntu there. Maybe the HP TOOLS one, but I dont know what it's used for.
Thanks

 

The Recovery partition is the easiest one to get rid of. You should create a set of recovery disks (it will most likely take 4 DVDs). They will allow you to restore your system to its factory state. However, system recovery doesn't seem to work on some of the later BIOS versions. Of course, you can always keep your data backed up and do a clean install if anything goes wrong, and you won't need the recovery disks.

HP_TOOLS is used for BIOS updates and diagnostics. It is possible to create an HP_TOOLS partition on a USB drive. It's even possible to update the BIOS manually without using HP_TOOLS at all, but if you're unsure I would just leave it alone.

It's even possible to get rid of the System partition. I've removed it during a clean install, but I wouldn't recommend messing with it unless you really know what you're doing.

You should be able to install Ubuntu in one (extended) partition once you have deleted the Recovery partition. To delete the Recovery partition after you've made your recovery disk set, press the "Windows" key or click on the "Start" icon and type "partitions" in the search box. Select "Create and format hard disk partitions". Right-click on the partition then select Delete Volume... I think Ubuntu gives you the option to resize your partitions during installation; you may be able to shrink the C: partition to make more room for Ubuntu, although 27GB should be plenty.

A couple of tips when installing Ubuntu:
1. If at any point in the installation process it seems that nothing is happening and you just see a black screen, it may be that the brightness has been turned all the way down. Keep pressing the F3 key (or fn + F3) to turn up the brightness.
2. Some versions of some Linux distros have trouble handling the radeon graphics card. It may be easier at first, during the installation, to disable the radeon card so Ubuntu detects the intel card only and loads the correct drivers. Assuming you've loaded the Ubuntu DVD and done a system shut down from Windows, press the start button and IMMEDIATELY upon seeing any text appear on the screen press and hold F10 IMMEDIATELY followed by pressing and holding the "A" key (still with F10 pressed). This should bring up the BIOS menu with an "Advanced" tab. If it doesn't then try a few more times. Select Advanced then go to Display Mode and select the video option "iGPU" (integrated GPU). Then press F10 to save settings then F9 to boot from the DVD drive, etc. Unfortunately, the iGPU option gets reset back to Hybrid on each reboot, so if the system reboots during the installation process you'll have to set it again. Once Ubuntu has been installed everything should work fine.
3. The Ubuntu 10.10 Linux kernel has a bug that disables the right-click touchpad key. There is a patch out there that can workaround this by implementing some multitouch functions, so you can use a 2-finger tap to emulate a right-click. Let me know if you need help finding it.

 

Thanks, everything worked fine until I downloaded Firefox 4.0 and had to restart to complete the upgrade. When I restarted it was just like a big terminal screen without GUI, which asked me my login name and password.
I know this topic isn't for here, but how do I enable the GUI again?

 

AFAIR, You need to type:

Code:

gdm start

For Gnome-using distro like Ubuntu, and

Code:

kdm start

for KDE environment. Correct me please if I'm wrong.

 

gdm start gives me a bunch of errors about security policies in the configuration files. I guess I will reinstall it. thanks

 

Hey I have been having issues with the switcheroo crap. I did
sudo echo DIGD > /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch
and got
"bash: /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch: Permission denied"

and tried to chmod +x /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch and still I get the error message "changing ownership of `/sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch': Operation not permitted"
What do I need to do?

*Edit:
I'm also the administrator and only user of this computer, obviously this doesn't matter, but just fyi

 

You're trying to write to the file, so shouldn't add execution rights (+x in chmod) but rather write rights (+w in chmod)
So, I *think* this might help:

Code:

sudo chmod u+w /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch

If it responds saying You're not allowed to do it, I have no idea what to do next. Ask on some Linux forum

If that worked, this:

Code:

sudo echo DIGD > /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch

Should work now.

 

Yeah I don't get it

misha@ENVY14:~$ sudo chmod u+w /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch
[sudo] password for misha:
misha@ENVY14:~$ sudo echo DIGD > /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch
bash: /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch: Permission denied

Still getting the issue I searched this issue and nada. I see on here that people are doing this, but I don't see how they are doing it without permission denied

Thanks though for the help

 

I've been using Ubuntu (dual-booting with Windows 7) and its all great.
Yesterday I had to do something in Windows and the battery just gave me about 1:30hr, pretty little compared to the 4 hrs it should last. Does it has something to do with dual-booting? Maybe it's the bootloader?
Thanks.

 

Ok so I finally figured it out a couple days ago and felt like sharing!
If you want to turn your GFX card off in linux use the command:
echo OFF | sudo tee /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch
and obviously to turn on
echo ON | sudo tee /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch
I made some permanent alias's if anyone wants to use them...
Just goto ~/.bashrc with a text editor like vim or gedit and goto the very bottom and after everything start a new line and type or copy and paste:

#Custom alias For ATI Graphics Card. In status 0 = off, and 1 = on
alias gfx="echo OFF | sudo tee /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch" #Turns off card
alias ogfx="echo ON | sudo tee /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch" #Turns on card
alias stgfx="cat /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch" #Gives the status of the card

Use them if you like and customize if you want.

 

I was wondering if anyone knows how to make the hdmi work for ubuntu? I get a distorted image

 

Anyone made the jump to Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty) with an Envy 14 yet? I'm having random freezes upon boot, and happens most of the time. Just black screen (and it's not the "brightness" issue).

When it does boot, most things run smoothly, except for switchable graphics which I haven't had the time to fix. Installing the ATI driver from the "Additional Drivers" app doesn't seem to work, or I'm missing something.

But it's the boot thing that's really bothering me...

 

I'm planning to try it in the middle of next week. I've been perusing the Ubuntu forums. I can't believe the number of problems users have been reporting after upgrading to 11.04. When I tried installing 10.10 I had problems trying to get the ATI driver to work. I ended up disabling the ATI card in the BIOS when doing a clean install and it installed using the intel driver by default, which I was able to use without any problems. I gave up trying to use the ATI driver.

If 11.04 doesn't work out I might give the Fedora 15 final release a try, which is due to be released on May 24.

 

Has anyone tried the proprietary AMD 11.4 drivers with PowerXpress (switchable graphics)? Not sure if it is compatible with Intel GPU....

 

I think the PowerXpress only applies to newer GPU chips (AMD touts seamless GPU change, and that is not how it works for Envy 14, so I believe it must have been introduced in next generation of hardware)

 

Hasn't anyone in this forum tried LenvyX yet?

 

How do you disable the ATI card in the BIOS?

 

When you power on the system, IMMEDIATELY upon getting the "Press the ESC key for Startup Menu" message, press and hold the F10 key, and IMMEDIATELY AFTER press and hold the 'A' key (still keeping F10 depressed). Hold the F10 and 'A' keys until you hear beeping sounds then release both keys.

You should now see an Advanced tab in the BIOS menu.

Select the Advanced Tab, then Video Configuration, then set Display Mode to iGPU. Save the changes and continue.

Unfortunately, this change only takes effect until the next time the system is booted then it reverts back to Hybrid.

You may have to try this a couple of times to get the Advanced Menu. The timing of pressing the F10 and 'A' keys must be very precise (F10 first, then a fraction of a second later 'A').

 

I managed to install the AMD 11.5 drivers on Ubuntu 11.04, and the switchable graphics do indeed seem to work. After installation, you can select the ATI Catalyst Control Center under System>Preferences>ATI Catalyst Control Center (Administrative) then select Switchable Grapics and toggle between High-performance GPU and Power-saving GPU, just like on Windows. The only caveat is that the system has to be rebooted for the change to take place. Both GPUs, Intel and AMD, seem to work, however. Temps under the AMD 11.5 driver seem to be much lower than when running the Intel driver with the AMD card still powered.

A couple of issues I've found are that when displaying Flash videos in full-screen mode using the AMD card I have to turn off hardware acceleration in Flash for the video to work. Also, suspend gets hung up with the Power Manager not responding when running the AMD card. I can switch to the Intel card and it suspends fine.

The instructions can be found in the Ubuntu Forums

 

There's certainly nothing seamless about the way it works, but the latest AMD 11.5 driver does seem to support switchable graphics, at least on the ENVY 14 with the integrated Intel and discrete Radeon HD 5650 graphics card under Ubuntu 11.04. You just have to reboot for the change to take place - no need to use vgaswitcheroo or other such tweaks.

 

I'm having the same stupid problem! I have reformatted and installed ubuntu 11.04 3 times and no avail... Is anyone else have a solution or have this problem?

 

Where did you find the 11.5 AMD drivers for ubuntu? Also do you have problems with blank screen after GRUB?

Edit*
Ok, I just went to http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/linux/Pages/radeon_linux.aspx to get AMD 11.5 proprietary driver, however when I ran sh ./amdblahblahblah it said it created a directory, verified archive integrity good, a bunch of dots and then removed the directory and after it said a box is suppose to appear. Nothing appeared and I can just type in the terminal

Edit*
Ok I figured it out again haha. when you run the sh from the website, you must use sudo before so:
sudo sh ./drivername
And by the way this fixed the blank screen problem in the boot up after grub. It seems to have been a video card problem. Thanks a bunch Belltown for your tip about the 11.5 driver

 

Does anyone know how to get dual monitors to work on Ubuntu?

 

I got it working as follows:

Use the open source radeon driver. Uninstall all ATI drivers (in System -> Administration -> Additional drivers) if installed. Reboot.

Log in, and switch to the discrete ATI card by executing the following in a terminal:

Code:

sudo echo DDIS > /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch

Log out, and log in again. The computer is now hopefully using the ATI card. Connect the monitor, go to System -> Preferences -> Monitors, and uncheck "Same image on all monitors". Unless you want that configuration of course. Here you should be able to set it up how you want it.

If this does not work (no extra monitors visible in the Monitors dialog for example), maybe you need updated packages. I have the repository xorg-edgers added, and it works for me. Follow the instructions for adding https://launchpad.net/~xorg-edgers/+archive/ppa, and then repeat procedure above.

Using the ATI graphic card makes resume from suspend shaky/nonworking for me.

Good luck.

 

Reboot is not required; the X server needs to be restarted which is taken care of by logging out and back in.

 

Yes, that seems to be true. Thanks.

Do you know how to get suspend/resume to work on the ATI card without the system hanging?

 

Lenvyx ( http://lenvyx.com) works without any issues on my envy 14. Even HDMI works out of the box. And its based on Ubuntu 11.04.

 

That's pretty cool, but how does this distro? Is it the same as ubuntu? What are the differences? This seems pretty cool, but I'm worried about one guy building this distro. It seems like it could be unstable.

 

Are you running 11.04? Because if I remove the 11.5 drivers the os will not boot up after grub sometimes.