User:Ns89

Note: I am putting some notes here about my setup in the hopes that somebody (or at least me) may find it useful.

Compaq Presario v6500

Hardware

CPU

processor	: 0
vendor_id	: AuthenticAMD
cpu family	: 15
model		: 104
model name	: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual-Core Processor TK-55
stepping	: 1
cpu MHz		: 800.000
cache size	: 256 KB
physical id	: 0
siblings	: 2
core id		: 0
cpu cores	: 2
apicid		: 0
initial apicid	: 0
fpu		: yes
fpu_exception	: yes
cpuid level	: 1
wp		: yes
flags		: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow rep_good nopl extd_apicid pni cx16 lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy 3dnowprefetch lbrv
bogomips	: 1600.90
TLB size	: 1024 4K pages
clflush size	: 64
cache_alignment	: 64
address sizes	: 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management: ts fid vid ttp tm stc 100mhzsteps

processor	: 1
vendor_id	: AuthenticAMD
cpu family	: 15
model		: 104
model name	: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual-Core Processor TK-55
stepping	: 1
cpu MHz		: 800.000
cache size	: 256 KB
physical id	: 0
siblings	: 2
core id		: 1
cpu cores	: 2
apicid		: 1
initial apicid	: 1
fpu		: yes
fpu_exception	: yes
cpuid level	: 1
wp		: yes
flags		: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow rep_good nopl extd_apicid pni cx16 lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy 3dnowprefetch lbrv
bogomips	: 1600.90
TLB size	: 1024 4K pages
clflush size	: 64
cache_alignment	: 64
address sizes	: 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management: ts fid vid ttp tm stc 100mhzsteps

keyboard:

 /dev/input/event0    AT Translated Set 2 keyboard

mouse:

 /dev/input/mice      SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad

graphics card:

                      nVidia C67 [GeForce 7150M / nForce 630M]

sound:

                      nVidia MCP67 High Definition Audio

storage:

                      nVidia MCP67 IDE Controller
                      nVidia MCP67 AHCI Controller

network:

 enp0s10              nVidia MCP67 Ethernet
                      Hewlett-Packard Company BCM4311 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller

network interface:

 lo                   Loopback network interface
 enp0s10              Ethernet network interface

disk:

 /dev/sda             WDC WD1600BEVS-6

cdrom:

 /dev/sr0             MATSHITA DVD-RAM UJ-861H

usb controller:

                      nVidia MCP67 OHCI USB 1.1 Controller
                      nVidia MCP67 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller
                      nVidia MCP67 OHCI USB 1.1 Controller
                      nVidia MCP67 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller

bios:

                      BIOS

bridge:

                      nVidia MCP67 ISA Bridge
                      nVidia MCP67 PCI Bridge
                      AMD K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
                      AMD K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
                      AMD K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
                      AMD K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
                      nVidia MCP67 PCI Express Bridge
                      nVidia MCP67 PCI Express Bridge

hub:

                      Linux 3.7.9-2-ARCH ohci_hcd OHCI Host Controller
                      Linux 3.7.9-2-ARCH ohci_hcd OHCI Host Controller
                      Linux 3.7.9-2-ARCH ehci_hcd EHCI Host Controller
                      Linux 3.7.9-2-ARCH ehci_hcd EHCI Host Controller

firewire controller:

                      Ricoh R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller

unknown:

                      FPU
                      DMA controller
                      PIC
                      Timer
                      Keyboard controller
                      PS/2 Controller
                      nVidia MCP67 Memory Controller
                      nVidia MCP67 SMBus
                      nVidia MCP67 Memory Controller
                      nVidia MCP67 Co-processor
                      Ricoh R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter
                      Ricoh R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter
                      Ricoh xD-Picture Card Controller

Tips and Tweaks

The tty is badly mangled when installed out of the box. To fix it add the following to your kernel options:

video=LVDS-1:1024x768@60 video=TV-1:d