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Fedora Core on HP L2000

First off, half of this information was obtained through http://www.mcargh.net/HP-L2000-Core4.html.

I only expanded a little.

What works:

CD Burning
Wireless with WPA
ATI GL
Most Buttons

What doesn't work:

Bluetooth
6 in 1 Media Slot
64 Bit Java Plugin for Mozilla
** Update ** I found the Linux Java Project www.blackdown.org has the AMD 64 Java JRE and SDK. Its older 1.4.2 but it works.
64 Bit Flash Plugin for Mozilla
(Honestly I don't see it as being long before these plugins are released.. We'll see.....)

1. Install Fedora Core 4 x86_64 Version - On the splash screen on install type 'linux vga=771 no_timer_check' (no quotes), this will automatically add this to the grub boot parameter.

2. Open Applications>System Tools>Terminal. If you are not in Root, type 'su <enter>' and enter root password when prompted. Type 'yum -y update' to update the kernel and other software. Reboot when completed.

3. Once logged in, open terminal and type 'rpm -ivh http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/4/i386/RPMS.lvn/livna-release-4-0.lvn.5.4.noarch.rpm <enter>' This will automatically configure the Livna Yum Repository.

4. Install ATI fglrx driver by going into terminal again and typeing 'yum -y install kernel-module-fglrx-$(uname -r)

5. Install ndiswrapper by going into terminal and typing 'yum -y install kernel-module-ndiswrapper-$(uname -r)'

6. Run the command 'lspci' and note which one is your wireless card. eg, 05:02.0 Network controller: Broadcom corporation: unknown device 4318 (rev 02) run 'lspci -ns 05:02' and note the vendor device number
eg, 05:02.0 Class 0280: 14e4:4318 (rev 02) Look up and download the appropriate driver for your device at
http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/mediawiki/index.php/List
If your is like mine (14E4:4318 (rev 02)) here is the driver. Once download, unzip the files. As root run the following command in terminal '/usr/sbin/ndiswrapper -i /path/where/you/put/bcmwl5.inf'. Then type 'usr/sbin/ndiswrapper -m'. This will install the driver and to enable it one reboot. Reboot the computer so you can go into Desktop>System Settings>Network. Under the Devices tab, click on New, select Wireless Conenction and click on Forward, select ndiswrapper and click forward, enter your wireless infmraiotn and click forward, complete network settings and click forward, and click on apply. Wireless is now set up

7. Double click on the speaker icon on the upper. Click on Edit>Preference, scroll down and check external speaker and click on close. Click on the Switches tab and check off External Amplifier. Sound is now set up.

8. There appears to be a USB hard drive 2.0 issue with the L2000, Will read all USB2 devices as USB 2. My fix is only a work around. Open terminal and as root type 'vi /etc/rc.local <enter>'. Add the following lines.

modprobe -r uhci-hcd
modprobe -r ehci-hcd
modprobe -r ohci-hcd
modprobe ohci-hcd
modprobe ehci-hcd

Save the rc.local and reboot. This is the only way I could get my USB2 hard drives and usb thumb drives to work.