Ubuntu

[ImportFan1]

Like I can choose the options in Ubuntu to boot from CD, install, check for updates, etc. and after i choose boot from cd it seems like it loads then the screen just goes black.

 

[Matt.]

when it loads try hitting control alt f1... worked for me

 

[NYGraFFit1]

i wanna bump this, Don't wanna make another thread if there's already one


Windows 7 is giving a "consider changing your battery error" which is pissing me off, since this is a new laptop with no problem's since i installed it.


I'm considering installing Ubuntu but i have a few question's and seeing that this thread is old i wanna get new info seeing that information and version's change.



What it the best version for a x64 laptop with 4 gig's of ram running 2.20ghz?

How easy is installing driver's and update's?

being that im a windows guy since forever, im clueless toward's Ubuntu nd im worried about f**king s**t up nd my driver's not working etc. etc. Btw i have a HP DV4 1313 DX.

 

[253eg]

i wanna bump this, Don't wanna make another thread if there's already one


Windows 7 is giving a "consider changing your battery error" which is pissing me off, since this is a new laptop with no problem's since i installed it.


I'm considering installing Ubuntu but i have a few question's and seeing that this thread is old i wanna get new info seeing that information and version's change.



What it the best version for a x64 laptop with 4 gig's of ram running 2.20ghz?

How easy is installing driver's and update's?

being that im a windows guy since forever, im clueless toward's Ubuntu nd im worried about f**king s**t up nd my driver's not working etc. etc. Btw i have a HP DV4 1313 DX.

Ubuntu is a good OS to use for newbies as well as experienced users with Linux. Go ahead and download the latest release for x64. As I remember, the distros now come with a LiveCD of the system so you can try it out before installing it.

You should also look and see if they have support for your chipset and any other hardware your laptop has.

edit;
as far as updates, it comes with an update program, similar to Windows update

 

[Mr. Jollypants]

Windows 7 is giving a "consider changing your battery error" which is pissing me off, since this is a new laptop with no problem's since i installed it.

Do these steps.

Change the 'Critical battery action' setting to "Do nothing"
1. Activate the power scheme you want to modify.
2. Hit your Windows key, type 'cmd' in start menu, press "CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER" when a box pops up, press 'Continue'
3. Type this in without the quotation marks "powercfg -setdcvalueindex SCHEME_CURRENT SUB_BATTERY BATACTIONCRIT 0"
4. Your current power scheme will show "On battery: Do nothing"

Problem solved.

 

[Mr. Jollypants]

Ubuntu is a good OS to start off with, just remember to read up on alot of the common console commands because you will be using the console for most every day computing.

I'd suggest Linux Mint (http://www.linuxmint.com/) it's designed off of Ubuntu but simplified for Windows users switching to Linux.

You'll want to get the x64 edition.

Drivers are becoming easier to install since Linux is beginning to make up a good chunk of of the market. You'll still run into drivers that need to be installed manually, but this is where reading up on console commands will help you.

Updates are installed from a program that comes preinstalled with Ubuntu

Some more distros of Linux you could consider is Mandriva or Lycoris.

Always remember to give back to these distros. They are community driven and open source, a 10 dollar donation is perfectly acceptable and more is evem more helpful.

 

[NYGraFFit1]

okay so i went with Ubuntu 9.10 now the only problem im having is that my wireless isint working.

i ran lspci -v and this is what came up, how can i solve the problem?


00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 Host Bridge
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30fb
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: <access denied>

00:01.0 PCI bridge: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 9602
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 00007000-00007fff
Memory behind bridge: d2300000-d24fffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000c0000000-00000000cfffffff
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel modules: shpchp

00:04.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 0)
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=07, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 00003000-00006fff
Memory behind bridge: d1300000-d22fffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000d0000000-00000000d0ffffff
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
Kernel modules: shpchp

00:05.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 1)
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=08, subordinate=08, sec-latency=0
Memory behind bridge: d1200000-d12fffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: ffffffffb0000000-00000000b00fffff
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
Kernel modules: shpchp

00:06.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 2)
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=09, subordinate=09, sec-latency=0
Memory behind bridge: d1100000-d11fffff
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
Kernel modules: shpchp

00:07.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 3)
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=0a, subordinate=0a, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 00002000-00002fff
Memory behind bridge: b0100000-b01fffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000d1000000-00000000d10fffff
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
Kernel modules: shpchp

00:11.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (prog-if 01)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30fb
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 22
I/O ports at 8038
I/O ports at 804c
I/O ports at 8030
I/O ports at 8048
I/O ports at 8010
Memory at d2508000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ahci

00:12.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0 Controller (prog-if 10)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30fb
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 16
Memory at d2507000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd

00:12.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700 USB OHCI1 Controller (prog-if 10)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30fb
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 16
Memory at d2506000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd

00:12.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller (prog-if 20)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30fb
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 17
Memory at d2508500 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd

00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0 Controller (prog-if 10)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30fb
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 18
Memory at d2505000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd

00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700 USB OHCI1 Controller (prog-if 10)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30fb
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 18
Memory at d2504000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd

00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller (prog-if 20)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30fb
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 19
Memory at d2508400 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd

00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 3a)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30fb
Flags: 66MHz, medium devsel
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: piix4_smbus
Kernel modules: i2c-piix4

00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 IDE Controller (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30fb
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 16
I/O ports at 01f0
I/O ports at 03f4
I/O ports at 0170
I/O ports at 0374
I/O ports at 8000
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pata_atiixp

00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30fb
Flags: bus master, slow devsel, latency 64, IRQ 16
Memory at d2500000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel

00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 LPC host controller
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30fb
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0

00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge (prog-if 01)
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64
Bus: primary=00, secondary=80, subordinate=8f, sec-latency=64
I/O behind bridge: 00001000-00001fff

00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Mobile K10 [Turion X2, Athlon X2, Sempron] HyperTransport Configuration (rev 40)
Flags: fast devsel
Capabilities: <access denied>

00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 11h [Turion X2, Athlon X2, Sempron] Address Map
Flags: fast devsel

00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Mobile K10 [Turion X2, Athlon X2, Sempron] DRAM Controller
Flags: fast devsel
Kernel modules: amd64_edac_mod

00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Mobile K10 [Turion X2, Athlon X2, Sempron] Miscellaneous Control
Flags: fast devsel
Capabilities: <access denied>

00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Mobile K10 [Turion X2, Athlon X2, Sempron] Link Control
Flags: fast devsel

01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS780M/RS780MN [Radeon HD 3200 Graphics]
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30fb
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
Memory at c0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
I/O ports at 7000
Memory at d2400000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Memory at d2300000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel modules: radeon

01:05.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc RS780 Azalia controller
Subsystem: ATI Technologies Inc RS780 Azalia controller
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
Memory at d2410000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel

08:00.0 System peripheral: JMicron Technology Corp. SD/MMC Host Controller
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30fb
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
Memory at d1200300 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
Expansion ROM at b0000000 [disabled] [size=64K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: sdhci-pci
Kernel modules: sdhci-pci

08:00.2 SD Host controller: JMicron Technology Corp. Standard SD Host Controller (prog-if 01)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30fb
Flags: fast devsel, IRQ 17
Memory at d1200200 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel modules: sdhci-pci

08:00.3 System peripheral: JMicron Technology Corp. MS Host Controller
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30fb
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
Memory at d1200100 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: jmb38x_ms
Kernel modules: jmb38x_ms

08:00.4 System peripheral: JMicron Technology Corp. xD Host Controller
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30fb
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 5
Memory at d1200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
Capabilities: <access denied>

09:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g (rev 01)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 137c
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
Memory at d1100000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge
Kernel modules: ssb

0a:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 02)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30fb
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 29
I/O ports at 2000
Memory at d1010000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K]
Memory at d1000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=64K]
Expansion ROM at d1020000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: r8169
Kernel modules: r8169

 

[ImportFan1]

I installed Linux Mint 8 on my laptop and my wireless driver is getting the best of me. Guess I will continue on it tomorrow

 

[NYGraFFit1]

ditto =/

ugh why cant i get this wireless card to work. where's anfrey dammit!

 

[ImportFan1]

Not online =/

I think it has compilited but I don't know. When I go to install the actual driver and go to the directory its not liking one of my commands

"sudo ndiswrapper -i bcmwl5.inf"

 

[253eg]

I dunno why you two are having problems. I just plug my hard wire in, with the wireless enabled and Ubuntu downloading the proper property drivers for my wireless card.

 

[ImportFan1]

My wired is working properly. I am just learning Linux/Ubuntu/command prompt tonight. This is just a machine to play around and learn on anyway.

 

[NYGraFFit1]

i got my video drivers working properly and my wireless, now all i want to do and be happy is make it look like a flippin Mac.

 

[NYGraFFit1]

got it looking and working how i want it, down to how Rhythmbox works with my HP touch play/next etc.. button's.

Im trying to put skin's on Empathy but im having zero success because it keep's telling me i dont have permission to access and edit inside the loca/home folder.

any idea's how i can gain administrative access?

 

[253eg]

got it looking and working how i want it, down to how Rhythmbox works with my HP touch play/next etc.. button's.

Im trying to put skin's on Empathy but im having zero success because it keep's telling me i dont have permission to access and edit inside the loca/home folder.

any idea's how i can gain administrative access?

Is your user account setup as administrator?

 

[NYGraFFit1]

Is your user account setup as administrator?

anyway that i can check, Ubuntu gets the best of me on simple crap like this.



i gotta get it fixed cause i also wanna install a EQ on rhythmbox

 

[253eg]

anyway that i can check, Ubuntu gets the best of me on simple crap like this.



i gotta get it fixed cause i also wanna install a EQ on rhythmbox

System > Administration > Users and Groups

in between Help and Close you should see a little padlock thing that says 'click to make changes', enter the password you set. Select your user name, then properties, tab over to user privileges. If Administer the system is not check, check it. Then try.

Other than that, I dunno. When I installed mine, I didn't have administrator privileges.

 

[NYGraFFit1]

System > Administration > Users and Groups

in between Help and Close you should see a little padlock thing that says 'click to make changes', enter the password you set. Select your user name, then properties, tab over to user privileges. If Administer the system is not check, check it. Then try.

Other than that, I dunno. When I installed mine, I didn't have administrator privileges.

yea i had already previously done that, nd still i cant edit anything inside the local folder.

i just realized under user's there is a user called Root; but it doesn't show up under the login screen nor did i create it. is this default for ubuntu?

 

[NYGraFFit1]

Scratch that ran gksudo nautilus in the terminal, i havent edited anything yet but i think i can freely edit anything.

 

[253eg]

Root is default.