Hello! I recently installed Hardy Heron on my dv6700, but I'm saddened to find that Kubuntu isn't recognizing some of my hardware, and other parts aren't operating correctly. Background - I am pretty new to linux, but I have set up previous versions of kubuntu on my PC.
The Hardware - HP dv6700 notebook pc
AMD Turion64 X2 TL-64
2Gb DDR2 RAM
120 GB Hard Drive (10 gig Ext2 root, 2 gig swap, 30 gig home, rest Vista)
nVidia GeForce 8400M GS
The Problem -
Kubuntu informs me that "proprietary drivers are being used to make this computer work properly", listing the Atheros Hardware Access Layer, Nvidia accelerated graphics driver (latest cards), and Support for Atheros 802.11 wireless LAN cards under the component/device driver column, listing the Atheros Hardware Access Layer and the Support for Atheros 802.11 wireless LAN cards as Enabled and In Use, while the Nvidia driver is not enabled and listed "not in use".
However, despite this saying that the wireless support is enabled, Kubuntu does not recognize that my wireless card exists, giving me no options aside from the ethernet port for network access. Also, my xorg.conf does not recognize my video card, recognizing only a "configured video device".
A friend who runs linux told me he had a similar problem upon installing kubuntu 7.10 on his HP tx1000 series notebook, and the solution ended up being adding some tags to Grub's boot commands, but he couldn't remember where the forum thread about it was, and I've failed to find anything on the subject so far.
Any help or ideas that could be provided would be very much appreciated, and if you need any more information, let me know and I'll post it ASAP. Thank you very much!
The Hardware - HP dv6700 notebook pc
AMD Turion64 X2 TL-64
2Gb DDR2 RAM
120 GB Hard Drive (10 gig Ext2 root, 2 gig swap, 30 gig home, rest Vista)
nVidia GeForce 8400M GS
The Problem -
Kubuntu informs me that "proprietary drivers are being used to make this computer work properly", listing the Atheros Hardware Access Layer, Nvidia accelerated graphics driver (latest cards), and Support for Atheros 802.11 wireless LAN cards under the component/device driver column, listing the Atheros Hardware Access Layer and the Support for Atheros 802.11 wireless LAN cards as Enabled and In Use, while the Nvidia driver is not enabled and listed "not in use".
However, despite this saying that the wireless support is enabled, Kubuntu does not recognize that my wireless card exists, giving me no options aside from the ethernet port for network access. Also, my xorg.conf does not recognize my video card, recognizing only a "configured video device".
A friend who runs linux told me he had a similar problem upon installing kubuntu 7.10 on his HP tx1000 series notebook, and the solution ended up being adding some tags to Grub's boot commands, but he couldn't remember where the forum thread about it was, and I've failed to find anything on the subject so far.
Any help or ideas that could be provided would be very much appreciated, and if you need any more information, let me know and I'll post it ASAP. Thank you very much!
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