hello to all.
i'm a computer engineering student form spain, (in my defense i've began classes only 2 weeks ago ), and this is my very first contact with Linux.
following a teacher's advice, i've installed Kubuntu 8.04 KDE3.59 on my LG r510 laptop, in parallel with Vista.
install went well, but:
1) it won't connect to the network. To start with i've connected it to the cable connection(LAN) in my dorm-room (that's connected to the University's main network) using the GUI i've told it to automaticly acquire the connection setup (just as i use in Vista) but it says all addresses are 0.0.0.0
i'd really like to get it going, so i can install the VPN client required to access the internet (the client is provided by the University on it's site which i can access trough the local network.)
2) the screen resolution is 800x600 and i can't change it, i'm not very worried though, as i think it needs drivers for the 9300GS Nvidia on my system (i supose it'll do it it's self once i manage to connect to the internet) won't it?
3) there's no sound but here as well i hope it'll update drivers and "fix" itself.
any advice is welcome and apreciated
best regards, Xblade
P.S i'd like to apologize for my poor english, and for being so dumb with Linux.
i'm a computer engineering student form spain, (in my defense i've began classes only 2 weeks ago ), and this is my very first contact with Linux.
following a teacher's advice, i've installed Kubuntu 8.04 KDE3.59 on my LG r510 laptop, in parallel with Vista.
install went well, but:
1) it won't connect to the network. To start with i've connected it to the cable connection(LAN) in my dorm-room (that's connected to the University's main network) using the GUI i've told it to automaticly acquire the connection setup (just as i use in Vista) but it says all addresses are 0.0.0.0
i'd really like to get it going, so i can install the VPN client required to access the internet (the client is provided by the University on it's site which i can access trough the local network.)
2) the screen resolution is 800x600 and i can't change it, i'm not very worried though, as i think it needs drivers for the 9300GS Nvidia on my system (i supose it'll do it it's self once i manage to connect to the internet) won't it?
3) there's no sound but here as well i hope it'll update drivers and "fix" itself.
any advice is welcome and apreciated
best regards, Xblade
P.S i'd like to apologize for my poor english, and for being so dumb with Linux.
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