Ubuntu on HP dv6t
Another config post.
I installed a fresh Ubuntu 10.04 on the linux side of my laptop quite a while ago, but I couldn't get wired LAN working at that time, and got frustrated so I just haven't messed with it since. Well, last night I decided to give it another go, and I have nice new jack in my office for ethernet/phone, and so it must have been my cable/connection before because it worked fine for me.
So, just to document for myself and anyone else seraching the internet for setup questions/issues (theoretically), the first thing after installing and getting connected to the internets was to install the proprietary drivers for wifi and graphics.
IMPORTANT: Install the STA wireless and NOT the B43 wireless. I have done this at least twice before, and the B43 drivers suck horribly. I almost didn't use Ubuntu/linux anymore after my first install because wifi never worked properly. My connection would die and come back or I just wouldn't be able to get a connection - it was horrible. With the STA driver, everything works perfectly. Yay.
On the graphics driver, there's only one option that is required to "fully utilize the 3D potential" of the card and also "provide 2D acceleration" if applicable. I don't remember installing vs. not installing this before so I'll have to read some more on this one before deciding, and then I'll come back here and update this post.
EDIT: OK, the card I have is supported, so I installed that ATI driver. It seems not to have broken anything, but I'd really have to play some game that uses 3D acceleration to check if it made that work. I don't plan on playing any games on my ubuntu. I did get DDO installed and running on Ubuntu on my last install, but... I never played it on my Ubuntu install, since I also had it running on Windows on the same machine. It was a complete pain in the arse to get it on Ubuntu, so I'm not going to go through that again.
I mainly intend on using my Ubuntu install for development purposes and running apps that only run on linux.
Sorry for the boring post to the rest of you, but this is very very useful for me when I next do a fresh install of linux and can't remember what config options I made from before and should make again.
I installed a fresh Ubuntu 10.04 on the linux side of my laptop quite a while ago, but I couldn't get wired LAN working at that time, and got frustrated so I just haven't messed with it since. Well, last night I decided to give it another go, and I have nice new jack in my office for ethernet/phone, and so it must have been my cable/connection before because it worked fine for me.
So, just to document for myself and anyone else seraching the internet for setup questions/issues (theoretically), the first thing after installing and getting connected to the internets was to install the proprietary drivers for wifi and graphics.
IMPORTANT: Install the STA wireless and NOT the B43 wireless. I have done this at least twice before, and the B43 drivers suck horribly. I almost didn't use Ubuntu/linux anymore after my first install because wifi never worked properly. My connection would die and come back or I just wouldn't be able to get a connection - it was horrible. With the STA driver, everything works perfectly. Yay.
On the graphics driver, there's only one option that is required to "fully utilize the 3D potential" of the card and also "provide 2D acceleration" if applicable. I don't remember installing vs. not installing this before so I'll have to read some more on this one before deciding, and then I'll come back here and update this post.
EDIT: OK, the card I have is supported, so I installed that ATI driver. It seems not to have broken anything, but I'd really have to play some game that uses 3D acceleration to check if it made that work. I don't plan on playing any games on my ubuntu. I did get DDO installed and running on Ubuntu on my last install, but... I never played it on my Ubuntu install, since I also had it running on Windows on the same machine. It was a complete pain in the arse to get it on Ubuntu, so I'm not going to go through that again.
I mainly intend on using my Ubuntu install for development purposes and running apps that only run on linux.
Sorry for the boring post to the rest of you, but this is very very useful for me when I next do a fresh install of linux and can't remember what config options I made from before and should make again.