hello, i been using ubuntu for a while already..... today i got a new
hp pavilion dv6000 laptop and i just installed ubuntu but im having problems with the wireless card and the video card driver....
ubuntu is not detecting my wireless card at all and same thing with my video card... i cant get wireless internet and i cant change my resolution.
my laptop is using an Atheros Wireless Card 802.11 and a Nvidia Video Card.... is there a way i can change this problem??........

As a general rule, yes.

Open a terminal and type "lspci" no quotes, hit enter, and post the output here. What version of Ubuntu are you using?

IGF

allright this came out:

edgar@edgar-laptop:~$ lspci
00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP67 Memory Controller (rev a2)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP67 ISA Bridge (rev a2)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP67 SMBus (rev a2)
00:01.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP67 Memory Controller (rev a2)
00:01.3 Co-processor: nVidia Corporation MCP67 Co-processor (rev a2)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP67 OHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a2)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP67 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller (rev a2)
00:04.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP67 OHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a2)
00:04.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP67 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller (rev a2)
00:06.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP67 IDE Controller (rev a1)
00:07.0 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP67 High Definition Audio (rev a1)
00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP67 PCI Bridge (rev a2)
00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP67 AHCI Controller (rev a2)
00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation MCP67 Ethernet (rev a2)
00:0c.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP67 PCI Express Bridge (rev a2)
00:0d.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP67 PCI Express Bridge (rev a2)
00:12.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 7150M (rev a2)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
02:05.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 05)
02:05.1 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 22)
02:05.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C843 MMC Host Controller (rev 12)
02:05.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 12)
02:05.4 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev ff)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)
edgar@edgar-laptop:~$

OK, first.. Your Nvidia device...

System/Admin/Hardware drivers... Do you see Nvidia there? is it checked and enabled? If its not checked and enabled, check it, and you'll be told to restart.

IGF

here is a quick screenshot

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u...Screenshot.png

Ok, as I said then, check it, and it will install some crap, and then you'll be signaled to restart.. While you're at it, since we'll need to do this to get your wireless working.... Uncheck "Atheros Hardware Access Layer".. Leave the other one, SUpport for atheros.. checked.


IGF

okey when i click on the check for the nvida driver it tries to download something but then it says that an error has occured:

W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/po...8.41_amd64.deb
404 Not Found

Hmm.. You're using 64bit.. I'm not really sure on that one.. I only run 32bbit, because of various driver issues, etc.. (I don't think Nvidia should be a problem though), however, your wireless could be an issue under 64 bit. Sorry, I'm probably not gonna be able to help you any further at this point.

IGF

problem solved thankz everyone

I am now having the same problems that you had(resolution and wireless) on the same model computer. What did you do to fix it?

It would be great to know how you solved the issue so that others with similar problems can get help out of this thread.

What version of Ubuntu did you try, and is it 64 or 32bit? I can't speak for 64bit, but the wireless device will work "out of the box" on 32bit 9.04. Not sure on the Nvidia device, but I have no problem w/ Nvidia and 9.04 on my PC and my other laptop.

IGF