hicrihicri

First of all, I have been using XP and just installed UBUNTU by using WUBI on Acer Aspire 5920 notebook. Actually it was a lot easier than I expected but still got problems. As a user willing to continue with Linux, I have some questions:

1- Do I have to install drivers for UBUNTU? If so, for which devices? Where can I get them?

2- I got no sound after switching UBUNTU on. No wireless internet connection. I found out that these are common problems but i could not find the solutions.

3- Is there a tutorial for beginners like me struggling but willing to stop feeding microsoft?

4- common useful programs like Babylon, MPC, VLC, msn, ... How can I keep using them? Are there similar programs to those? Where can I get them?

Thanks for any kind of help.

Any kind of help will be appr

wmorri

Welcome to the forum, and to the world of Linux!!

I will answer these questions in the same manner as you posted them:

1. You will need to get the drivers for any piece of hardware that needs them. While this sounds very bland, it is very straight forward. If you have a piece of hardware that doesn't seem to be working(like your wireless, I will get to that in a little bit), then you can go here and find documentation and most of the time drivers for it.

2. For this question, I would ask that you open a terminal. To do this you go to applications -> accessories -> terminal. From there you will get a prompt which is where I would like you to type:
This will give you a lot of information, but just copy and paste all of it up here and we can help you find the correct drivers.

3. Here are a couple of pages that have a lot of great information that can help you get away from the Microsoft machine: Ubuntu 8.04 and Community Docs.

4. As for programs that you need to find open-source equivilents for here are a couple: Babylon -> Mdic, and Open-Logos
MPC -> you have programs such as Totem, and Rhythmbox are a couple that I have used.
VLC -> VLC will work fine with ubuntu, you just have to install it from the add/remove programs.
MSN -> I am guessing that you are talking about the browser. For that you have a couple of options. There is Firefox, Opera, which are the main browsers, there are others too. Just find one or two that you like and learn them really well.

I hope that this helps you. If you need to know more about some other programs just let us know.

Cheers!

hicrihicri

this is the output of the "lspci" command.
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hicrix@hicrix-laptop:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 PCI Express Root Port (rev 03)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 03)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 6 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev f3)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HEM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA IDE Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 8600M GS (rev a1)
06:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN Network Connection (rev 61)
08:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5787M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 02)
0a:09.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 05)
0a:09.1 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 22)
0a:09.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C843 MMC Host Controller (rev 12)
0a:09.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 12)
0a:09.4 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev ff)
hicrix@hicrix-laptop:~$
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wmorri

Thanks for that information. I would recommend that you take a look at this website Ndiswrapper. It has installation information on how to install a program that will allow you to install windows drivers for your wireless.

Cheers!

hicrihicri

thank you.
given documentations are enough to solve any problem.