General :: Loading Ubuntu 10.10 On Presario V6000?
Jan 15, 2011
I have chosen ubuntu to load on my laptop. it is a presario v6000 with intel proceesor. I installed a new hard drive a western digital 80gb. how do i format the drive or do i need to load a version of doss . a shove in the right diretion would be appreciated.Ihave ubuntu downloade and installed on a thumb drive . and am redy to get started but i was not sure what to do next in the past when i load windows it formatts the drive and builds partitions and the instuctions on the web all talk about installing next to a windows operating system. i really do not want to load windows if i do not need to .
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Jun 10, 2011
i cant seem to get my mic to work i just installed ubuntu 11.04 on my copmaq
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Oct 27, 2010
Ubuntu 10.04 not loading. Sticks at GRUB Loading message.
Read the other threads re OS not loading and GRUB. The talk about code goes over my head.
Local techie says the hardware is good. Tried reloading Ubuntu from CD. Tried loading the unmentionable OS.
Tried using Spotmau Powersuite.
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Jun 12, 2009
is there a program or something to enable my presario 2100 to read a linksy's program disc? the disk says it should run automatically, but the comp keeps sending an error message that its either a multi-part drive? or its a zipfile and it cannot recognize.
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May 23, 2010
I have an old compaq presario 2100 (amd athlon) laptop that came with windows xp. it can't deal with xp any more so i put mandriva on it and let my mother in law use it for card games. now it won't even boot mandriva.
it says something about a 1720 SMART error. i ran the hdd test and it gave me a code: 1# imminent failure.
it will run mandriva off the install disk but I want to make this as easy as possible for my mother in law to play her games. I don't think she'd like to deal with all the steps involved with running it off the install disk. the problem with that is that the install wizard runs every time i turn it on.
will i be able to do something to the effect that my mother in law will be able to easily boot up and play her card games on the laptop?
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Jun 9, 2009
I've a laptop of Compaq Presario CQ040, I installed Fedora-9 but found that there is no sound. I ran lsmod, lspci and aplay -l command and the respective output is below:
How to configure the sound card and get it working?
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Feb 27, 2010
I just installed helena on my compaq presario cq61-223sa but i can't get the altec Lansing speakers to work and my internal mic as well. I'm fairly new at linux and have tried looking for drivers but i couldn't find any.
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May 7, 2010
I have been trying to install Ubuntu Lucid Lynx using Live CD on this machine, a compaq Presario SR5010NX, with Celeron D 3.46Ghz CPU. Bios Version American Megatrends, Inc. 5.18, 2007; 2 gigs of RAM with approx. 140 gigs of hard disk space total useable. Has Realtek High Definition audio, graphic chipset Intel 82945G family; Soft data fax modem with smart CP (internal modem). It is connected to my DSL modem/router, Netgear DGN2000, with ethernet cable (as are my other two computers).
I start the installation. Finally the desktop shows up. As soon as I start trying to navigate, my mouse freezes and that's as far as I can go.
Just out of curiosity, I also tried to use my Mint 8 CD. It did the same thing. Gets the desktop up, then freezes. I am so frustrated because I really want Ubuntu on this machine. I planned on wiping out Vista Home Basic and giving the whole thing to Ubuntu.
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Sep 25, 2010
i've used ubuntu on my Compaq Presario 910US laptop (with 1GB RAM) for several years. no problems. but when i installed lynx 10.04 LTS last week it ran / responded very slowly. has anyone had a similar problem? is there some kind of setting that i need to change?
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Apr 9, 2010
I've a folder named "lynx" in my desktop . It contains ebooks - pdfs,chms etc . The problem is sometimes when i open the folder in nautilus , the folder keep loading forever and sometimes it shows two or three files and keep on loading . But at some other times , folder contents are displayed just as any other folder(i.e normal ).
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Feb 28, 2010
I was given an old Compaq Presario computer; it had a 3.2GB hard drive with windoze 98 (put your crucifixes down, please) and a somewhat broken CD drive. I replaced the CD with a spare DVD ROM and the hard drive was replaced with a spare 250GB. I also removed the old ISA Fax/modem and installed a PCI network card. On top of this I also burned a copy of Xubuntu 8.04 on my main PC, for loading onto the old timer.
But then I came to use the old machine, the BIOS recognised the new DVD ROM, but no menu appeared, just the word "COMPAQ", any attempt to access the BIOS met with no response, (would not respond to "Del" or "Esc" or any of the "F" keys) the PC then attempts to boot from the hard drive (it had an old version of, what I think may be Ubuntu, as it comes up with a GRUB error 1!
I did notice the DVD ROM drive's light flash during the boot sequence. how to access the BIOS?It would be a shame for me to throw this old PC out! (I could always salvage the parts, I have 2 other motherboards and cases ready to make up some more computers, making 5 computers in my network)
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Jul 13, 2010
I tried installing the xubuntu desktop edition on my presario 2202AL laptop(celeron 1.4GHz,256MB RAM). It started and then got hung up.
i even tried a direct upgrade from the earlier 9.10, but the upgrade was ok downloaded and installed all, but after reboot it hung up with startup screen.
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Oct 20, 2010
After using Ubuntu for a while I have decided I wanted to do a fresh install onto my PC, however being rather old it (about 6 years old), It seems I cannot get any recent kernels to run on the system. As such, I cannot get the live CD to boot. After searching for hours to find a solution I have found nothing.
Upgrading also breaks the system as well, So to do so wouldn't work.[URL].. with addition of a 256MB RAM chip and starting with a 512 rather then the 256 stated on the page. and a ATI Radeon 9800.
Is there anyway I can get newer kernels/Live CD to boot? I've tried all options i've found in other threads but no go.
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May 19, 2011
I have a presario compaq computer and I don't know how to get my wireless to work while using ubuntu. Do i need to install things or what is it that i need to do?
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Jul 22, 2011
I just installed ubuntu 11.04 to compaq presario v2000.Everything works except wireless.
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Jul 19, 2010
I installed Mint Isadora on my sons Lappy, and everything went great until I tried to listen to Music in Rythmbox, and I had no sound. I have excuted alsa -l through terminal, but it showed no Device Present, or something to that effect.When broaching the subject in Mint Chat, I had some excellant incite, but still no resolution. It may be a Connexant Audio Driver, which doesn't appear to be very well supported in the Linux Community.
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Nov 10, 2010
I'm new in this, but i'm rellay starting to enjoy linux. But, i have one huge problem, that is really important for me. When i plug a HDMI cable in my computer, it doesnt show any pictures on my TV. In nVidia controlpanel it shows in Xserver Display configuration. I tryed to check the "TwinView" box, but it still doesnt work. Here's som info that i learned was important to get help:
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lspci | grep -i vga
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation C77 [GeForce 8200M G] (rev a2)
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aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 0: CONEXANT Analog [CONEXANT Analog]
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Jan 21, 2011
I have Compaq Presario C745EE. I want to know how to find drivers for this laptop for ubuntu because Hp doesn't release drivers for any Linux Version.
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Feb 22, 2010
As requested: Code: Boot Info Script 0.55 dated February 15th, 2010
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Mar 18, 2010
I recently purchased a Conexant USB modem to use in my Compaq Presario M2000 laptop. (The laptop already has a built-in modem that's really a Winmodem. )I plugged it in, installed the driver, and it found the built-in modem....but not the USB modem. I'm looking for commands and packages I can try to further diagnose and rectify this problem. This would be a nice-to-have so I don't have to boot up Windows on the laptop just to be able to use the modem in places that don't have wired or wireless internet.
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May 10, 2011
Last year, I bought a Presario CQ62-225NR running 64 bit Windows 7 Home Premium. With the recent release of Natty, Ive decided to take the plunge and try out the Unity interface. In preparing the hard drive for dual booting Ubuntu, I shrunk the C: Windows partition using Disk Manager and deleted the D: RECOVERY partition.
The 200mb hidden SYSTEM boot partition and the 100mb E: HP_TOOLS partition were untouched.
So far so good. I now have an unallocated block of free space roughly 140 GB in size between the Windows Partition and HP_TOOLS partition. Disk Management shows the three remaining partitions to be healthy.
However, after I boot into the Gparted live-CD, Im presented with a small mess. Every partition is lite up with caution signs. A new partition that doesnt appear under Disk Manager has popped up out of nowhere. And all the labels have now been shifted.
In short, before partitioning:
/dev/sda1; ntfs; SYSTEM; 199mb; boot
/dev/sda2; ntfs; [no label]; 286.29gb
/dev/sda3; ntfs; RECOVERY; 11.5gb
/dev/sda4; fat32; HP_TOOLS
[Code].....
I took the precaution of saving a disk image with Clonezilla before starting this adventure. Though the computer can run Windows just fine right now, I may choose to find out soon if the stored image can properly restore everything. Then Ill have another go at repartitioning the HD to get Ubuntu installed. how to avoid the same results?
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Jun 16, 2011
I'm trying to install Lubuntu 11.04 CD on a Compaq Presario M2000 Laptop to replace XP.
Processor: Intel Pentium Celeron M
RAM: 256mb
Existing O/S XP SP3 (boots & runs but is very slow)
Hard Drive 40GB (28Gb free)
Installation hangs about 1 minute after selecting language in both try Lubuntu & install Lubuntu modes. Have also left the laptop running all night to see if it was just a slow install. Have tried various other disks (Xbuntu, Puppy, Mint, Lubuntu 10.04), which have worked on other PC/laptops ok, but all stall after the language settings. Have tried burning the Lunbuntu iso with both Windows & Ubuntu at slow speeds & have verified the burnt iso. The laptop BIOS cannot be set to boot from usb, so an external CD or USB stick installation may not work? The BIOS has been updated to the latest one on the Compaq web site this morning. Although I have installed a few flavours of Linux on various hardware, I'm still a real Linux newbie. Can Lubuntu be installed within Windows, but still format the hard drive to ext2/3 ?
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Jun 20, 2011
New member here. Was introduced to Ubuntu by the IT guy at my last place of work and liked it so much, I ran WUBI on my laptop for a couple of months before taking the plunge and today fully converting my Compaq Presario CQ56 Laptop to the full Ubuntu OS.
The only issue I have is I have no sound whatsoever. I have seen some suggestions where you should check the hardware drivers and when I do that the only driver that appears is for ATI/AMD proprietary FGLRX graphics driver. It also says this driver is active and currently in use.
So, can anyone else offer some help. I love the system and the way it does everything but it needs sound. Incidentally when I ran WUBI (while Windows 7 was on there) I did not have a problem with the sound!
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Jul 14, 2010
where i can download driver for my laptop. i just install ubuntu in my laptop and i dont hve how to make my laptop connect to the wireless internet. and i also using ATI radeon graphic card.
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Jan 28, 2011
i'm trying to install avira av on a compaq presario sr1103wm with lucid lynx. i've tried using the archive manager, but i end up with a package on the desktop that i don't know what to do with. i've also followed techie mo's tutorial to the best of my ability. i just seem to have come up short. below is the output of the terminal. it shows SOME promise, just not an end result.
ed@ed-desktop:~$ sudo su
[sudo] password for ed:
root@ed-desktop:/home/ed# cd Desktop
root@ed-desktop:/home/ed/Desktop# tar -xvf antivir-workstation-pers.tar.gz
antivir-workstation-pers-2.1.12-19/
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Mar 20, 2011
I'm trying to breathe life into this old laptop; so I installed Ubuntu on it and ran into a problem loading it in Desktop mode.
When I want to start into it normally, it gets to the home screen and does a quick frame skip, kind of like an old VHS tape, and then fails to load the toolbars on top and bottom.
Loading into safe mode works great, but no wireless option seems to be available in safe mode?
The normal boot even gets to the "Ubuntu!" welcome sound, but... then nothing. I looked up a few Linux keyboard shortcuts and none of them function. So.
Also did the updates in safe mode. Update Manager did NOTHING when I clicked "install updates" button, so I did it through the terminal sudo get-updates/upgrades.
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May 12, 2010
I installed Drupal and there is only one site. It I access the website [url] where Drupal is installed I can easily see it functioning properly. But on internet it is not loading properly the colors etc are not visible properly.
Following changes were made to all the sites
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Mar 30, 2010
I'm not great with computers. I have no clue how to fix this kind of thing. I went into Alsamixer, and it says my card is an Intel 82801CA-ICH3. I have updated all of the files that needed updated, turned up the master volume and it still doesn't work. Somebody please explain this to me in words I can understand.
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May 29, 2010
On friday (5-28-10) I installed ubuntu 10.04 Lucid, and everything was just peachy, wireless worked and everything.Today (saturday 5-29-10) booted up to find that my wireless wouldn't work. I plugged up to Ethernet and that worked fine, i updated and everything, still no wireless. I google the problem, and have tried everything under the sun to get this darn wireless card to work. I'm pretty sure it's atheros but i am not sure. when i go to system -> admin -> hardware and drivers nothing shows up
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Jun 13, 2010
I acquired an older hp compaq presario computer version 6310us, and initially installed mint, followed by Ubuntu 9.04. Neither one recognized the onboard ethernet port. I checked the bios, and LAN is enabled. It is also enabled in the drop down menu from the toolbar on the desktop. The cable works fine on other computers, and the light on the ethernet port flashes like it does when the cable is connected. I'm new to linux, so not sure what to do to get the connection working.
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