Help with new install

**sparkylabs** · December 25th, 2011

I'm working through the commands now, The laptop cost me £130, it cost 1300 6 years ago when it WAS cutting edge, hence my thinking it's hardware must be pretty much legacy by now.

I'm not here just to moan but I'm so bewildered, there is so much talk of it working out of the box and being great for begginers, and runs on so many systems - are we sure ?

Originally Posted by waynefoutz

Is the OP looking for help or is this just going to be an "Ubuntu sucks" thread?

Sparky, you were given a list of command a few posts back, if you post the output of them, we can then know what kind of hardware you're sporting and give you a hand in getting it working.

If you spent that much money on a laptop with bleeding edge hardware, then you can't really expect Linux support if the OEM doesn't provide it.

Again if you get more specific, ask constructive questions, the community here would be more than happy to lend you a hand.

**sparkylabs** · December 25th, 2011

lsmod gives:

simon@Ubuntu-Laptop:~$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
michael_mic 12540 4
arc4 12473 2
lib80211_crypt_tkip 17240 1
lib80211_crypt_ccmp 12789 1
nls_iso8859_1 12617 1
nls_cp437 12751 1
vfat 17308 1
fat 55577 1 vfat
rfcomm 38408 0
bnep 17923 2
bluetooth 148839 10 rfcomm,bnep
sata_via 13534 0
mmc_block 22393 2
joydev 17393 0
tifm_sd 17566 0
snd_intel8x0 33318 3
snd_ac97_codec 106082 1 snd_intel8x0
ac97_bus 12642 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm 80435 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec
hp_wmi 13652 0
ppdev 12849 0
sparse_keymap 13658 1 hp_wmi
snd_seq_midi 13132 0
snd_rawmidi 25241 1 snd_seq_midi
r8712u 163310 0
snd_seq_midi_event 14475 1 snd_seq_midi
pcmcia 39822 0
snd_seq 51567 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 28932 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 14172 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
ipw2200 146148 0
tifm_7xx1 12937 0
libipw 46701 1 ipw2200
cfg80211 172392 2 ipw2200,libipw
tifm_core 15040 2 tifm_sd,tifm_7xx1
snd 55902 12 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,sn d_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
yenta_socket 27428 0
pcmcia_rsrc 18367 1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core 21511 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,pcmcia_rsrc
soundcore 12600 1 snd
lib80211 14570 4 lib80211_crypt_tkip,lib80211_crypt_ccmp,ipw2200,li bipw
snd_page_alloc 14115 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
psmouse 73673 0
serio_raw 12990 0
binfmt_misc 17292 1
i915 505159 3
irda 185428 0
parport_pc 32114 1
crc_ccitt 12595 1 irda
drm_kms_helper 32889 1 i915
drm 192194 4 i915,drm_kms_helper
wmi 18744 1 hp_wmi
i2c_algo_bit 13199 1 i915
video 18908 1 i915
lp 17455 0
parport 40930 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
sdhci_pci 13658 0
sdhci 27360 1 sdhci_pci
tg3 132972 0

**sparkylabs** · December 25th, 2011

simon@Ubuntu-Laptop:~$ lspci -nn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Express Processor to DRAM Controller [8086:2590] (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller [8086:2592] (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller [8086:2792] (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:2660] (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 2 [8086:2662] (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 [8086:2658] (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 [8086:2659] (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 [8086:265a] (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:265c] (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev d3)
00:1e.2 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller [8086:266e] (rev 03)
00:1e.3 Modem [0703]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Modem Controller [8086:266d] (rev 03)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) LPC Interface Bridge [8086:2641] (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) IDE Controller [8086:266f] (rev 03)
02:04.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG [Calexico2] Network Connection [8086:4220] (rev 05)
02:06.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: Texas Instruments PCIxx21/x515 Cardbus Controller [104c:8031]
02:06.3 Mass storage controller [0180]: Texas Instruments PCIxx21 Integrated FlashMedia Controller [104c:8033]
02:06.4 SD Host controller [0805]: Texas Instruments PCI6411/6421/6611/6621/7411/7421/7611/7621 Secure Digital Controller [104c:8034]
02:06.5 Communication controller [0780]: Texas Instruments PCI6411/6421/6611/6621/7411/7421/7611/7621 Smart Card Controller [104c:8035]
03:00.0 RAID bus controller [0104]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6421 IDE RAID Controller [1106:3249] (rev 50)
10:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5751M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express [14e4:167d] (rev 11)

**sparkylabs** · December 25th, 2011

simon@Ubuntu-Laptop:~$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0bda:8172 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8191S WLAN Adapter