HP Pavilion TX2000 and Ubuntu 8.04 - Hardware Solution!!

HP Pavilion tx2000 Hardware solutions !!! Ubuntu Hardy (8.04) on AMD64 System I wanted to tell people how I managed to get through them. 1.VGA Problem: Not Working Perfectly (Driver Problem) Solution:Go to synaptic and install the "nvidia-glx-new" package. It will work fine after you restart the laptop. 2-Audio: Problem: Not Working (LED indicate that it is mute) Solution: in Terminal write the code PHP Code: sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base Write at the end of the file in new line: PHP Code: options snd-hda-intel model=hp Save the file and the sound will work after reboot 3.Lightscribe: Problem: Not Working (Need Driver and Application) Solution: Download the following packages and install them: Driver: lightscribe-1.12.37.1-linux-2.6-intel.deb Software: lightscribeApplications-1.10.19.1-linux-2.6-intel.deb Additional Links: Template Label Gallery Label Gallery 4.Fingerprint Reader: Problem: Not Working (Detected but does not work when you log in) Solution: You need three packages & since one or two of them are not available in Synaptic you can get them here: http://legacy.madman2k.net/comments/105 The packages are: libfprint, pam_fprint and fprint_demo. Then Write in the Terminal: PHP Code: tar -xjf libfprint-0.0.4.tar.bz2 cd libfprint-0.0.4 ./configure --prefix=/usr make sudo make install and repeat it again for pam_fprint and fprint_demo. 5-Wireless: Problem: Detected but not working at all Solution: A.install ndiswrapper packages: PHP Code: sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper-utils sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper-common B.Download this driver C.Open the Terminal and write: PHP Code: sudo cabextract SP34152.exe sudo ndiswrapper -i bcmwl5.inf sudo ndiswrapper -m sudo depmod -a sudo modprobe ndiswrapper sudo gedit /etc/modules Write at end of that file: "ndiswrapper" and It should be working without reboot 6.WACOM "Touch Screen" This is very new & I worked very hard to find it BUT after finding it and fighting to install it I found that neko18 wrote a new Thread all about it and it was the first topic in front if me when I came to post mine. Link: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=765915 "Thanks & I wish I have found your topic an hour ago." 7.Monitor Rotation: Problem: Not working Solution:I need more time to check it fully I Found this helpful link: http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Xorg_RandR_1.2 Thank you

Owh, I stumble on this info in on of the ubuntuforum pages. Don't remember the exact URL sorry. And thanks to the person who put this in the web.