Ubuntu 8.10 with Compiz Fusion on a Presario V5000

Well, I have a previous post with many steps. But after installing a fresh install of Ubuntu 8.10 I was able to skip all that and do just one simple step for Compiz Fusion. Well, maybe two steps:

Step 1. Click System > Administration > Hardware Drivers, and enable “ATI accelerated graphics driver”. Let is install what you need, and reboot when it says to. Then upon reboot:

Step 2. Use this command in the terminal:

sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager gnome-art usplash startupmanager

And reboot again, and your set! You can now go to System > Preferances > Advanced Desktop Effects Settings, and set Compiz Fusion how you would like. You can follow the tuturial I used in the previous guide for this, Forlong’s Compiz Fusion Customization Guide.

BCM43XX - Ubuntu Hardy Heron 8.10

The following couple steps allowed me to get my BSM43XX wireless internet card to work in my Presrio V5000 laptop, running Ubuntu Hardy Heron 8.10. I found the steps at the Ubuntu Forums.

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Compiz Fusion on Presario v5000, running Radeon Xpress 200M

This is from the Ubuntu Utah Ubuntu Forums. It took me well over a week to find this. If you follow this guide you will be able to get Compiz Fusion running perfect with a Presario V5000 laptop. These laptops have the ATI Radeon Xpress 200M series graphics card. Read the rest of this entry »

Ubuntu 7.10 Wifi on Presario V5000

This is a guide to get wireless Internet working with Ubuntu 7.10 on a Compaq Presario V5000 laptop. I did not figure all of this out myself, but gathered and found it through a few sources. Its exactly what I did on my laptop. Guides I found gave more info then I needed, and this should help out people with a Compaq Presario v5000. Read the rest of this entry »