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I have a HP Pavilion G7 Notebook computer and when I use ubuntu it starts up fine, and then when I get in I can't connect to wifi. I know the problem because it says something like 'disconnected by hardware switch.' I tried to turn on my hardware switch but it doesn't want to turn on (it is a button that is supposed to shine a blue light to show that it is on, but it shines a orange light which means it is off).
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HP; hp pavilion g7 1150us. WiFi connection to hp problem resolved by upgrading the Linux mint 16 to newer (supported) version Linux 17 mint cinnamon, still need to consult hp about recall on. I am using HP Pavilion G4 (model no: G4-1321TX), Windows installation is successful but when ever i try to install Linux (multiboot or only linux) it stuck after showing installation screen. Shows only black screen.
- Wi-Fi with HP Pavilion G7 up vote 1 down vote favorite I have a HP Pavilion G7 Notebook computer and when I use ubuntu it starts up fine, and then when I get in I can't connect to wifi.
- 1 Product description Category Description Computer models equipped with an AMD processor Computer models equipped with an Intel processor Product Name HP Pavilion g7 Notebook PC √√ Processors AMD Fusion E-450 1.65-GHz processor (dual core, 18 W).
You can try using the following command in terminal; rfkill unblock wifi. After that turn off your wifi switch and then back on. If that doesn't work, go to the network setting in the upper right corner of your screen with the notification icons. unenable the networking and do the command 'rfkill unblock wifi', after that renable the networking.
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Sir try following this link. Your Wifi has probably been blacklisted by Ubuntu. I am not sure why they allow this, but they have given us the solution. See here for more details.
my track in the woods as follows....
Installing Broadcom Wireless DriversHow to Install Broadcom / STA Wireless card (BCM43XX)
up vote 7 down vote favorite 21I'm having serious problems installing the Broadcom drivers for Ubuntu. It worked perfectly on my previous version, but now, it is impossible. I'm a user with no advance knowledge in Linux, so I would need clear explanations on make, compile, etc. I was following the instructions on the following blog, with no luck.How can I get Broadcom BCM4311 Wireless working? Can someone help me?Edit: For the command:
lspci | grep Network
, I get the following message:When i follow the following steps (from the above link), there are a NO error message at all: 1. Open the 'Ubuntu Software Centre' and search for bcm 2. Uninstall the
bcm-kernel-source package
3. Make sure that the firmware-b43-installer
and the b43-fwcutter
packages are installedThen, type into terminal:
(you may want to copy this) and see if the term blacklist bcm43xx is thereif it is, type
put a # in front of the line: blacklist bcm43xxthen save the file (I was getting error messages in the terminal about not being able to save, but it actually did save properly).reboot 'End of procedure'Before (not Ubuntu 11.04), if I wanted to connect wireless, I just went to the icon at the upper side of the screen, click, showed ALL the wireless network available, and done.
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I want to try Ubuntu on a hp pavilion g7-1246ef computer. I got it as a 64 bit system with a win7 64 bit but now it runs a 32 bit win 7 (due to canon printer driver issue).
The Windows device manager displays:
I have created a live USB and then CD of Lubuntu 12.04, a live usb of Ubuntu 12.04 (all 32 bit), and tried to boot in each of them, set to boot from usb, reached the page with
try ubuntu
but then selecting it nothing happened, or so it seemed: in fact using a 64 bit Ubuntu 12.04 live usb I was first under the same impression but when I pushed power off I realized a window was barely visible on an almost black display, and even folder icons were there but almost invisible. I guess there are no video drivers for this system.
Is there a solution?
[This is a late edit just to put things right for reference: even without nomodeset and without the proprietary driver, my machine would still work: just that the startup luminosity level was zero and had to put it up manually.] (I do not currently use ubuntu/linux on that machine, was just interested for a solution in such cases.)
UPDATE for 14.04
With the new 3.13 kernel that video card is now well supported - more details here and here.
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It seems(from your image) that you have a Radeon graphics card...This may be the problem
When you reach to try Ubuntu page, press F6 and selectnomodeset option and then select Try Ubuntu and hit enter...Ubuntu will run the setup with basic Graphics.Then you'll be able to try/install Ubuntu...
While using a live USB boot, the
try ubuntu
page may have other options (e.g.use tab to edit): you have to edit so as to add nomodeset
there: it has to look like that: quiet splash nomodeset
Then, continue to try ubuntu or install.
Hp Pavilion G7
Hope that works :)
Cheers!
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