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Hi,
i'm a newbie to Linux. i'v had Ubuntu 8.04 installed on my HP TX 2000 tablet PC (dual-boot with vista) since ~ 1 year. seeing as how complicated installing drivers on linux was, i had given up hope & left it at that. recently i removed Ubuntu & installed Linux Mint 7 on the same partition. this time i felt more determined to connect to the internet. i feel that if i could connect to the internet, i could completely chuck out vista. but the task seems daunting. as a last resort i'm posting a thread with details of my computer (as per instructions from 'waterhead'). please somebody help me decipher this & help me find out why i cannot connect to my ADSL router. i understand that this issue with HP TX 2000 is well known.
Thanx
Avicenna
[ 27.880053] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/ucode13.fw
[ 27.927325] b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and download the latest firmware (version 4).
[ 27.972049] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/ucode13.fw
[ 27.974596] b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and download the latest firmware (version 4).
Hi reed9,
forgive me but i'm really overjoyed. when i saw ur reply last night i was a little bit sceptical. i was thinking how can the solution to my problem be so simple (i mean just 1 line). actually i was a little busy so i couldn't get down to trying it out till just now. and thanx to u i'm online with Linux wireless. i can stop using vista unless really necessary & 'go linux'. thank u very much my friend. by the by i have seen u have responded to requests by many miserable people like me.
i just want to ask u one last favour (since u are my Linux guru now). i'm working (i'm a doctor) and studying at the same time & am a bit busy usually. in between i'd like to squeeze in some reading on Linux. I'd be very much obliged if u could suggest to me where (or from which book) i could systematically learn up on the practical stuff of Linux. i'd like to learn up on using the bash terminal, hardware issues, networking and stuff.
anyway i really want to thank u for helping me. if u don't believe in God at least i hope 'what goes around, will come around' & something good will come ur way
Thanx
Avicenna
As a matter of fact, I don't believe in God. But as for what goes around comes around, it already has a hundred fold. The fact that there is this phenomenal operating system available free of charge, that embodies many of the values I do hold as more of a Secular Humanist - community, sharing, free exchange of knowledge, growth, and learning - is my reward. Helping people out here as best I can is the least I can do to give something back to the community.
As for books, I don't really know. Most of what I know, I haven't learned from books, but from running into a problem, and researching the solution. I'm fortunate enough to have a couple of different computers, with different hardware, so I've been able to try distros out on a spectrum of machines and configurations and figure stuff out.
And then look to understand the basics of file permissions, users, and groups.
If you have the free space on your computer to add a partition, or have an extra computer you can experiment on, the best way to learn is just to play with other distros, see what's different and what's similar, and learn how to solve problems that come up. Arch Linux is a great learning tool for that, though I would probably wait until you have a little more familiarity before trying it out.
Basically, the web is your friend. Everything I know about linux, I learned from Google. And I'm only being slightly facetious in saying that.
Thanx again for the links. i have already started going thru the linux commands. like u said i need to put it to practical use by using it for troubleshooting etc. God willing, i'l go over it slow & steady.
Reed9 if it's OK with u, i'd like to stay in touch with u -- may be send u a mail once in a while, etc. i guess this is a common feeling for new-comers (fear of loosing a friend or mentor). thing is, outside of this thread i have no way of contacting u (or is there ??). is it possible to post a question directly to u? please let me know.
You can always PM me through here. I get email notifications for private messages, and I'm otherwise on here all the time. I encourage you to post any difficulties you have publicy, however. This allows other people to chime in and help, and there are plenty of people who know a lot more than I do, and allows other people with similar problems to benefit from the thread as well.
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