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[Adam Mohr <booshire@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello -

Just finishing a 12 hour shift and kind of groggy. Hopefully someone
else can put a word in to help you out, but here we go:

1. Looking around online, it looks like Fedora has had trouble with
USB speeds since version 10. Everyone seems to have a different
solution to the issue. The module used is for the ICH9 chipset, which
is very standard and definitely built into the kernel. You might be
able to flash the BIOS (go to the HP site and look it up). This could
very well be a hardware issue easily fixed.

The wifi button only recently started working for me. It used to work
for turning it off, but then would not turn back on. If it is not
working for your distro, you can make an icon or script as follows:
ifconfig wlan0 up (turns interface on)
ifconfig wlan0 down (turns interface off)

2. Webcam...don't know so much about this. My webcam is on the USB bus:
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 04f2:b091 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd.

I got that by typing in a terminal:
lsusb

sudo lsusb -v will tell you a lot more information, such as the fact
that this is a device used for video and for some reason has remote
wakeup enabled.

You can try running "sudo lsmod|grep uvc" (without the quotes). If
that returns anything, the UVC module is installed.
If you do not have a /dev/video0 or something similar, you have to
create it somehow. Sorry, do not really know how to do this, but
somehow a file is created that points the the PCI address through the
HAL or whatever Fedora uses.

+++++++++++++++++++++

Summary:
1. Try flashing (updating) the BIOS via the HP website and maybe USB
will work better
2. Try installing UVC if it is not installed

Also, a good idea to make sure you have a nice and newer kernel for
laptops as they have only more recently (last 2 years or so) been
making Linux more compatible with laptops. I had a hell of a time
getting my first distro working on my laptop, now it works out of the
box.

Good Luck

If both of these things are very important to you, you might want to
try out another linux distribution. Ubuntu works pretty well for
mine...

On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 9:25 AM, Tunde Jibodu <tjibodu@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Adam,
>
> Thanks for your email, installed fedora on my laptop and runing things off
> the usb seems to take ages like Vmwhare.
>
> My camera isnt working, the hardware to control, wifi (on/of), mouse doesnt
> work though i can use both wifi and mouse pad.
>
> Bellow are my setting having run lspci:
>
> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory
> Controller Hub (rev 07)
> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset
> Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
> 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset
> Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
> 00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI
> Controller #4 (rev 03)
> 00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI
> Controller #5 (rev 03)
> 00:1a.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI
> Controller #6 (rev 03)
> 00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI
> Controller #2 (rev 03)
> 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio
> Controller (rev 03)
> 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port
> 1 (rev 03)
> 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port
> 2 (rev 03)
> 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI
> Controller #1 (rev 03)
> 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI
> Controller #2 (rev 03)
> 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI
> Controller #3 (rev 03)
> 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI
> Controller #1 (rev 03)
> 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 93)
> 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation ICH9M LPC Interface Controller (rev
> 03)
> 00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E SATA AHCI Controller
> (rev 03)
> 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller (rev
> 03)
> 00:1f.6 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family)
> Thermal Subsystem (rev 03)
> 01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
> RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 02)
> 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg
> Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)
>
>
>
>
> Kind Regards
>
>
>
> Tunde Jibodu
>
> ________________________________
> From: Adam Mohr <booshire@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: Tunde Jibodu <tjibodu@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: g60-g70@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Monday, 5 July, 2010 14:52:58
> Subject: Re: [G60-g70] Fw: I need G70 driver ( G70-212EM Notebook PC)
>
> Hello Tunde -
>
> Linux does not use drivers technically. They are called modules. Most
> of these will be built in and not needing configuration. Some people
> do have issues finding the right module to work with their wireless
> card (although this is and has been getting much, much better). Please
> let us know what hardware is not working properly. You can run 'lspci'
> from a terminal (in accessories). This will list all the hardware the
> kernel can see. Pull the lines out for the hardware you are trying to
> get working and copy them into an email  and reply-all. If it is the
> wireless you are looking for. Another option is to install 'ndisgtk'
> (available on the cd somewhere or in the Software center or from the
> terminal 'sudo apt-get install ndisgtk'). With this you can download
> the Windows driver and install it into the OS. Hope this helps.
>
> On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 6:05 AM, Tunde Jibodu <tjibodu@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Good Day Everyone,
>> I am new to Linux and i am really looking forward to getting a drivers for
>> my laptop
>>
>> any help or pointers will be appreciated.
>>
>>
>> Kind Regards
>>
>>
>>
>> Tunde Jibodu
>>
>> ----- Forwarded Message ----
>> From: Albert Vilella <avilella@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: Tunis99 <tjibodu@xxxxxxxxxx>; g60-g70@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Sent: Saturday, 26 June, 2010 14:30:00
>> Subject: Re: I need G70 driver
>>
>> ccing to the mailing list.
>>
>> On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 1:28 PM, Tunis99 <tjibodu@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Please where can i get my driver for my laptop driver G70.
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> Adam Mohr
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