Thread: Just started running linux

Originally Posted by Captain_Rightfoot

It's quite possible they haven't done a driver for it. Do a google search as someone may have got it sorted. If they can get it to work on a mac in theory a linux solution wouldn't be very different. Maybe try whirlpool.

My laptop uses an intel wifi chip and worked perfectly with Ubuntu and on my spare pc using PCLOS i have a netgear pci card with ndiswrapper which is a linux program that allows you to use the windozes driver for it. If you search the Ubuntu forum you will most likely find out how to get it to work.

Originally Posted by It'sNotWorthComplaining!

Because Linux is open source there is a legal thing about the DVD playback, many Lin Distros do not provide it as a default install. You can overcome this though my installing in it separately. Depends on your Linux Distro you are using, IE if you are running Ubuntu /Kubuntu, all that's need is to do a google and it will tell you how.
I installed the medibuntu into the repos and it will install the required stuff to install the lidvdcss.
It's simple just google it.
Also if you use a package manager ie in kubuntu " synaptic" it will open a GIU screen where you can choose any additional applications from the repositories, themn it's just mark and apply and the system installs itself and any dependancies the app may need.

Another plus I found with linux over Microsoft... in the event od a power failure, Ms will give you the Check disc screen and throws fits. .... Linux just boots up and asks if you want to start a new session or go back to what you were working on, and reopens it to where you left off.

Here you go. the Medibuntu is the medical version of ubuntu, so there for all the codecs etc must be provided.( installing the medibuntu into the repos does not change your current desktop or anything else, it's just adding some extra features to the repository

Open your terminal and copy and paste these commands exactly and press enter on keyboard, it will ask for your sudo (root aka adminstrater password, type that in.)

sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/`lsb_release -cs`.list --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list; sudo apt-get -q update; sudo apt-get --yes -q --allow-unauthenticated install medibuntu-keyring; sudo apt-get -q update

Then this next command

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install medibuntu-keyring && sudo apt-get update

You may be asked to accept this package even though it cannot be
authenticated. This is normal; typing "Yes" means you trust Medibuntu.

Now copy and paste this command

sudo apt-get install libdvdcss2

That should see you playing DVDs.

Life Saver!!

cheers
Nick