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Ubuntu 11.04 has many issues on HP Pavilion dv7 laptop

Asked by Deltik

Detailed information here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1765283

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1. Graphics Problems - lower frame rate, sluggishness, Unity glitches
2. Poor Performance - feels almost as slow like Microsoft Windows
3. Power Consuming - machine is hot to the touch, drastically decreased battery life

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Can you give the output of:

sudo lshw -C display; lsb_release -a; uname -a

Thanks

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Deltik (deltik) said : 		#2

I can, but recall and note that due to the severity of the problems of Ubuntu 11.04, I have reinstalled Ubuntu 10.10.

deltik@deltique:~$ sudo lshw -C display; lsb_release -a; uname -a
  *-display
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: Redwood [Radeon HD 5600 Series]
       vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
       version: 00
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm pciexpress msi vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
       configuration: driver=fglrx_pci latency=0
       resources: irq:53 memory:c0000000-cfffffff memory:d4000000-d401ffff ioport:4000(size=256) memory:d4040000-d405ffff
LSB Version: core-2.0-amd64:core-2.0-noarch:core-3.0-amd64:core-3.0-noarch:core-3.1-amd64:core-3.1-noarch:core-3.2-amd64:core-3.2-noarch:core-4.0-amd64:core-4.0-noarch
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 10.10
Release: 10.10
Codename: maverick
Linux deltique 2.6.35-28-generic #50-Ubuntu SMP Fri Mar 18 18:42:20 UTC 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux

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Guillem Hernandez Sola (guillemhs) said : 		#3

Have you check these two links?

http://www.linlap.com/wiki/hp+pavilion+dv7-1200

http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-Operating-systems-and/HP-and-Linux-Ubuntu-10-04/td-p/278101

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Deltik (deltik) said : 		#4

Your links are not applicable to the issues I am having. Furthermore, they are outdated. My `question` here focuses specifically on Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal.

I'm fine with Ubuntu 10.10 and earlier.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) said : 		#5

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