HP DV 2000 Lap Top with some minor problems. It is dual boot with Windows XP Pro SP3.
Once system starts, I need to open a terminal and sudo su, then use modprobe b43 to turn on the wireless.
System information report, generated by Sysinfo: 12/26/2011 8:25:54 PM
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gsysinfoSYSTEM INFORMATION
Running UltimateEdition Linux, the UltimateEdition 3.0 (natty) release.
GNOME: 2.32.1 (Linux Mint 2011-04-14)
Kernel version: 2.6.38-12-generic-pae (#51-Ubuntu SMP Wed Sep 28 16:11:32 UTC 2011)
GCC: 4.5.2 (i686-linux-gnu)
Xorg: 1.10.1 (13 October 2011 05:38:22PM) (13 October 2011 05:38:22PM)
Hostname: HP-Pavilion-dv2000-RG408UA-ABA
Uptime: 0 days 5 h 59 min
CPU INFORMATION
AuthenticAMD, AMD Turion(TheeMahn) 64 X2
Number of CPUs: 2
CPU clock currently at 800.000 MHz with 256 KB cache
Numbering: family(15) model(72) stepping(2)
Bogomips: 1607.00
Flags: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow extd_apicid pni cx16 lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy
MEMORY INFORMATION
Total memory: 936 MB
Total swap: 2869 MB
STORAGE INFORMATION
SCSI device - scsi1
Vendor: SONY
Model: DVD RW DW-G521A
SCSI device - scsi2
Vendor: ATA
Model: FUJITSU MHV2120B
HARDWARE INFORMATION
MOTHERBOARD
Host bridge
Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
PCI bridge(s)
nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
nVidia Corporation MCP51 PCI Bridge (rev a2) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
USB controller(s)
nVidia Corporation MCP51 USB Controller (rev a3) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
nVidia Corporation MCP51 USB Controller (rev a3) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
ISA bridge
nVidia Corporation MCP51 LPC Bridge (rev a3)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30b5
IDE interface
nVidia Corporation MCP51 Serial ATA Controller (rev f1) (prog-if 85 [Master SecO PriO])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30b5
GRAPHIC CARD
VGA controller
nVidia Corporation C51 [Geforce Go 6150] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Presario V3242AU
SOUND CARD
Multimedia controller
nVidia Corporation MCP51 High Definition Audio (rev a2)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Presario V3242AU
NETWORK
Network controller
Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN (rev 01)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company BCM4311 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller