Ubuntu 11.04 on HP Pavilion DV5-2077CL

[Johannes Griese]

Am Samstag, 2. Juli 2011, 18:09:33 schrieb Sid Boyce:
> I wonder if anyone is using this laptop and what version of Ubuntu is
> installed.
> My brother installed 11.04 on his but could not launch apps such as
> libreoffice and others.
> Yesterday with the help of an expert as he described him spent 2 hours
> trying to get it working and failed, so he reinstalled Windows 7 but
> would really like to get Ubuntu working. Internet access and skype
> worked, but a bunch of other stuff failed to launch.
> Regards
> Sid.

I dont have this laptop but you could post some error ouputs from terminal.
So just open a terminal, type libreoffice, press enter and post what you get 
then.
Regards