So, installing Ubuntu 12.10 on my HP laptop came with some unforeseen issues, but I think they are mostly sorted at this point.
After install, I had to go to /etc/apt/sources.lst to change all references to old-releases.ubuntu.com which is to be expected from an OS that is no longer supported. I also decided to grab all the updates which took a bit of time to do. It asked me to reboot which turned out to be a bad decision as I forgot to install the kernel headers and source which meant I had no wifi when I rebooted. Why on earth did Ubuntu not auto-install the kernel source when these dkms dependent packages need them is beyond me.
So, to solve the lack of wifi from my Broadcom Wifi Card (4313, if I'm not mistaken), I had to boot back to the old kernel. Right after the laptop's POST and just before booting Ubuntu I hit the shift key to get the grub menu. The old kernel is at the advance option. This allowed me to get my wifi back. Then, I did some serious apt-getting.
$ sudo apt-get install linux linux-headers-generic kernel-package
After that, I loaded Software Sources and disabled and re-enabled the Broadcom drivers which did some apt-getting and dkms work on its own. Reboot after and voila, wifi on a new kernel. Now for fglrx.
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