I think there was an intention to summarize all the information in the mailing list for the sony-vaio-z-series10 models (Z11 et al.) and put in a wiki page, but I haven't heard back from anyone, so I assume it's not done yet.
I think *many* of the issues have been dealt with in the mailing list, so reading through the archives should help: https://lists.launchpad.net/sony-vaio-z-series/threads.html Cheers, Albert. On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 8:15 AM, Zithras <[email protected]> wrote: > I just got in a Sony Z series laptop and am trying to install Kubuntu on > it. > > Relevant specs: > i7 processor > dual graphics card (Intel/1 GB NVidia) > 4x 128 GB SSD > > The first problem i had was that the system had a RAID0 made out of the > 4 disks. I broke that down (2 days of effort before I finally figured > out a solution for THAT one, seeing as how Sony sends no OS install > discs, only Recovery discs to be used with the drives in RAID), and have > Windows 7 Ultimate x64 installed and working fine on drive 1. Drives 3-4 > are NTFS formatted to use as storage. Drive 2 is currently unformatted. > > I want to dual-boot Kubuntu and install it on drive 2. (and likely use > it as my main operating system). > > I downloaded and burned the Live CD (Intrepid Impala, 10.04), and it > loads the menu where it asks me to use it as a live OS or install > Kubuntu, and whenever I try and install Kubuntu (or use it Live, for > that matter), the screen goes nuts, showing some weird psychedelic color > pallette and making it basically impossible to see what I am doing. > > I have spent the last day googling, and have found various solutions > concerning graphics switching, black screens, touchpad issues, wifi > issues, and other annoyances. However, no one seems to have been flat > out unable to install Ubuntu (Kubuntu in my case). The closest I got to > my problem was a 'black screen' issue. > > If anyone has a similar laptop, or has faced a similar problem (wacky > colors when trying to install), please could you help me out! I love the > specs on this laptop (no one else is making 13 inch laptops that are > nearly this powerful), but will likely return it if I cannot install > Ubuntu at all. I wasn't sure If I should ask for help in the ubuntu > forums or the Kubuntu forums, so I posted on both The only other time I > installed Ubuntu (old Dell laptop, Ubuntu, Feisty Fawn), it went off > without a hitch, so I'm really hoping this an easy problem that's simply > showing up due to my inexperience. > > Thanks, > Zithras > -- > This message was sent from Launchpad by the user > Zithras (https://launchpad.net/~zithras) > using the "Contact this team" link on the Sony Vaio Z-series Laptop team page. > For more information see > https://help.launchpad.net/YourAccount/ContactingPeople > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~sony-vaio-z-series > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~sony-vaio-z-series > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~sony-vaio-z-series Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~sony-vaio-z-series More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
