Awesome stuff, great work Frederik Questier! On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 9:13 AM, Aleix Solà <[email protected]> wrote: > Best site to get Ubuntu working: > http://questier.com/2010/04/26/ubuntu-10-4-lucid-lynx-on-sony-vaio-vpcz11x9e/ > > 2010/5/19 Albert Vilella <[email protected]> >> >> 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 > >
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