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    x200(s)/x201(s) Owners with Ubuntu

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by criceto, Apr 6, 2010.

  1. criceto

    criceto Notebook Guru

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    I need your help! I spent a good five hours trying to install Ubuntu onto my x201s without any luck. Things I tried and why they failed:

    Unetbootin - No boot table in partition
    Universal USB Installer - Odd splash screen...Black screen after I selected to install Ubuntu. In command line, I tried nomodeset with and without xdriver=intel. No luck. Just a black screen. I have to mention that there was no option for "safe graphics" in the splash! It's so peculiar. I was using the Ubuntu 9.10 ISO from the Ubuntu site.
    External enclosure - Used my XPS to install Ubuntu onto my SSD while it was hooked up externally. MBR screwed up and I did a factory reinstall.

    How did you overcome the graphics problems? Could someone let me know how they (smoothly) installed Ubuntu onto their x201(s)?
     
    criceto, Apr 6, 2010
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    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    I'm going to move this to the Linux Forum as I think you'll get more/better help there. Good Luck.
     
    ZaZ, Apr 6, 2010
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  3. criceto

    criceto Notebook Guru

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    Thanks, ZaZ. I probably should've been mindful in the first place though.

    I'd really appreciate any support I can find here :)
     
    criceto, Apr 6, 2010
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    f1abc Newbie

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    I think you can install ubuntu 10.04 which will be release on 2010.04.30
     
    f1abc, Apr 6, 2010
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  5. criceto

    criceto Notebook Guru

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    10.04 LiveCD works fine for me...However, I need something to work with until end of the month. Maybe I'll just use my other computer till then. Bah, Intel graphics drivers suck.

    Also, does Lenovo's recovery program work well with GRUB? If I write over my MBR, will I still be able to interrupt start up and enter the recovery environment?
     
    criceto, Apr 6, 2010
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    peepingtom Notebook Enthusiast

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    jas Notebook Evangelist

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    Someone reported this bug to the Ubuntu bug tracker here. It looks like the X201 Intel GPU architecture is sufficiently different to require additional effort, in order to make it work correctly.

    So even though it will probably not help with your X201, you can see read the Thinkwiki, Ubuntu 8.04/8.10 ThinkPad X200 howto, here, the long X200 owner's thread, over at the Ubuntu Users forum, here. Maybe there's some notes about the X201 buried within the information in either location.

    Good Luck..
     
    jas, Apr 10, 2010
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    criceto Notebook Guru

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    Has anyone actually figured out a good way to install Ubuntu without corrupting the MBR for ThinkPads? I just spent the last couple hours trying to install Ubuntu onto an extended partition and creating a 512MB logical partition for /boot. Installation went all right, but once I got into Windows, I could not, for the love of all that is sane, get EasyBCD to recognize C:\grub.img.

    Anyone know a good guide detailing how I can boot Ubuntu while retaining the Rescue and Recovery environment? I already tried ThinkWiki, but information there is outdated.
     
    criceto, Apr 15, 2010
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