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[Aleix Solà <aleixsr@xxxxxxxxx>]

Best site to get Ubuntu working:
http://questier.com/2010/04/26/ubuntu-10-4-lucid-lynx-on-sony-vaio-vpcz11x9e/
<http://questier.com/2010/04/26/ubuntu-10-4-lucid-lynx-on-sony-vaio-vpcz11x9e/>

2010/5/19 Albert Vilella <avilella@xxxxxxxxx>

> 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 <Zithras@xxxxxxxxx> 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
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