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[Philippe Piatkiewitz <philippe@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I agree, that a "HOWTO" would be a very nice thing to have.
But also realize that there are many different Z-series models, with
different configurations. I have trouble myself distinguishing
information applicable to my own model.

Philippe

On Wed, 2010-05-19 at 10:13 +0200, Aleix Solà 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 <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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