Lenovo s12 and Ubuntu 9.10

Any ideas? I am using the live CD and it doesn't work..

Hello to all,
Rather than starting a new topic I decided to hijack this for my questions about S12 ion and Ubuntu.
I've been using Karmic Koala for a while and then I decided to try Linux Mint Helena, based on the same distro.
There are a couple of things that I am yet to come over. These are:
- I run XBMC in Ubuntu, connecting my Leno to an HD LCD via HDMI. Whenever I connect to my tv I have to manually switch to tv out via Leno's hw shortcut and then go to Nvidia settings to adjust the display resolution AND panning. Each time I connect to my tv I have to go thru all these because Nvidia settings won't let me save the configuration. I'd like to know how I can automate this process like in Windows when I connect the hdmi cable the output automatically switches to LCD.
- Likewise, each time I connect to my tv I have to manually go thru audio settings and select hdmi out. I'd also like to know if there is a way to simplify this.
- Because XBMC is not compatible with Compiz, I have to go to System>Appearance>Effects and disable Compiz each time I run XBMC. I'd also like to automate this process.
Other than the above little problems I run into in my daily usage of the netbook, Ubuntu seems to run perfect. Though I have been following Ubuntu since v6 or smt, I can't say that I'm an experienced Linux user but I'd be willing to help as much as I can with your problems. I was lucky to have figured out some of the problems I came across like enabling the unrecognized wireless card, renaming my ntfs partitions and making them auto-mount etc.
Best regards,
Haluk

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    255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
    Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
    Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
    I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
    Disk identifier: 0xbc4264d9
    Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
    /dev/sda1 * 1 13 102400 7 HPFS/NTFS
    Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
    /dev/sda2 13 5286 42353664 7 HPFS/NTFS
    Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary.
    /dev/sda3 5286 19458 113831937 5 Extended
    Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary.
    /dev/sda5 18971 19458 3905536 82 Linux swap / Solaris
    /dev/sda6 5286 6502 9764864 83 Linux
    /dev/sda7 6502 18971 100155392 83 Linux
    Partition table entries are not in disk order
    WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on '/dev/sdb'! The util fdisk doesn't support GPT. Use GNU Parted.
    Disk /dev/sdb: 8019 MB, 8019509248 bytes
    255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 974 cylinders
    Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
    Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
    I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
    Disk identifier: 0x00000000
    Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
    /dev/sdb1 * 1 13 104391 83 Linux
    /dev/sdb2 14 111 787185 82 Linux swap / Solaris
    /dev/sdb3 112 685 4610655 83 Linux
    /dev/sdb4 686 974 2321392+ 83 Linux
    /dev/sdb3 is the root partition
    The content of /dev/sdb1
    grub
    kernel26-fallback.img
    kernel26.img
    lost+found
    System.map26
    vmlinuz26
    - If I try to edit the root=/dev/sda3 to /dev/sdb3 it begins booting but doesnt find /dev/sdb3.
    Thanks in advance for any help,
    Oskar

    Greetings,
    I'm trying to dual boot Arch linux (installed without a bootloader on a USB SSD) and Ubuntu 10.04 (installed on a hdd with GRUB2) but can't get Arch to boot. (Oh and I already have windows dualbooted)
    The entry grub autogenerated:
    menuentry "Arch Linux [/boot/vmlinuz26] (on /dev/sdb3)" {
    insmod ext2
    set root='(hd1,1)'
    search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 95d9208a-44e4-48ba-abd2-a365d1ac25ff
    linux /vmlinuz26 root=/dev/sda3 ro
    initrd /kernel26.img
    Why did it input root=/dev/sda3 as it says (on /dev/sdb3)?
    The entry I figured would work:
    menuentry "Arch Linux" {
    set root=(hd1,0)
    linux /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/sdb3 ro
    initrd /boot/kernel26.img
    Output from fdisk -l:
    Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
    255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
    Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
    Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
    I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
    Disk identifier: 0xbc4264d9
    Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
    /dev/sda1 * 1 13 102400 7 HPFS/NTFS
    Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
    /dev/sda2 13 5286 42353664 7 HPFS/NTFS
    Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary.
    /dev/sda3 5286 19458 113831937 5 Extended
    Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary.
    /dev/sda5 18971 19458 3905536 82 Linux swap / Solaris
    /dev/sda6 5286 6502 9764864 83 Linux
    /dev/sda7 6502 18971 100155392 83 Linux
    Partition table entries are not in disk order
    WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on '/dev/sdb'! The util fdisk doesn't support GPT. Use GNU Parted.
    Disk /dev/sdb: 8019 MB, 8019509248 bytes
    255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 974 cylinders
    Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
    Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
    I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
    Disk identifier: 0x00000000
    Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
    /dev/sdb1 * 1 13 104391 83 Linux
    /dev/sdb2 14 111 787185 82 Linux swap / Solaris
    /dev/sdb3 112 685 4610655 83 Linux
    /dev/sdb4 686 974 2321392+ 83 Linux
    /dev/sdb3 is the root partition
    The content of /dev/sdb1
    grub
    kernel26-fallback.img
    kernel26.img
    lost+found
    System.map26
    vmlinuz26
    - If I try to edit the root=/dev/sda3 to /dev/sdb3 it begins booting but doesnt find /dev/sdb3.
    Thanks in advance for any help,
    Oskar

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