Linux Mint on Z580
Hi every one,
I need support for installing Linux Mint on a Z580...
I just bought a Lenovo Z580 with following specs:
Intel® Core™ i7-3632QM (up to 3.2 GHz), Quad-Core
15" HD 16:9 LED Display (glänzend), Webcam
8 GB RAM, 1 TB disc ,
NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M graphics (2048 MB), HDMI, USB 3.0, WLAN-n, BT
The laptop came with freedos installed on it.I need both Windows7/ Linux on the system as a dual boot system. Linux Mint/ Ubuntu preferred.
I first turned off UEFI boot in order to easily install linux on the system. Windows 7 was my first step: Installed windows from DVD, no problem. Next step: Installing Ubuntu 12.10 for dualboot with the following partition setup (additionally to windows partion): on one logical drive, containing /boot (100MB), /swap (8 GB), / (100GB), and /home (100GB). Grub Loader installed to /boot. Installation without problems, Windows Boot Manager installed for linking to /boot partition. No problem when booting, when selecting Ubuntu in Boot Manager I get into Grub.
However, booting Ubuntu was successful in about 1 out of 4 tries. Just freezing after grub. So, I thought it might be related to Ubuntu issues, and tried out Linux Mint. Same installation routine as for Ubuntu--same result. Just instable and unpredictable, whether booting will freeze or success.
So, next thought was it might be a dual-booting problem. Kicked windows7 out, installed linux mint from the scratch--same result. Sometimes booting, sometimes not. Same for Ubuntu 12.10.
Reinstalled windows again, tested SUSE (a distribution I actually do not like, but for testing) for dual boot. Here it works; coming up with failures in booting (but too quick gone to read), but booting and working properly. But as I said, I do not want SUSE but Linux Mint or Ubuntu.
Last thought I had was the issues with optimus and NVidia. So, turned off optimus in BIOS, reinstalled Linux Mint; same as above.
So my question is: Has anyone succesfully mint working on a z580 with the above specs? And any suggestions for solutions -- I am really desperate at that point!
Thanks a lot, Jens
Jens
I have a Z580 that is working with Ubuntu 12.04, but it has one problem that at first I had the same diagnosis as you.
The problem is that with newer linux kernel, it takes about 15 minutes to boot. At first I also thought it booted randomly because 15 minutes is way past the "give up" point. Searching the web, I see several others have the problem and it started with kernels after 3.2.0-29 or maybe 3.2.0-30. I did use kernel 3.2.0-29 for a while and it did not have the problem but opted to suffer the slow boot and use the latest available for my distribution. Being a laptop that is not necessarily the best workaround for others.
My Z580 is a different configuration (i3) than yours but as I said, I've seen others with the same problem. If you can get booted, run a terminal and enter "dmesg | less". Scroll down, watching the times on the left of each line. Look for a big jump in the times. Here is example from mine:
[ 3.690130] usb 3-3: new high-speed USB device number 2 using xhci_hcd
[ 3.786170] usb 1-1.2: new low-speed USB device number 3 using ehci_hcd
[ 3.958043] usb 1-1.3: new high-speed USB device number 4 using ehci_hcd
[ 241.204286] INFO: task swapper/0:1 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
[ 241.204290] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
If you see this, you are almost certainly having the same problem. Later on you will see the "final retry" (or something) before it just goes on to boot:
[ 840.311681] INFO: task swapper/0:1 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
[ 840.311684] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
[ 840.311686] swapper/0 D ffffffff81806240 0 1 0 0x00000000
[ 840.311690] ffff880118301e80 0000000000000046 0000000000000000 ffff88011470c1e0
[ 840.311693] ffff880118301fd8 ffff880118301fd8 ffff880118301fd8 00000000000137c0
[ 840.311696] ffffffff81c0d020 ffff8801182f8000 ffff880118301e70 0000000000000009
[ 840.311699] Call Trace:
[ 840.311705] [<ffffffff8165b34f>] schedule+0x3f/0x60
[ 840.311709] [<ffffffff81092df5>] async_synchronize_cookie_domain+0x75/0x120
[ 840.311712] [<ffffffff8108bd20>] ? add_wait_queue+0x60/0x60
[ 840.311715] [<ffffffff81092ef7>] async_synchronize_full+0x17/0x20
[ 840.311719] [<ffffffff81640f47>] init_post+0xe/0xc5
[ 840.311723] [<ffffffff81cfcd74>] kernel_init+0x164/0x164
[ 840.311727] [<ffffffff816679b4>] kernel_thread_helper+0x4/0x10
[ 840.311730] [<ffffffff81cfcc10>] ? start_kernel+0x3bd/0x3bd
[ 840.311733] [<ffffffff816679b0>] ? gs_change+0x13/0x13
[ 957.848903] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.WADR] (Node ffff880118260028), AE_AML_INFINITE_LOOP (20110623/psparse-536)
[ 957.848915] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.BAT1.UPBI] (Node ffff880118260258), AE_AML_INFINITE_LOOP (20110623/psparse-536)
[ 957.848922] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.BAT1._BIF] (Node ffff880118260208), AE_AML_INFINITE_LOOP (20110623/psparse-536)
[ 957.848931] ACPI Exception: AE_AML_INFINITE_LOOP, Evaluating _BIF (20110623/battery-419)
[ 957.848934] ACPI: Battery Slot [BAT1] (battery present)
Someone that knows about ACPI may be able to see what is wrong based on the dmesg output.
As best as I can tell, everything works perfectly otherwise. I keep the system on for days at a time and have not had any other problems or crashes. Everything I can think to check about the battery/power management seems to be working (but I almost 100% stay connected to the charger).
Tom
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19,
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16387,
16388,
16389,
16390,
16391,
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16394,
16395,
16396,
16397,
16398,
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16423,
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Hi,i am running linux mint.I tried to change the firefox folder from the file system with a new firefox folder cause i had a problem with one extension(download statusbar).So,after that i have problem,firefox ask me about profile and after some tests about it from me,firefox always says"this profile its allready in use,make a new profile or rename one profile".I don't know anything about profiles,first time i see that i can make a profile it's now.
A possible cause is security software (firewall) that blocks or restricts Firefox without informing you about that, maybe after detecting changes (update) to the Firefox program.
Remove all rules for Firefox from the permissions list in the firewall and let your firewall ask again for permission to get full unrestricted access to internet for Firefox.
See [[Firewalls]] and http://kb.mozillazine.org/Firewalls
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Firmware Update for HP Hotspot Laserjet Pro m1218nfs through Linux Mint
Hi,
I have tried as many permutations & combinations as possible to fix this, but I am not able to do so.
I run Linux Mint 16 KDE.
I have the latest HPLIP Tool installed & working in my system.
I tried connecting the MFP via USB as well as Wi Fi - printer DOES CONNECT to the system using both methods - I tried Printing the test page, which was succesful.
However, i get the error "No internet connection" when I try to Enable the HP e-Print via the Web interface of the Printer.
The supposed solution for this as I saw across the internet fora, was to upgrade the Printer firmware.
My Printer firmware is dated 20130211. Whereas the latest available is 20130930.
When I went to the drivers download page on HP, I was asked to select my Printer model & the OS.
I selected both & was redirected to the HPLIP site to download the drivers. However, there was no Firmware upgrade tool available.
A bit more researching led me to try the command "hp-firmware" in my Command line box in Linux Mint 16 - this command is meant to upgrade the Printer to the latest firmware.
However, on running the command, I get the error "No devices that support firmware download found".
I tried these things via USB as well as Wi Fi. I tried changing the Preferred DNS too, as mentioned in some other HP Help Topics. I tried turning the HP Hotspot On/Off as well.
To sum up, it seems that I am in a loop. I am not able to use the e-Print function for lack of Firmware upgrade. And I am not able to upgrade the firmware for some totally unkown reasons.
Please someone help me break the loop somewhere, so that I can start using e-Print.Hi @Brent0341,
I read your post and see that the printer's display is stuck on a blue screen with the HP logo. I will certainly do my best to help you.
I can send you the correct reset for the printer in a private message.
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Windows 8.1 will not boot after setting up dual-boot with Linux Mint 17.1 Cinnamon
In which forum should I ask this question?
After installing Linux Mint onto a partition of my hard drive, Windows 8.1 is listed a choice to boot into after restarting my computer, but will not boot up. It suggests a boot repair and to obtain Windows 8.1 from my distributor. I have seen on other forums
that this has not worked, and I was wondering if anyone here had any suggestions for how to proceed.
Thanks in advance.You can try them over here.
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows8_1?tab=Threads
Regards, Dave Patrick ....
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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EFI partition deleted after removal of dual boot of OSX10.8 and Ubuntu/Linux Mint - using rEFIt
so, i recently installed ubuntu to check out the advances in the linux world since i last looked into them 10+ years ago... very impressed, but when i tried to delete ubuntu and remove the various partitions (which i was able to do just fine using gparted) reFIT still displayed the **** linux logo from the install i deleted....
OSX still boots fine... a install of Linux Mint i have on another partition(s) still boots fine ... everything appears to work... but i want to know what the possible issues are so i can be prepared...
this is frustrating...
so i went in and looked around with the remaining partitions and noticed the EFI partition which hadn't shown before i mistakenly tried to install another distro over ubuntu after wiping the partition it was on...
so i erased the EFI partition hoping that this would remove the g-damned hold out linux boot logo in reFIT... it didn't... now i suppose i can go back in and create a new EFI partition through gparted but that stupid linux logo will still be there... and i'll have another problem of getting the proper information back onto the EFI partition, which i am unsure of how to do, or where to even dig up the proper information...
i want to edit my boot mbr or grub or whatever the eff apple comps use as a boot record so that (or i am using as a boot record since i'm using reFIT) to get rid of this **** logo, so i can install another distro of linux and probably windows without having the **** supernumerary logo...
i would rather not wipe the whole drive (aka the primary partition the recovery partition) and do a fresh new install of os x (mountain lion) because i have OSX set up just the way i want it for personal use and work use... all my various tools and so on...
i don't use time machine and can't do a "restore" from a previous back up...
some one please help me out here, what are my options? am i going to have to bite the bullet and do a wipe of the entire drive and all its partitions to get my MBP back to 'normal'???
PS - using a macbook pro late 2011, standard specs, 13"...stqn wrote:
Expi1 wrote:Thanks, I'm mostly struggling with how to partition for Arch and then how to do the bootloader. I'm using Win8 64-bit and from what I understand a Legacy BIOS bootloader. I'm not entirely sure what I should be partitioning the C: into, I've done partitions before, just not for Arch and then I'm not sure whether to use GRUB or syslinux, or if I even need those. Or if I need to use GPT or MBR?
Your disk is already partitionned so you don’t have to choose between GPT or MBR, the choice is already made.
You don’t partition “C:”, that is the name of a Windows partition. You partition a drive.
Grub or syslinux, use whatever the beginners guide tells you to. Personally I think syslinux is simpler which is why I’m using it (but I’m not dual-booting, if that matters).
You’re not saying what your problem is with partitionning, so it’s hard to help.
Thanks for getting back to me, I'm not sure if I just create one large partition for Archlinux or if I have to create multiple? Where I'm also confused is with the Creating Filesystems part of the guide. I don't understand how I'd do this in Windows, or what /dev/sda1 is referring to.
As for the bootloader part, the Beginner's Guide gives you a choice between syslinux and grub, what I'm not sure about is which to use considering I'm dualbooting. How it will affect my windows bootloader, do I disregard that and use GRUB now? I'm unclear on how that works.
I'm also aware I need to disable Secure Boot, I just searched my BIOS options and couldn't find anything remotely relating to that, so I'm assuming it's not an issue since this computer was originally on Windows 7 anyway?
Thanks again, Expi.
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Webutil_host.nonblocking('/bin/smbclient....') at linux mint client
hi dear all
after searching a lot.. now posting a problem
my problem = Linux client not running client_host command , no error in console , no other sound
i created character base report printing form. that first generate filename.txt out put from report then print to any network printer which selected by user.
server = windows 2003 with oracle 10g forms and reports server
client1 = windows XP
webutil client info working fine
form run following command
client_host('cmd /c copy jobid0866.txt \\computer_name\printer_share');
working fine
client2 = Linux Mint
webutil client info working fine
form run following command
client_host('/bin/smbclient //computer_name/printer_share password -U username -c 'print /home/user_name/Downloads/jobid0866.txt' ');
actual command in form for further elaborate
WEBUTIL_HOST.NONBLOCKING('/bin/ smbclient '||:PRINTER_NAME||' printer -U printer -c '||chr(39)||'print home/'||:global.client_user||'/Downloads/'||:parameter.p_filename||chr(39));
not working with no warning, no error
Edited by: mhpinger on Jan 27, 2012 3:40 AMserver windows 2003 with oracle application 10g
client linux mint
working
cmd_string := '/bin/cp /home/'||:global.client_user||'/Downloads/'||:parameter.p_filename||' '||'/home/'||:global.client_user||'/Downloads/result.txt';
webutil_host.blocking(cmd_string);
not working
cmd_string := '/bin/smbclient '||:PRINTER_NAME||' printer -U printer -c '||chr(39)||'print home/'||:global.client_user||'/Downloads/'||:parameter.p_filename||chr(39);
webutil_host.blocking(cmd_string);
Edited by: mhpinger on Jan 31, 2012 1:32 AM
Edited by: mhpinger on Jan 31, 2012 2:59 AM -
How to install check speller for Serbian language in Linux Mint
Hello, I use Thunderbird 31.6.0 on my Linux Mint 17. I tried to follow the instructions that are on this web site for installing new dictionaries spell checkers but it does not work. It says that it's not available for my platform. However on my Windows computer it says that this version is not supported. In comments of that plug in someone explained workaround. You should download the add-on, rename extension to .zip, unpack it and copy the unpacked files to C:/Program Files/Mozilla Thunderbird/dictionaries. I did this and it worked!
Is there any way to do similar trick with Thunderbird for Linux Mint?Why don't you try the same workaround as for the Windows version?
Locate the Thunderbird installation directory and extract the .xpi in the 'dictionaries' sub-directory. -
no more details to offer.. R is a free downloadable statistics language and i can t install it with firefox as of yet.. i use linux mint 11 as my operating system...similar as you know to windows.....but NO OPTION TO INSTALL !! just no way to tell which one to use..gheesh there are so many options
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R_%28programming_language%29
Google "R statistical language" (with quotes) for more results
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About:home search does not function in Linux Mint 15
I installed a fresh copy of Linux Mint 15 (Cinnemon) recently. It comes pre-packaged with Firefox, but after setting the homepage back to the default (about:home), I noticed that the search bar on that page wasn't working. By that I mean the form does not submit neither by pressing Enter or clicking the "Search" button.
I've removed all add-ons, removed and reinstalled Firefox a few times, tried the Reset feature, deleted and recreated profiles, manually reset config options to default, and anything else I could think of. Nothing has helped.
Some users with a similar issue have mentioned that deleted chromeappsstore.sqlite helped, but this file is never even created for me. Additionally, localStorage["search-engine"] is undefined according to the console, yet Google is set as the defaultenginename.
Any ideas on what else to try?The SearchReset only resets the involved prefs.<br />
If the actual search engines are missing then the extension won't help.
Current Firefox versions use the default search engine (pref: browser.search.defaultenginename) to set the search engine that is used on the about:home page.
*browser.search.defaultenginename
Currently selected search engine:
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Dear all,
I ahve a Lenovo G10 laptop, which has an AMD RADEON R5 M230 graphic card. I have downloaded the linux drivers AMD Catalyst for my OS (Linux mint 17.1) from their site but when I start the installation process said that "hardware doesnt support the drivers". If anyone has a solution let me knowIt's up to you to decide wheter it's enough or not ! If it works for you...
As mentioned above you can use vgaswitcheroo to verify. For this you need to enable _early_ KMS. (Forgot the _early_ in above post.)
What would be the advantage?
Please learn to use the wiki etc. for your own research before asking! https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ke … de_setting
Don't forget to mark the thread solved, when this issue is resolved.[1]
Regards
[1] Edit: I meant the basic issue from your title. The thing is, I think, we try to have one issue per thread. Feel free to open another thread, when another problem/question arises (Of course after searching and trying hard to solve it by yourself first ).
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How can I get firefox-9.0b6.tar.bz2 to install in Linux Mint 10 Julia?
When I try to open/load the downloaded new version: firefox-9.0b6.tar.bz2 with the default Archive Manager in Linux Mint 10 Julia I get this error message:
"bzip2: Compressed file ends unexpectedly; perhaps it is corrupted? *Possible* reason follows. bzip2: Inappropriate ioctl for device Input file = (stdin), output file = (stdout) It is possible that the compressed file(s) have become corrupted. You can use the -tvv option to test integrity of such files. You can use the `bzip2recover' program to attempt to recover data from undamaged sections of corrupted files. tar: Unexpected EOF in archive tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now"
Perhaps it is also of note that I am running Linux from a thumbdrive through the USB port on my Asus EeePC.
=== What do I do so I can get firefox to work? This began because I can't get Adobe flash and gmail to work properly and realize (at least for gmail) I need to upgrade.Can you open any other Firefox tar.bz2 archives?
*http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all.html
*http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-older.html
*http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-beta.html
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