Ubuntu 11.10 for lenovo G570

I have previosly used Ubuntu Linux for an year on my desktop and would like to switch to Ubuntu on laptop too. But I have some specific worried which I want to clarify before really stepping in it so I don't land on troubles.
My Laptop details:
Lenovo G570
2nd Gen i5; 4GB DDR3 RAM; 1GB ATI Radeon Graphics; # I think Intel HD is also present, I found in system info in Win7.
500 GB Hard Disk
Bluetooth, Wifi, Cam
15.6'' Screen
Now my concerns are:
When I install Ubuntu, doesn the "Fn" hot-keys work?
I haven't got any Linux drivers with my laptop, so how do I install them so that the "Fn" key and other graphics settings can be maintained.
I have AMD Catalyst centre on Win7, how do I got such softwares over Ubuntu
I haven't got any linux tools of OneKey recovey for Linux. So, how do I install OneKey Recovey on Ubuntu; How do I create a special partition for OneKey recovery at the time of setup on Ubuntu.
#If I have missed anything that has to be noted while switching to Ubuntu, please tell me

Can you please explain what do you mean? What problems are reported? I can't go and search for every single issues people are reporting. (sorry)
Every hardware has it's own "personality", it doesn't mean that you will automatically have those issues too and it is different from distro to distro, depending on the version of kernel a specific distro is using.
Too, I know that there are some solutions for the fan issue for Linux. But I do not know what problems are you referring to.
I know it's up to you, but can you first try a copy of ubuntu in live mode? Than you can tell if you have those problems or not
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New Lenovo G570 Teething Issues

Dear Lenovo-connected moderators, outriders and the like (Please note that in error I originally posted this to the other thread):
I just bought in Europe a new Lenovo G570. I have the following issues:
Since I always resize the C: partition I have removed the possibility of using one-key restore. It seems bizarre that Lenovo would force keeping the C: partition at its initial size. Surely it would be possible to write the one-key software to work around repartitioning the HDD. I did the resize of the C: partition immediately after purchase as part of my personal data and program installation and found out later about the requirement not to resize. Moreover, as far as I can recall there was no D: partition already installed, which I might have been able to live with (I prefer multiple data partitions). Any way to fix this problem? For I restored the C: partition to its original size but that didn't help; I couldn't get the recovery DVD's made; the one-key button was non-functional. What do I have to do to get the recovery features back? For I see that for very similar products a fresh install of Win 7 causes all kinds of problems, and in the absence of recovery DVD's that's really the only other option. I should point out that at the moment the computer is working; I'm just trying to do my preventative medicine for the day the computer crashes.
Lenovo's model numbering is very confusing, as is the Lenovo habit of updating system specs on the fly. My model name is 20079; my model number is CB01031166. If I download the current specs for the model from the Lenovo site (just did) they don't agree with what I have. Major differences are that my computer shipped with an Intel i5-2410M processor, a 640 GB HDD and with a separate ATI Graphics Card (Radeon Premium). Thanks, but this leads to issues about driver updates when I search for downloads for my computer on the Lenovo site. In particular, it's not clear to me whether I should be reflashing BIOS with the latest BIOS. On the thread about serious issues with the Idea Pad Z570, I saw recommended the reflashing of the BIOS. You might ask, well why would I go there? Because the Lenovo site does not support searching on models that are not branded Think Pad or Idea Pad. Mine's branded Essentials and it's just not recognized even in the automated search using the Internet Explorer. So searching for Lenovo G570, that's what a Google search turned up and the specs of the Z570 are extremely similar to the G570 I have. So if someone could tell me how to find the driver updates for my model, I'd be very grateful.
I see in the Z570 thread that if the CD is not the first boot priority then the WiFi doesn't work. Does this also apply to my model?
When I boot with an external Sata HDD attached (to see if BIOS will recognize it for boot purposes), the boot procedure freezes until I unplug the Sata HDD. Of course the external HDD is plugged into the USB port. This seems to be a problem with the BIOS, although admittedly I can't recall if the BIOS flash screen shows and it freezes after, or it freezes before it reaches the BIOS flash screen.
I also see that the fan that's always running is actually a serious warranty issue. I hadn't realized that it wasn't some quirk of my software. So here we are with a serious warranty issue. Update: 23/2/12. This does not seem to be a real problem on my machine at the moment. While the fan works more than I would have expected, it will shut down eventually once the computer is not doing anything. Possibly the actual software I'm using on the machine is causing heavy fan use. This is something of a relief.
According to the specs the computer ships with a USB/eSata port. And indeed there is a port in the right place that is different from the other USB ports. The port of course works with USB. However, its shape is not the usual eSatap shape. In particular it doesn't have the cutouts left and right for the usual eSatap jack. Instead it has a cutout at the top. But for the life of me and my dealer, there is nowhere on the Net where we can find an image of the Lenovo USB/eSata port and certainly nowhere where I can buy a jack/adaptor/external SATA disk that fits the Lenovo USB/eSata port.
Here's an image of my USB/eSata port. It's the middle of the three ports. Of course, on the left is something for TV that is irrelevant, and to the right is a normal USB port. How do I find anything to work with it at eSata speeds?
Thanks very much.

Thanks for replying ExJamJus.
I will ask the local reseller, but I suspect they don't know more than anyone else. The problem is that the specs are very fluid on these units--after all, I have a ATI Radeon graphics card whereas the specs typically say that its an integrated (on-the-motherboard) Intel graphics card. Some places, as other users have noted, they do spec it as having an eSata/USB port, but there's just no plug available with that shape with any specification. My technician who sold me the computer thought that the only possibility was that the plug would be introduced later. He'd never seen one and he takes computers apart and fixes them.
As for the drivers, I installed all the drivers. Nothing terrible happened except as follows:
One of the ATI Radeon updates, for Hydravision I believe, comes to an end where kdbsync.exe can't start at boot time because Open.dll is missing. You can follow up on the Internet. The fix is to download Open.dll and put it in the proper folder in Program files. It works now--or at least I don't get an error message at boot time.
This is import for Lenovo: Lenovo energy management upgrade gave me the option to install on top of the old Lenovo energy management but it would require a reboot. So I did it. But what happened was that Lenovo energy management wouldn't start at boot time. I tried repair, no deal. So I had to completely uninstall Lenovo energy management and then do a fresh install. It works now. This is going to irritate people. Bad for business.
It's unclear in some of these cases just what driver is installed on the computer and it's not clear whether the driver installer programs are always coded to check whether the driver being installed is not older than the installed driver. So it makes it a little chancy to download and install a driver that was issued not long before the manufacture date of the product.

Lenovo g570 network adaptor not found (for wifi and blue tooth)

my lenovo g570 laptop does not found network adaptor for wifi and blue tooth it did not recognize the hardware part may be. because i install software for that so may time. few days back i used wifi as well as bluetooth in my lapi but for last two or three month i just used lan for internet connection and in between i chanded my os wihich is win 7 ultimate to win 7 proff. i dont know what is the reason for that.
please troubleshoot this so that my lapi can detact network adaptors for wifi and blue thooth.
vivek
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hi VIVKGP,
Thanks for Posting!
Please check under Control Panel and uninstall Lenovo energy Management and uninstall it,
Now Download and install this, now Download and Install this.
Lenovo Energy Management -WIndows 7
caez29ww.exe
13.6MB
Restart after Installation
After Installation:
Press Fn+F5 and make sure Wifi and bluetooth are on "ON" status.
You can also Try installing Drivers for both.
Broadcom Bluetooth Driver
IN3BTH50WW5.exe
58.8 MB
Intel Wireless WiFi Link Driver
IN1WLN101WW5.exe
138 MB
and check the status again.
Best Regards
Solid Cruver
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Lenovo G570 - Atheros Lan Driver for Linux required

Dear All
I have bought lenovo G570 laptop and i installed Enterprise Linux (Oracle Linux 5.8) , i need Atheros Ethernet Driver for Linux please help and support.
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Dear All
I have bought lenovo G570 laptop and i installed Enterprise Linux (Oracle Linux 5.8) , i need Atheros Ethernet Driver for Linux please help and support.
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Web Camera doesn't work on my Lenovo G570 laptop, Please Help?

Well I recently bought a lenovo G570 laptop. The webcam worked fine for the first month. I don't really know when the camera stopped working but it seems that every software that uses a camera can detect the camera but when the video window pops up it is just plain white. I know the reason isn't because of the hot key FN+ESC because it works fine, I can disable and enable the camera. I read many threads with the same problem. I uninstalled and re-installed the drivers and easy capture but it does not solve my problem. Can someone please help?

As I understand the camera is not working.
If the camera is getting activate by Fn+Esc key then it could be driver issue.
You need to uninstall the camera software and other relates software.
Update the BIOS and then install the camera drier
Download the BIOS update for Windows 7 32bit from the mentioned below web link.
http://consumersupport.lenovo.com/us/en/DriversDownloads/drivers_show_4480.html
Download the BIOS update for Windows 7 32bit from the mentioned below web link.
http://consumersupport.lenovo.com/us/en/DriversDownloads/drivers_show_4481.html
After updating the BIOS install the camera driver.
http://consumersupport.lenovo.com/us/en/DriversDownloads/drivers_show_4138.html
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Some Keys are not working on Lenovo G570

Hello all
I am new here, looking for some help regarding my Lenovo G570.
Yesterday, it was working perfectly, I properly shut is down. I have set a BIOS pasword.
Today, when I switch it on, I was unable to type the pasword becasu some keys were not working. However, I managed to loged in with the help of On Screen Keyboard. After analysing it, I came to know that some keys on numpad includeing 0,2 and on the 2nd line(vertical numerical keys) 1,2,3,4,7,8,9,0 are not working. I tried to re-install the OS but I set a BIOS paswoed containing one of the missing keys.
Please let me know whether it is a software problem or should i take my laptop to some repairing shop?
Thanks
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Hi Asadkhan92,
Welcome to Lenovo Community!
As per the query we understood that you are facing an issue with the keyboard in your Lenovo G570 laptop.
As you have mentioned that the some keys are not working in your laptop, as you have also mentioned that the onscreen keyboard is working, please connect the external keyboard and check for the issue, this is to confirm if the issue with the hardware or software.
If the external keyboard works fine and if the keypad is not working then it’s a issue with the keypad of the laptop.
Please visit the nearest service centre for further details.
Click here to open a link where you can select the country and get the exact contact support number. I’m sure they will be a great help.
Hope this helps!
Best regards,
Ashwin.S
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Lenovo G570 - I delete my recovery partition, recovery DVD doesn't work.

Hi!
First of all - sorry for my english.
I have problem with my Lenovo G570.
I make a backup DVD with system by OKR (4DVD). Then by accident i DELETED my recovery partition. When i try to boot from these DVD i get error: "The program cannot restore the system partition because its structure is incorrect ,you may have to recreate the partition to continue".
My partitions looks like this:
C: New installation of Windows 7 enterprise trial
D: Lenovo (default partition with drivers and backup)
Hidden empty partition where recovery was.
What should i do now?

one key recover won't work when you delete the hidden partition. there is only one way to fix this issue that is shipping back to service to reset the hdd its default ( lenovo may charge you )

Lenovo G570 essential - One Key Recovery issue

Hello to everybody and congratulations for the forum. I have a Lenovo G570 notebook which is running the original version of Windows 7 that came installed with. Before I mention the problem I have to state that I have restructured the hard drive by using the program Acronis Disk Director. When I click the One Key Recovery application and choose the RECOVERY option I receive the follwing message.
"The program cannot find the service partition. The service is currently unavalaible."
After checking, I noticed a change in the Default recovery partition (the factory one) and the Windows installation partition. These partitions are not ACTIVE as before. What can I do in order to overcome this problem and achieve to restore my notebook to the factory default installation?
Regards,
LENOVO G570-20079
INTEL CORE i3-2310M/4GB ram DDR3-1066MHz/HDD Toshiba 640GB MK6465GSX/VGA AMD Mobile Radeon HD 6370M/Atheros Wireless 9285/Atheros Ethernet Controller 8152/

Hello Oust_alex,
First the simple procedure to bring the system to factory setting by using the recovery disc if you have created before altering the partitions.
If the recovery disc is not created then you must restore the partitions as previous and then check.
Last option is to purchase the recovery disc from the service center.
Best Regards,
Tanuj
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Lenovo G570 Windwos xp drivers

Hi All,
this is My first post.
I am Using Lenovo g570 laptop. I have installed Vm ware on this i installed Windows xp SP3 32 bit Operating system.
i want to install chipset and VGA drivers on my vertual system.
Whwnever i try to insatll Chipset drivers It gives message: System did not match with minimum requirement.
need help to resolve this same.

Hi,
So we're clear - you want to install these drivers in the virtual machine, not the G570 OS?
VMWare doesn't reflect the host machine's hardware to the virtual client. It emulates a specific set of virtual hardware that is the same regardless of the host. You won't be able to install Lenovo drivers inside the virtual machine, since the virtual harware is not the same as the host's physical hardware.
Install VMWare tools, if you haven't already. It should provide the drivers you need. If not, open device manager in your virtual machine and see what the virtual hardware is.
Somewhere on the VMWare site there should be a list of emulated hardware. I'll poke around there and see if I can find it.
[edit] Here's a snip of the virtual hardware in my XP client running under VMWare Player 4 on a Win 7 Ult 64 i7 desktop. Note that this "hardware" is not the same as the host hardware.
[more edit] Below that is a partial snip of the physical hardware in the host machine. You can see that they are quite different.
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64-BIT VERSION OF ITUNES STOPS WORKING WHEN OPTIMIZING ON MY NOTEPAD LENOVO G570.WINDOWS7HOME PREMIUM CONSTANTLY CLOSES ITUNES PROGRAM WHILE OPTIMATION. WHEN TROUBLESHOOTIING WORKS ON IT, IT SAYS APPLICATION IS INCOMPATIBLE, BUT THIS IS THE VERSION THAT

64-bit itunes version stops sync when optimizing on my 5 days old notepad LENOVO G570.
windows 7home premiun constantly closes itunes during this optimization.
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Yeah I am not disputing that it is doing what it is supposed to. I am just disputing that it is misleading. I think it should be very clear and state that this is a 32 bit version of iTunes specific for installing on 64 bit versions of Vista.

Lenovo G570 Need Help

Hello friends
I am installing windows 7 ultimate on my Lenovo g570 but its doest detect the CD ROM so I decided to install using my computer. So I remove the had disk and connect it to my computer and I install successfully but when I connect the HD with Laptop "it boot up to starting windows then it crash with blue screen" and I don't have any backup or anything
please tell me what to do

hi samsfs01,
Welcome to the Lenovo Community.
If your cd/dvd drive is not working, the alternate way to install Windows 7 is by creating a bootable Windows 7 USB Flash Drive. - check here - http://tinyurl.com/q7m5v2 - for step by step guide A probable reason why you got a bluescreen from the post above is because it's trying to read the machine information where you installed Windows and when you put it on a different PC, the machine information got changed (this normally happens if the two machines are not identical).
Hope this helps.
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Lenovo g570

Hello I am new to this forum so forgive me if I have posted in the wrong place.
I have a Lenovo G570 laptop and I accidentally uninstalled my wireless network adaptor last night I have searched the internet for answers and found nothing helpful. I tried switching my laptop off and back on so windows would install it for me. But it just says could not install. Could anyone help me with this problem as I am desperate to get it to work again,

Hi 11and 11,
Welcome to the Lenovo forums. All of your drivers can be found on this link. The wireless drivers are located under Networking: Wireless LAN.
http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/research/hints-or-tips/detail.page?DocID=HT072724
Let us know if you need anything else.
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Lenovo G570 plastic frame opened - Need support

Good morning!
I am encountering a problem with my two-month old G570. Last night the plastic frame in the area very close to left screen hinge, suddenly opened by itself and it doesn't close at all. I bought the notebook from Greece and now I am in Belgium in the wider Brussels area. In addition, the notebook is brand new, two and a half months old and I think that I have a 12-month global warranty coverage. I called the hotline support number (080076524) that I found in the website but it is not available anymore.
My intention is to fix the notebook before the situation gets worse, still yet it works 100% fine but if I ignore the problem I may experience problem with the screen soon.
Thanks in advance!
LENOVO G570-20079
INTEL CORE i3-2310M/4GB ram DDR3-1066MHz/HDD Toshiba 640GB MK6465GSX/VGA AMD Mobile Radeon HD 6370M/Atheros Wireless 9285/Atheros Ethernet Controller 8152/

After searching a lot and calling different numbers, I didn't manage to communicate with Lenovo customer service. I have to say that I feel disappointed about this situation (the website contact data didn't help me at all). Moreover, I will handle the notebook to a big electronics store, which will transfer it to them.I hope that it will be fixed at a fast time because it is very precious for me during this period.
LENOVO G570-20079
INTEL CORE i3-2310M/4GB ram DDR3-1066MHz/HDD Toshiba 640GB MK6465GSX/VGA AMD Mobile Radeon HD 6370M/Atheros Wireless 9285/Atheros Ethernet Controller 8152/

Lenovo g570 screen pink and sometimes green

Hello all, I am new here. My G570 is a couple years old and just recently started showing a pink screen with a few green vertical bars on the rh side of the screen. Can see traces of green vertical lines thru the pink hue. Was told it may need a screen replacement. Any truth to this?
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Hi GNeric,
Welcome to Lenovo Community!
As per the query we understood that you are facing issue with the system having pink and green display in your Lenovo G570 laptop.
As you have mentioned there is a pink display with green stripes, please connect the external monitor and check for the issue.
Also try to update the display drivers to the latest version and check for the issue.
Hope this helps. Do post back if issue persists!
Best regards,
Ashwin.S
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Lenovo G570 Screws out CD ROM failed

Hi There,
I am Joseph
I bought Lenovo G570 Laptop on 18/10/2011, your product was good till warranty period ends, but later I noticed that its CD-ROM is not working - its gets ejected while trying to play it & monitor screen screw has come out from one side which is shaky and the monitor has become very loose. And also the product purchase updated on your system is incorrect, I really regret buying this product which doesn't have the Basic Quality.
I am waiting for a REPLY from the Lenovo’s Senior management, If you cannot give a solution to my compliant, I really do a CAMPAIGN AGAINST YOUR PRODUCT AMONG MY FRIENDS, AND I WILL SHARE THIS COMPLAINT ON FACEBOOK AS WELL.
Waiting for your reply...
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Sure sounds like a G5. Maybe you could find it by looking through this site:
http://www.everymac.com/
The mac starts up? Go to the upper left corner and select "about this mac". All the info you need should be right there. Want more info?, click on "more info".
Here's a page where you can find many do-it-yourself options:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2580

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