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Installing Ubunto in IBM/LENOVO T43

Asked by FajardXorg

I tried to boot ubunto8.4 form the live cd but it did not work. i also tried with rubi, still having the same problem. the last think i tried is with Ubunto 7.10, it boots, but i prefer 8.4.

Thanks.\
jorge

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t_robert (amoresunaramera) said : 		#1

are you sure that the cd you're using is okay? have you tried running it on another system. it's just surprising, cause i'm also using a lenovo (which is, btw, inferior ot your t43) and mine is working great...

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Rolando Blanco (rolando) said : 		#2

Plz, let me know what kind or series are you using of Lenovo.

Let me tell you that a great place for ThinkPad users is,

http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/ThinkWiki

2008/9/11 t_robert <email address hidden>

> Question #44677 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/44677
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> t_robert proposed the following answer:
> are you sure that the cd you're using is okay? have you tried running
> it on another system. it's just surprising, cause i'm also using a
> lenovo (which is, btw, inferior ot your t43) and mine is working
> great...
>
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> contact for Ubuntu.
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Rolando Blanco (rolando) said : 		#3

Plz, Go to Aplicactions > Accesories > Terminal

Then click it, and a window will be open, then type:

$~: lshw > myt43.txt

This command, will check all your machine, and will create a file called
myt43.txt, pleas send us it or attach it in your next answer.

2008/9/11 Rolando F. Blanco C. <email address hidden>

> Plz, let me know what kind or series are you using of Lenovo.
>
> Let me tell you that a great place for ThinkPad users is,
>
> http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/ThinkWiki
>
>
> 2008/9/11 t_robert <email address hidden>
>
> Question #44677 on Ubuntu changed:
>> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/44677
>>
>> Status: Open => Answered
>>
>> t_robert proposed the following answer:
>> are you sure that the cd you're using is okay? have you tried running
>> it on another system. it's just surprising, cause i'm also using a
>> lenovo (which is, btw, inferior ot your t43) and mine is working
>> great...
>>
>> --
>> You received this question notification because you are an answer
>> contact for Ubuntu.
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Saludos Fraternos Ubunteros!
> ________________________________________________________________
> "No pases la vida tratando de hacer trabajar a tu computador,...
> ...haz que tu computador trabaje para ti, usa GNU/LINUX"
> ________________________________________________________________
> Rolando F. Blanco C:. (Ubuntu Member)
> Director-TIC MSC, Consultores Gerenciales,C.A.
> User: 399645 (GNU) Ubuntu: 3715
> http://www.blanco.net.ve/
> Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy)
> _______________________________________________________________
>

--
Saludos Fraternos Ubunteros!
________________________________________________________________
"No pases la vida tratando de hacer trabajar a tu computador,...
...haz que tu computador trabaje para ti, usa GNU/LINUX"
________________________________________________________________
Rolando F. Blanco C:. (Ubuntu Member)
Director-TIC MSC, Consultores Gerenciales,C.A.
User: 399645 (GNU) Ubuntu: 3715
http://www.blanco.net.ve/
Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy)
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Rolando Blanco (rolando) said : 		#4

Could you send the info or paste the output of the command

$~: lshw

to try to help you please.

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FajardXorg (rehevoli) said : 		#5

As i have said Ubuntu 7.10 it runs, but i want to run the latest version , but it hangs when it boots from cd.
description: Computer
    width: 32 bits
  *-core
       description: Motherboard
       physical id: 0
     *-memory
          description: System memory
          physical id: 0
          size: 1510MB
     *-cpu
          product: Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1.86GHz
          vendor: Intel Corp.
          physical id: 1
          bus info: cpu@0
          version: 6.13.8
          size: 1866MHz
          capacity: 1866MHz
          width: 32 bits
          capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss tm pbe nx up est tm2 cpufreq
     *-pci
          description: Host bridge
          product: Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Express Processor to DRAM Controller
          vendor: Intel Corporation
          physical id: 100
          bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
          version: 03
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
          configuration: driver=agpgart-intel module=intel_agp
        *-display:0
             description: VGA compatible controller
             product: Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 2
             bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
             version: 03
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: vga bus_master cap_list
             configuration: latency=0
        *-display:1 UNCLAIMED
             description: Display controller
             product: Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 2.1
             bus info: pci@0000:00:02.1
             version: 03
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: cap_list
             configuration: latency=0
        *-pci:0
             description: PCI bridge
             product: 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 1
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1c
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.0
             version: 03
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=pcieport-driver
           *-network
                description: Ethernet interface
                product: NetXtreme BCM5751M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express
                vendor: Broadcom Corporation
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
                logical name: eth0
                version: 11
                serial: 00:16:41:14:f8:a8
                width: 64 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical
                configuration: broadcast=yes driver=tg3 driverversion=3.77 firmware=5751m-v3.46a latency=0 module=tg3 multicast=yes
        *-pci:1
             description: PCI bridge
             product: 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 3
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1c.2
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.2
             version: 03
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=pcieport-driver
        *-usb:0
             description: USB Controller
             product: 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1d
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.0
             version: 03
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: uhci bus_master
             configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 module=uhci_hcd
        *-usb:1
             description: USB Controller
             product: 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1d.1
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.1
             version: 03
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: uhci bus_master
             configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 module=uhci_hcd
        *-usb:2
             description: USB Controller
             product: 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1d.2
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.2
             version: 03
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: uhci bus_master
             configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 module=uhci_hcd
        *-usb:3
             description: USB Controller
             product: 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1d.3
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.3
             version: 03
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: uhci bus_master
             configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 module=uhci_hcd
        *-usb:4
             description: USB Controller
             product: 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1d.7
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.7
             version: 03
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: ehci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=0 module=ehci_hcd
        *-pci:2
             description: PCI bridge
             product: 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1e
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1e.0
             version: d3
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci subtractive_decode bus_master cap_list
           *-pcmcia
                description: CardBus bridge
                product: PCI1510 PC card Cardbus Controller
                vendor: Texas Instruments
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci@0000:04:00.0
                version: 00
                width: 64 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: pcmcia bus_master cap_list
                configuration: driver=yenta_cardbus latency=176 maxlatency=5 mingnt=192 module=yenta_socket
                resources: iomemory:c80000000-c7fffffff
           *-network
                description: Wireless interface
                product: PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection
                vendor: Intel Corporation
                physical id: 2
                bus info: pci@0000:04:02.0
                logical name: eth1
                version: 05
                serial: 00:16:6f:1a:dd:51
                width: 32 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
                configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ipw2200 driverversion=1.2.0kmprq firmware=ABG:9.0.2.6 (Mar 22 2005) latency=64 maxlatency=24 mingnt=3 module=ipw2200 multicast=yes wireless=unassociated
        *-multimedia
             description: Multimedia audio controller
             product: 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1e.2
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1e.2
             version: 03
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=Intel ICH latency=0 module=snd_intel8x0
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             description: Modem
             product: 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Modem Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1e.3
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1e.3
             version: 03
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: generic cap_list
             configuration: latency=0
        *-isa
             description: ISA bridge
             product: 82801FBM (ICH6M) LPC Interface Bridge
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1f
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.0
             version: 03
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: isa bus_master
             configuration: latency=0
        *-ide
             description: IDE interface
             product: 82801FBM (ICH6M) SATA Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1f.2
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.2
             version: 03
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: ide bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=ata_piix latency=0 module=ata_piix
        *-serial UNCLAIMED
             description: SMBus
             product: 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) SMBus Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1f.3
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.3
             version: 03
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             configuration: latency=0

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Rolando Blanco (rolando) said : 		#6

Well, let me tell you that I have exactly the same machine, and works perfect, I think that maybe:

 1 - The CD (Media) is BAD burned or your .ISO file is currupt.

OR

 2 - Have any kind of memory problem

Please try booting, when see the Back countdown, press <Esc> will see the GRUB (Grand Unified Boot Loader) and then select the line that say somthing like "Memtest" or Memory Test, run it, to see if have any memory problem.

Let me know what happend please.

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Best marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#7

Below usual checks and good suggestions to get a Ubuntu install and works on pc....

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Some suggestion and tips to solve install issue...

- Minimum system requirements to install Ubuntu 8.04.1 https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/SystemRequirements

Download the standard Ubuntu 8.04.1 32 bits iso image from here:
http://releases.ubuntu.com/releases/8.04.1/ubuntu-8.04.1-desktop-i386.iso
or better using a torrent file:
http://releases.ubuntu.com/releases/8.04.1/ubuntu-8.04.1-desktop-i386.iso.torrent

- Please check the md5sum of your downloaded Ubuntu .iso image file, here the https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowToMD5SUM howto, and compare with http://releases.ubuntu.com/8.04.1/MD5SUMS

- Burn it on a cd rom, be sure to burn your cd at lower speed you can do usually 4x here an howto https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BurningIsoHowto

- Please also check the md5sum of your self burned cd. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowToMD5SUM

- Boot your pc from self-burned cdrom, if it don't start from cd please modify your pc BIOS settings by accessing to it usually pressing CANC or F2 or other keys (check into your motherboard paper documentation or watch carefully the screen, usually there are tips to access BIOS, when you switch your computer on)

- then to be sure your ram is ok, boot from Ubuntu live cd main menu and at first showed menu, select the item "Memory test" to test your pc ram memory

- Here the steps to install Ubuntu 8.04.1 https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GraphicalInstall

- Watch this video that show howto install Ubuntu on a pc with Windows: http://screencasts.ubuntu.com/Installing_Ubuntu_with_Windows_Dual-Boot

- if something go wrong at startup of Ubuntu live installation when you see the first cd menu like this http://i18.tinypic.com/6tzzndc.jpg pressing F6 you can put useful startup kernel boot parameters as showed here https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootOptions

Try to perform the "Memory test" and the "Check cd for defects" to be sure the cd is read without errors by the destination pc cdrom driver

- Booting from Ubuntu live install cd:
 * if you are in trouble with screen graphic user interface
   (usually the screen is black with a blinking cursor or screen out of range message):
- first try to dynamically change screen resolution please the press CTRL + ALT + "+" and/or CTRL + ALT + "-"
- Try to restart the graphic layer press CTRL + ALT + BACKSPACE
- Here the basic step required during install process http://www.howtoforge.com/the-perfect-desktop-ubuntu-8.04-lts-hardy-heron

If you are still in trouble... please reboot your pc and starting with Ubuntu live cd please try to put some common Ubuntu kernel live cd options you can find the boot options howto here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootOptions

Remove the "splash" and "quiet" options to see more boot infos message and/or errors.
Then try some commons parameters by putting them one by one or together:
noacpi nolapic nodma all_generic_ide

If this don't work i suggest you to download and burn on a cd at lower speed you can do (4x), here an howto https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BurningIsoHowto, the Ubuntu alternate install cd iso image ( ubuntu-8.04.1-alternate-i386.iso ) you can download this cd from here: http://releases.ubuntu.com/8.04.1/

If you are in trouble to download you can try to install and use a torrent client Deluge http://www.deluge-torrent.org/downloads.php to get your desired Ubuntu iso image http://releases.ubuntu.com/releases/8.04.1/ please select a .torrent file

*** if you are installing in dual boot mode Windows + Ubuntu

Please make sure you Windows partition have no errors on it.

Booting in Windows force an a complete hard disk check.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315265
Then reboot again in Windows and make a clean shutdown.
Be sure to boot in Windows twice and to get a clear Windows shutdown.

***

Always useful is the online Ubuntu doc https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/

Hope this helps

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FajardXorg (rehevoli) said : 		#8

Thanks marcobra, that solved my question.