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Thanks for the post! But is there any risk in disabling secure boot? I've never messed with the BIOS before and I don't want to permanently damage anything.

I agree. I have really enjoyed the laptop as well and I even got an invite to the Steam beta which I planned on testing with the Z585. Unfortunately I don't really know enough to solve the problem...

I have tried it probably about 5 times now. There's actually nothing to back up at this point because I have never gotten the install to open! I may a actually try a different version of Ubuntu to...

Hey guys, now that its the holidays I have finally gotten around to working on this again.

I tried darko's suggestion and got the following:

fsck from util-linux 2.20.1
e2fsck 1.42.5...

When you say root partition I assume that you are referring to the primary Ubuntu partition?

Loaded into recovery mode. Some lines of text that show the OS booting up, then interrupted by the blinking cursor of death. Can't type, can't access anything. Ideas? I don't really understand why...

@Darko: While I have no idea what Pavel is talking about with all the settings he is playing with, I am running on an AMD Radeon HD 7660G graphics card.

Are there pretty frequent problems with AMD...

@Paver: Interesting, I have a similar problem. When I select Ubuntu 64bit from my list of GRUB entries I get the same blinking cursor. I will have to research a bit more into this UEFI and see if...

Okay, interesting update:

I tried darkod's recommendation. After restarting, same result: Grub with only a broken Ubuntu option.

So I tried Boot-repair again. This time, functional Grub with 3...

I will try it tonight. I'm going to chuckle if the SD card is the culprit here.

Should I install it using Boot-repair or just do a straight GRUB install? (Last time was with Boot-repair)

Also,...

Aha, I had forgotten about the SD card!

The Ubuntu partitions are still setup. Ubuntu has been installed for weeks now, I still haven't been able to access it. I know how to install GRUB; I did so...

@Yannbuntu: Sorry, I already removed the GRUB as I needed immediate access to the HDD. However, there was only one usb key (4gb) at the time. The problem still remains that the only option on the...

So this looks to be a GRUB problem. Here is the output of Boot-repair for your viewing pleasure.

So let's say that in theory I was able to get GRUB to run properly - can anyone even tell me if I...

Well chaps I just got around to running boot-repair and it turned out to be a disaster. GRUB comes up with only one option: Ubuntu, and when I run it, nothing happens. Therefore I have GRUB now with...

New development: Now, on install, it recognizes that there is another OS. However, after install, and reboot, it boots directly back into windows.

@Darkod: Yep, Windows 7 boots fine. Well if Windows can't use UEFI mode on the msdos setup, why is David suggesting UEFI mode?

@david: I can't check the Ubuntu boot because I can't even boot into...

Ay ay. Thanks for the quick response. This the HDD stripped of any Ubuntu install.


Model: ATA ST750LM022 HN-M7 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 750GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B
Partition...

Hey all,

My new Lenovo Ideapad Z585 shipped in yesterday. I'm liking it a lot, and couldn't wait to get Ubuntu on it.

Lenovo ships with 4 primary partitions already installed: 2 for Windows 7,...

Working alright here.

Good job, bud. I like the purple one. The orange doesn't seem to have the pop that that Ubuntu color scheme has, though.

Celebrating fall! Excited for the new 12.10 release so I can have an excuse to do a clean install.

Ubuntu 12.04
Faenza Icons
Wallpaper: I took it last week!

Chrome/Chromium: 24

That was the toughest part! There's still something off about my feet, but I couldn't tell what it was and got bored and decided to finish it :D

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Nice work, keep it up!

At least that's what I did.

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Hey all,

I installed kubuntu-desktop on a separate user profile just to see what new extras KDE has cooked up over the last couple years. I played with it for a little while, then deleted the...