Re: Satellite C650-14W - Does Linux work on it?
Posted: 04-Sep-2010 18:31 in response to: giltosh
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Yes, you can install Ubuntu on the C650, but ACPI is not yet supported so it must be disabled in order to boot. This can be accomplished by pressing the shift key while booting to obtain a boot menu. You might have to hit the escape key to get a second menu (I can't remember), then you select Linux and hit F6 which opens a menu, select acpi=off and the installation disk will boot.
To avoid following this procedure at each boot, grub2 must be reconfigured. Modify the line in the file /etc/default/grub from:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""
fo
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="acpi=off"
or
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="ht"
Then do:
$ sudo update-grub
Ubuntu will work but without ACPI, your computer will run down it's battery faster than it would with ACPI. This bug has been reported and hopefully will get fixed.
Ian
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