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Lenovo z480 laptop hanged after sometime with ubuntu 12.04

I've just bought a new laptop and I'm dual booting Ubuntu 12.04 and Windows 7. Both work fine but I've noticed that after some time Ubuntu hanged without any error and all keys and mouse ...
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Will my Lenovo One Key Recovery work if I install Ubuntu on my Ideapad U410?

I own a Lenovo Ideapad U410. Being a game developer the first thing that I wanted to do is install Ubuntu. But I don't want to lose the Windows 7 that ships with the laptop. So, I wanted to know if ...
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Boot records messed on dual boot (win7 and ubuntu) machine with SSD and HDD

I have a Lenovo Ideapad y570 with two hard drives: SSD and normal HDD both managed by RapidDrive and Windows 7 pre-installed. First, I have shrunk my 500 GB HDD a little bit to make some place for a ...
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Is there a Linux distribution that almost never crashes on a Lenovo x120e? [closed]

I have a Lenovo Thinkpad x120e (0596-2RU) running Ubuntu 11.04. It crashes too much. I'd like to run a distribution that almost never crashes. Can anyone personally vouch that their x120e never ...
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How to disable the touchpad when I use the trackpoint in Linux?

I have recently installed Ubuntu (and its derivatives Xubuntu and Kubuntu) on my laptop. On my computer, I have both a touchpad and a trackpoint. In Windows, the touchpad is disabled when I use the ...
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How to show the laptop screen content both on a projector and the laptop screen?

My laptop is Lenovo T400, and my OS is Ubuntu 10.10. I connect my laptop to a projector to do presentation. By hitting the functional key "Fn + F7". the laptop screen content will be shown by the ...
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Disable autobrightness on Ideapad U460s (ubuntu)

I bought a laptop & installed Ubuntu on it. I thought I would be OK with that autobrightness feature, but this thing makes my screen light dance most of the time. There's no physical/BIOS switch ...
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'Prefix not set' error installing Ubuntu x86_64

I'm trying to install Ubuntu instead of Fedora on my Lenovo V570 laptop and I'm having issues with the disk. I downloaded the x86_64 version of the Ubuntu ISO from ...
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Control keyboard LEDs

I have an IdeaPad G560 and it has a bunch of LEDs on the keyboard. I would like to use some of these. Where should I look for files controlling these? There's no led directory in /proc/acpi (where it ...
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How to export contact information and/or photos out of my cellphone?

My cellphone is M300 by Samsung. I was wondering how to export contact information and/or photos from my cellphone to my laptop (Lenovo T400 Ubuntu 10.10) or a flash drive, on both hardware and ...
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Unable to install XP or Win 7 Starter or even Ubuntu 10.10 on Lenovo Ideapad S10-3

I bought Lenovo IdeaPad S10. Loved it.. But it got very slow over time. So, I decided to install Ubuntu netbook edition on it. So, I formatted it.. And after that, it is not letting me install any OS, ...
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External ThinkpadKeyboard's Thinkvantage and Mic-Mute-Keys in Ubuntu 9.10

xev does not react to the pressing of the two button mentioned above. Thus xorg doesn't recognize them. How can I "enable" them? http://lenovoblogs.com/designmatters/?p=2364 - that's the keyboard
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Can't play sound in Ubuntu 8.04 in lenovo 3000 N200 laptop

Can't play sound in Ubuntu 8 in lenovo 3000 N200 laptop. I've tried various tricks in online forums and Q&A sites but didn't help. Please help