Lenovo hardware

Hi All,

I could get almost all the hardware working fine for my Lenovo on my Lenny.

It was just an update of the latest Gnome and also an update of the latest alsa-base for sound.

One last thing that is partially working is the touchpad which does not work for a tap.

But this is not a big show stopper.

So no need to fret.

Take care all,
Ananth S Gouri

Lenny on Lenovo

Hi All,

After nearly one month on Ubuntu and its derivatives, I could install Debian Lenny on my new laptop Lenovo z460.

Problem:

My SATA CD ROM / DVD ROM was not detected and I used to get the error : No common CD ROM drives available.

This was like a huge problem and I could not install Debian through any of these CD/DVD sources.

Finally after googling for about 3 to 4 hours - I could figure out and get out of the problem.

Solution:

In the bios settings for SATA - my computer assembler had set the settings to "compatible".

I just changed this from compatible to AHCI. Thats it.

But now the new thing is,  I cant boot Windows 7  or XP. But for me getting Lenny working was a bigger priority and I would not bother much for my Gates breakage.

Thanks & Take care,
Ananth S Gouri