Henriolavi
Mon Sep 15, 2014 2:59:43 pm
Lenovo IdeaPad G50-30 is an economical solution to have a new laptop (notebook) with full capability to run Zorin 9 Core / Educational or Ultimate. There are good interfaces and peripherals like Usb 3.0 port, SD card reader, CD/DVD R/W drive and full keyboard which are not often available in the lowest priced laptops (250 €). The architecture is 64 bit with Intel dual core Celeron (R) CPU N2830 @2,16 GHz. 4Gb RAM and 500Gb Seagate HDD.
However it does not run all things (Zorin 9 ) out of the box requiring some "post install configurations" as follows:
To get WiFi internal (or WiFi USB adapter) working requires folloving:.
Removing the ideapad_laptop module
sudo rmmod ideapad_laptop
for working after reboot:
echo "blacklist ideapad_laptop" | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-ideapad.conf
Source: praseodym (german) ubuntu-forum.de
To get brightness controll working following backlight configuration file has to be installed:
Open a terminal and create the following configuration file, if it does not exist:
sudo touch /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf
Now we need to edit this file. You can use any editor be it a terminal one or graphical.
sudo gedit /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf
Add the following lines to this file:
Section "Device"
Identifier "card0"
Driver "intel"
Option "Backlight" "intel_backlight"
BusID "PCI:0:2:0"EndSection
Save it. Log out and log in back. The brightness control should be working through function keys now:
Source: It's F.O.S.S , itsfoss.com
After these config changes and additions all is working fine (from syst.settings and function keys). This apply also to Ubuntu 04,14 LTS and to other Lenovo G50 laptops and other make with intel backlight display control.
However it does not run all things (Zorin 9 ) out of the box requiring some "post install configurations" as follows:
To get WiFi internal (or WiFi USB adapter) working requires folloving:.
Removing the ideapad_laptop module
sudo rmmod ideapad_laptop
for working after reboot:
echo "blacklist ideapad_laptop" | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-ideapad.conf
Source: praseodym (german) ubuntu-forum.de
To get brightness controll working following backlight configuration file has to be installed:
Open a terminal and create the following configuration file, if it does not exist:
sudo touch /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf
Now we need to edit this file. You can use any editor be it a terminal one or graphical.
sudo gedit /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf
Add the following lines to this file:
Section "Device"
Identifier "card0"
Driver "intel"
Option "Backlight" "intel_backlight"
BusID "PCI:0:2:0"EndSection
Save it. Log out and log in back. The brightness control should be working through function keys now:
Source: It's F.O.S.S , itsfoss.com
After these config changes and additions all is working fine (from syst.settings and function keys). This apply also to Ubuntu 04,14 LTS and to other Lenovo G50 laptops and other make with intel backlight display control.