Hi Yonatan, On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 06:40:53AM +0200, Jonathan Ben Avraham wrote: > I was not able to get any version of Debian to install on this > laptop,
Not even (kernel v3.2 based) Debian Wheezy (testing)? > so I ended up installing Mint, using a 240GB SSD instead of > the original HD. It boots in less than ten seconds. What kernel version does your Mint installation uses? baruch > On Tue, 28 Aug 2012, sara fink wrote: > > >Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2012 13:58:33 +0300 > >From: sara fink <sara.f...@gmail.com> > >To: Jonathan Ben Avraham <y...@tkos.co.il> > >Cc: Diego Iastrubni <elc...@kde.org>, linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > >Subject: Re: [YBA] Lenovo z580 BIOS setup horror story > > > >About CPM, I didn't have so good experience with them. I have a fujitsu > >siemens. when it was in warranty, it was several times at CPM. One time they > >were supposed to replace the screen and they didn't, even although in the > >report they > >claimed they changed it. I complained about to the service abroad. > > > >I hope that they will take care of your laptop. Next time, I strongly > >suggest to make a list of hardware + serial numbers. Lenovo doesn't have > >other service except CPM? It's quite surprising. Asus has service at IBM > >labs. at least > >this is the agreement between bug (who imports asus) and ibm. > > > >On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 11:24 AM, Jonathan Ben Avraham <y...@tkos.co.il> > >wrote: > > Hi Diego, et, al. > > I called the local Lenovo service. The contact info on > > > > http://www.lenovo.com/contact/xe/en/index_il.html > > > > Indicates that +972-3-531-3900 is the telephone number for Lenovo > > warranty and repair service. However, at that number there is only a voice > > recording that the telephone number was changed to *6557 or 03-914-2800. > > > > So I called 03-914-2800 and received *another* number: 1-809-258990. > > At that number a recorded female voice speaking Hebrew with a very heavy > > French accent instructed me which button to press. I pressed "1" and spoke > > with > > Ahmed in heavily Arabic accented Hebrew who patiently listened to my > > complaint and wrote down the details and asked me to wait a minute while he > > called someone. After a minute Ahmed returned and asked me to verify his > > summary of my complaint. He then gave me a service ticket number and > > asked me to send the laptop to "CBM" at Menachem Begin 37, Tel Aviv. After > > some searching and thinking I realized that this "CPM", > > http://www.cpm-israel.com/. Most importantly, Ahmed gave me the > > telephone number of CPM, 03-718-3700, which I could not otherwise find any > > listing for, especially not on their web site. > > > > I called CPM, who told us to deliver the laptop to Fedex at Givat > > Shaul in Jerusalem. We sent the laptop to Fedex at Givat Shaul in Jerusalem > > and they refused to accept it. We called CPM to tell them that Fedex told > > us that > > they have not been working with CPM for the past six months. CPM > > called Fedex and then asked us to send the laptop back to Fedex Givat > > Shaul. Fedex accepted the laptop late Sunday and is now in the process of > > transporting > > it to Tel Aviv. > > > > I will update you as soon as we receive confirmation from CPM that the > > laptop arrived. > > > > I visited Machsanei Hashmal and explained the problem to them, > > emphasized that I had no complaint against them and that for Windows users > > the model would probably be just fine but warned them not to sell the Z580 > > to anyone > > who looks nerdy. > > Regards, > > > > - yba > > > > > > > > On Mon, 27 Aug 2012, Diego Iastrubni wrote: > > > > Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2012 21:18:22 +0300 > > From: Diego Iastrubni <elc...@kde.org> > > To: linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > > Subject: Re: [YBA] Lenovo z580 BISO setup horror story > > > > On יום ראשון, 19 באוגוסט 2012 22:37:24 Jonathan Ben Avraham > > wrote: > > Dear Colleagues, > > I recently purchased a Lenovo Z580 Ideapad from Macsanei > > Hashmal. > > > > I replaced the 750GB HD with a 240GB SSD and installed > > Squeeze. The > > installation succeeded but I was unable to log out - had > > to hold power > > button to force off. > > > > Same story with Wheezy. > > > > Installed Ubuntu 12.04. Seemed to work fine but I am too > > old to deal wuth > > Unity, so I installed Mint Xfce. > > > > After installing Mint I am not able to get into the BIOS > > setup menu no > > matter what I press, either the main power key or the > > "recovery" key, > > whether F2 or F12, I always get to a limited boot menu > > that is not > > editable. > > > > If I connect an ethernet cable, it tries to PXE, then TFTP > > boot until I > > press escape - not so secure. > > > > Can't find the CMOS battery if there is one and can't find > > service > > documentation that would tell me where it is. > > > > Re-installed the original 750GB HD and booted into Windows > > 7 Home Edition. > > Downloaded new BIOS from support.lenovo.com but it wont > > install. > > > > > > ... and? Is it working now? What have you done? > > > > I assume this list is full os Lenovo users, and a FAIL is very > > important to hear. -- http://baruch.siach.name/blog/ ~. .~ Tk Open Systems =}------------------------------------------------ooO--U--Ooo------------{= - bar...@tkos.co.il - tel: +972.2.679.5364, http://www.tkos.co.il - _______________________________________________ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
