[ltp] Re: x201s experience?

Gervase Markham linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Fri, 29 Jul 2011 11:22:24 +0100


On 29/07/11 11:01, linux-thinkpad-request@linux-thinkpad.org wrote:
> But, I've been having a lot of stability problems. Part of this is
> probably some hardware issue -- see the earlier thread about my flaky
> wireless kill switch. But in addition to that, I'm having a lot of
> random freezes, X crashes (this might be related to plugging in an
> external monitor?), and resume failures. Maybe these are all related
> to the same underlying electrical issue, and all I need to do is
> convince the warranty people to fix that (or eBay this one and buy
> another).

If the X201s is anything like the X220 in terms of what's inside, it,
then perhaps what I did to get X working may be of help:
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installing_Ubuntu_10.10_%28Maverick_Meerkat%29_on_a_ThinkPad_X220

Gerv