[SOLVED] Help! I cannot bear Win 8.1 - Installing LL 2.2 on Lenovo U530?

[amandasabroad]

Here's the inxi-F output:

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linux@linux:~$ inxi -F
System:    Host: linux Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64 (64 bit) Desktop: Xfce 4.11.6 Distro: Ubuntu 14.04 trusty
Machine:   System: LENOVO product: 20289 version: Lenovo IdeaPad U530 Touch
           Mobo: LENOVO model: Plum 5A version: 31900058WIN Bios: LENOVO version: 7CCN62WW date: 11/13/2014
CPU:       Dual core Intel Core i7-4510U CPU (-HT-MCP-) cache: 4096 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx)
           Clock Speeds: 1: 754.00 MHz 2: 754.00 MHz 3: 754.00 MHz 4: 754.00 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Intel Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics Controller
           X.Org: 1.15.1 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) FAILED: nouveau Resolution: [email protected]
           GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Haswell Mobile GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 10.1.3
Audio:     Card-1: Intel Lynx Point-LP HD Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel Sound: ALSA ver: k3.13.0-24-generic
           Card-2: Intel Haswell-ULT HD Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel
Network:   Card-1: Broadcom BCM4352 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter
           IF: N/A state: N/A mac: N/A
           Card-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver: r8169
           IF: p2p1 state: down mac: c4:54:44:14:1e:0a
           Card-3: Atmel
           IF: N/A state: N/A speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: N/A
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 1024.1GB (0.1% used) 1: id: /dev/sda model: RTFMB016JGV2BWX size: 16.0GB
           2: id: /dev/sdb model: WDC_WD10SPCX size: 1000.2GB 3: USB id: /dev/sdc model: DataTraveler_3.0 size: 7.9GB
Partition: ID: / size: 496M used: 39M (9%) fs: overlayfs
RAID:      No RAID devices detected - /proc/mdstat and md_mod kernel raid module present
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 44.0C mobo: N/A gpu: 42.0
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes: 188 Uptime: 11:24 Memory: 429.7/7912.6MB Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 1.9.17

Here is inxi -F again, connected to ethernet cable now

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linux@linux:~$ inxi -F
System:    Host: linux Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64 (64 bit) Desktop: Xfce 4.11.6 Distro: Ubuntu 14.04 trusty
Machine:   System: LENOVO product: 20289 version: Lenovo IdeaPad U530 Touch
           Mobo: LENOVO model: Plum 5A version: 31900058WIN Bios: LENOVO version: 7CCN62WW date: 11/13/2014
CPU:       Dual core Intel Core i7-4510U CPU (-HT-MCP-) cache: 4096 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx)
           Clock Speeds: 1: 754.00 MHz 2: 754.00 MHz 3: 754.00 MHz 4: 2200.00 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Intel Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics Controller
           X.Org: 1.15.1 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) FAILED: nouveau Resolution: [email protected]
           GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Haswell Mobile GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 10.1.3
Audio:     Card-1: Intel Lynx Point-LP HD Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel Sound: ALSA ver: k3.13.0-24-generic
           Card-2: Intel Haswell-ULT HD Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel
Network:   Card-1: Broadcom BCM4352 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter
           IF: N/A state: N/A mac: N/A
           Card-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver: r8169
           IF: p2p1 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: c4:54:44:14:1e:0a
           Card-3: Atmel
           IF: N/A state: N/A speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: N/A
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 1024.1GB (0.1% used) 1: id: /dev/sda model: RTFMB016JGV2BWX size: 16.0GB
           2: id: /dev/sdb model: WDC_WD10SPCX size: 1000.2GB 3: USB id: /dev/sdc model: DataTraveler_3.0 size: 7.9GB
Partition: ID: / size: 496M used: 45M (10%) fs: overlayfs
RAID:      No RAID devices detected - /proc/mdstat and md_mod kernel raid module present
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 44.0C mobo: N/A gpu: 41.0
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes: 195 Uptime: 11:32 Memory: 591.7/7912.6MB Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 1.9.17

[altman]

Wonder if you happen to cannot connect to certain routers , what s your router .

[altman]

Thanx for input , might help one way or the other .

This is what s out for your wireless :

Network:  Card-1: Broadcom BCM4352 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter
          IF: N/A state: N/A mac: N/A

Sounds weird .

[amandasabroad]

Router is a hitron, wifi running through a Cisco switch

gonna go ahead with the install onto harddrive and see what work arounds can be done from there, seems like with what everyone has found so far it may be possible to get this card working

will post back after install is complete

[altman]

Ok cool , maybe someone can chimn in here also .

Will check on my side .

[altman]

Can you connect with wifi on your other installs or it s only with LL .

Ever put on these Terminal results in !

lspci | grep -i wireless
nm-tool
nmcli nm
sudo rfkill list

[altman]

Have a look at that thread : http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2258944

Hopefully it will work for you .

[amandasabroad]

Alrighty, on the LL installed on the HDD, booted into with Legacy mode, and installed updates/boot-repair

I went to GRUB Location tab, separate boot/efi partition was already ticked, and had the correct partition for the EFI in the dropdown, so I clicked apply . However, I got the following error:

The current session is in Legacy mode. Please reboot the computer, and use this software in an EFI session. This will enable this feature. For example, use a live-USB of Boot-Repair-Disk-64bit (www.sourceforge.net/p/boot-repair-cd), after making sure your BIOS is set up to boot USB in EFI mode.

Seems like boot-repair doesn't wanna play ball unless I'm already in EFI mode. Not sure how to proceed just yet. Should I try to go ahead as if there were no error, re-enable EFI in the BIOS, and see if both OS's show up?

Booting into legacy went smoothly at least

[gold_finger]

Alrighty, on the LL installed on the HDD, booted into with Legacy mode, and installed updates/boot-repair

Seems like boot-repair doesn't wanna play ball unless I'm already in EFI mode. Not sure how to proceed just yet. Should I try to go ahead as if there were no error, re-enable EFI in the BIOS, and see if both OS's show up?

Booting into legacy went smoothly at least

Alright -- that's the only thing I was afraid might happen with that method of trying to convert.  Oh, well -- at least I/we know for sure that won't work.

You'll need to follow directions for conversion shown on this Youtube video (which should work):  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOmZXxXPwBU

I only started looking at it after reading this (someone with my exact card 43b1 finding a solution):
http://ubuntu.aspcode.net/view/635400140...re-m17x-r5

Think it's worth a shot on my machine?

That article does appear to say that the driver installed by the "Install Drivers" program will work.  It can't hurt to give that a shot and see what happens.  Go ahead and run commands suggested by altman in post #29, which installs the same driver as "Install Drivers" from the Menu.

I would try this in Terminal , wonder if you have bcmwl-kernel-source installed ;

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install bcmwl-kernel-source

If that driver works, then all should be fine on reboot and that also means the chart we've been basing things on is not up to date because it lists your card as unsupported.

[amandasabroad]

I think I know where I went wrong: I rebooted after installing instead of running boot repair from the live cd, which is why I'm getting that error.

Reference:
http://www.tweaking4all.com/os-tips-and-...81-ubuntu/

When completed, click “Continue” and installation will start.
Ubuntu Setup – Installing ….
Installation, depending on your setting, can take a while, so this might be a good time to walk the dog or get a snack.

At the end of the process, Ubuntu will ask to reboot your computer – DO NOT REBOOT and stay in the Ubuntu Live environment. We still need to tweak a few things, because at this point your computer will boot straight into Windows again.

what I didn't doClick “Continue Testing“.

Step 7 – Getting Dual Boot Windows 8.x and Ubuntu to work

When we boot our computer at this point, it will go to Windows right away, which is not what you’d expect from “Dual Boot”. So we need to repair a few things.

Going to try running boot repair from the live usb instead of from the install. If you screwed up and rebooted anyway: reboot your computer and boot from the Ubuntu USB stick.

Thinking if I run it from the usb it may actually finish with no error.

After that, will run the drivers update as well