kubuntu & unbuntu

[alan c]

mf h wrote:
> I am trying to install kubuntu on a laptop computer made by www.uniwill.com The computer is a U50SI1 which I gather appears on their web site as a U40!
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> I had problems so I cam across an article that said install unbuntu first. 
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> so, I tried that.
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> unbuntu 8.04 hung in the middle of some acpi messages
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> ubuntu 7.04 & 6.10 got further; they both see, to seem to be having problems with the SIS  5513 IDE controller.
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> The exact place I get to in the sequence is random, which seems to be a consequence of this controller if I understand what the web is saying. It also seems to be starting up the USB controller & I get a number of USB messages, none of which look wrong to me.
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> I have tried adding a range of boot params such as 
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> all-generic-ide 
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> pci=noacpi
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> noapic
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> which I have had suggested by various boot sequences; none of these seem to have any effect.
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> http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-634063.html suggests that there is a kernel fix, but I am too much of a kubuntu novice to understand the solution if there is one.
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> Help greatly appreciated as my daughter needs kubuntu for her university course

I cannot help directly here, sorry. However, if you do not get a fast 
answer you might like to consider using the ubuntu forums also:
http://ubuntuforums.org/
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alan cocks
Kubuntu user#10391