tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455782214242472677.post877629528321758208..comments2024-03-14T20:55:21.709+09:00Comments on Janne In Osaka: A New Computer (Yet Again)Jan Morenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06834641501438709866noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455782214242472677.post-52363624754659549632012-08-19T22:38:45.619+09:002012-08-19T22:38:45.619+09:00Hi Jan
First of all,
The laptop got very hot aft...Hi Jan <br /><br />First of all,<br />The laptop got very hot after the installation. so I went into the bios and changed graphics from NVIDIA to Integrated. (I tried Discrete, but I never reached the logon window of ubuntu .. )<br /><br />Now the laptop remains the same temperature level as it had with the Windows installation it came with. <br /><br />I hope the bumblebee can help here, enabling graphics card, without burning of the laptop :)<br />I will look into this later. For now everything works.<br /><br /><br />I know virtual box comes with some tools to copy the content of one virtual disk into another file. I did this on my old thinkpad, when my installation was on a fixed size .vdi file that turned out to be too small. No clue if this will work from a partition to a .vdi file.<br /><br />My Uni provided the win7 iso file. So I decided to do the installation from scratch.<br /><br />My ubuntu is 64bit and so is the vbox and the win7 iso.<br />in order to install win7 in 64 bit, it was necessary to enable visualization under the tab "Security" in the bios <br /><br />I created a fixed size .vdi file for windows 7 64 bit of 50 GB<br />In Vbox settings -> motherboards I set 4096 MB ram as base memory and enabled IO APIC<br /><br />Under Display--> Video I enabled 2D and 3D acceleration and set videomemory to 256MB (which appears to be max)<br /><br />under Storage, I clicked my virtual disk (.vdi which is listed under SATA controller) And enabled Solid State Drive.<br /><br /><br />Then Booted my win7 iso file, did the installation<br />Installed Guest additions.<br /><br />downloaded the Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.1.18-78361.vbox-extpack and installed it in order to gain USB support in windows.<br /><br /><br /><br />I havent had issues with once-a-day freezing ... But I used the OEM win 7 for the first couple of weeks, so the ubuntu installation is still young :)<br /><br />Jakobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01639516613676308510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455782214242472677.post-87700660036642975742012-08-19T21:05:56.298+09:002012-08-19T21:05:56.298+09:00Hi Jakob!
I've just today managed to take a p...Hi Jakob!<br /><br />I've just today managed to take a picture of the machine, so I'll finally post about the machine soon ^_^<br /><br /><br />* mini display port: never tried it. Don't have anything I could connect to it as far as I know. The analog VGA port works fine though.<br /><br /><br />* How did you install Win 7? Did you use the licence you got with the computer? Do you have any pointers for doing this - it'd be useful to have occasionally, I thought, but I have no experience at all on how to do it in practice.<br /><br />* Any problem with once-a-day freezing? If you do, installing the 3.4 version kernel will fix it. There was a kernel update just a few days ago that might have fixed it, though I haven't tried it yet myself.<br />Jan Morenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06834641501438709866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455782214242472677.post-14575435692350902622012-08-19T21:01:15.456+09:002012-08-19T21:01:15.456+09:00Hi Jan,
Jakob here again.
I got a very successfu...Hi Jan, <br />Jakob here again. <br />I got a very successful 12.04 installation running w. a virtual box of win7 fulfilling what I need ( so far ). <br /><br />I want to hear if you had any success in using the mini display port?<br /><br />the best<br />Jakob.Jakobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01639516613676308510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455782214242472677.post-11994184685216593442012-07-19T05:47:01.367+09:002012-07-19T05:47:01.367+09:00:) I will look forward to read about that.
Jakob:) I will look forward to read about that.<br /><br />JakobJakobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01639516613676308510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455782214242472677.post-66411356285917555612012-07-18T20:59:33.989+09:002012-07-18T20:59:33.989+09:00I'm going to post about it later, but briefly,...I'm going to post about it later, but briefly, you want to use "relatime" and "discard" as a parameter for the SSD drive in /etc/fstab (I think Ubuntu actually uses relatime by default); and I also put /tmp and the firefox cache on a RAM disk.Jan Morenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06834641501438709866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455782214242472677.post-9133440564430134882012-07-18T20:01:52.824+09:002012-07-18T20:01:52.824+09:00Nice, I will look into Bumblebee.
I will finally ...Nice, I will look into Bumblebee. <br />I will finally receive my T430 tomorrow. <br /><br />What have you done for extending life of your SSD? <br /><br />- JakobJakobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01639516613676308510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455782214242472677.post-2622053685239125422012-06-17T15:12:27.140+09:002012-06-17T15:12:27.140+09:00I think support will be OK. "Bumblebee" ...I think support will be OK. "Bumblebee" is a system for switching graphics adapters that seems to work fine. And NVIDIA just this week released a new Linux driver that adds support for the 5400M card, and the driver is already part of the bleeding-edge X package repository.<br /><br />I wanted the card mostly for the CUDA/OpenCL support actually. Don't know when I'll have time to play with it though.Jan Morenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06834641501438709866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455782214242472677.post-55557672503328895072012-06-17T08:35:59.747+09:002012-06-17T08:35:59.747+09:00So nice to read!!! I am planning to buy the same l...So nice to read!!! I am planning to buy the same laptop, and also throw ubuntu on it. I am looking into the graphics card as well, since I will be looking at some proteinstructures. So I would be very interested in reading how you are finding the linux support for graphics :)<br /><br />Best Regards JakobJakobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01639516613676308510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455782214242472677.post-85564448598973281702012-06-16T23:33:46.100+09:002012-06-16T23:33:46.100+09:00George, I use Linux for a lot of different reasons...George, I use Linux for a lot of different reasons. But perhaps the main one is that like you, and like most people, I'm used to the OS I normally use. <br /><br />I know my way around, I have my set of favourite applications, and I know how to deal with pretty much any trouble that can arise. Even if I had no other reason to stick with Linux (and I have plenty), just the simple fact that I know it already would be more than enough. The same thing applies to most Windows and OSX users too.<br /><br />I find dual booting nearly useless; it's just too much hassle. This time around I will try to install Windows 7 on a virtual machine - I already paid for the license after all - and perhaps this time I will actually use it for something.Jan Morenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06834641501438709866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455782214242472677.post-17567329250734288842012-06-16T23:24:28.916+09:002012-06-16T23:24:28.916+09:00Yesterday I did some router rotation with my uncle...Yesterday I did some router rotation with my uncle and while trying on my netbook (it was his) I updated ubuntu (11.04 to 11.10), that reminded me of you. Sadly, I use it very seldomly.<br /><br />I've passed on my computer avocation and nowadays I can do everything on a simple PC. Not playing much anymore (did a Flightsim X hop yesterday, though)and I limit myself to browsing and listening to music (sadly, foobar 2k, the player I use is windows/mac only).<br /><br />Dual booting is interesting, but I find myself going to Windows just 95% of the time...<br /><br />Having finished studies for a while, I want to revive my OM-1 again.Georgenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455782214242472677.post-15111255482294890632012-06-09T09:23:37.803+09:002012-06-09T09:23:37.803+09:00Doug, thanks for that link.
Dual booting is not g...Doug, thanks for that link.<br /><br />Dual booting is not going to happen, I think. I don't want anything except Ubuntu on the SSD, and I doubt I could put Windows onto a non-bootable disk. <br /><br />Also, rebooting is a lot more hassle than just firing up a VM, and I'll just end up never doing it. I had Windows XP dual boot on my previous work computer and I never, ever used it - it was easier to walk over and use one of the lab computers than to close down everything I was working on, rebooting into Windows, rebooting back into Linux then try to pick up my work again.<br /><br />You approach seems worth trying. The one thing that may be a real problem is that I think I got the Japanese version of Windows 7 and it's not clear if the iso linked to in the article will actually accept such a license key.Jan Morenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06834641501438709866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455782214242472677.post-19060769137650626682012-06-09T02:17:20.898+09:002012-06-09T02:17:20.898+09:00"the OS install and license will not let me r..."the OS install and license will not let me relocate it to other media. "<br /><br />I've been battling with a desktop rebuild since a Dell MB went west. The Windows 7 OEM license install is quite happy to run on a new MB and HD, which surprised me. Ars Technica <a href="http://arstechnica.com/features/2012/06/blowing-away-bloatware-a-guide-to-reinstalling-windows-on-a-new-pc/" rel="nofollow">has</a> a long explanation of why this works in Win 7. So I think you could probably move Windoze to the HD, though for a couple uses per year it hardly seems worth the effort. <br /><br />Also I find the latest Ubuntu has a Windows installer which installs Ubuntu and configures the system for dual-boot.. couldn't be easier. Very nice. I might just give up on Windows..Doug Khttp://dkretzmann.blogspot.com/2008/08/vista-wireless-networking.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455782214242472677.post-62475614292477532012012-06-08T23:22:29.259+09:002012-06-08T23:22:29.259+09:00"Well, Valve have said they'll release a ..."Well, Valve have said they'll release a Steam client for Linux this year, so that might keep you knee deep in games anyway. "<br /><br />And just in case my boss reads my blog, let me assure you that this exciting fact has nothing <i>at all</i> to do with my decision to get a discrete graphics card this time around. Nothing at all, I assure you. Nope.Jan Morenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06834641501438709866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455782214242472677.post-65443537700858935802012-06-08T23:19:15.027+09:002012-06-08T23:19:15.027+09:00Well, Valve have said they'll release a Steam ...Well, Valve have said they'll release a Steam client for Linux this year, so that might keep you knee deep in games anyway.Richard Carlssonhttp://hem.bredband.net/richardc/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455782214242472677.post-76488565810979200952012-06-08T23:11:23.189+09:002012-06-08T23:11:23.189+09:00I'd use Windows about once or twice per year a...I'd use Windows about once or twice per year at most; I certainly don't want to give any scarce space on the SSD to it. And a comment on G+ indicates that the OS install and license will not let me relocate it to other media. <br /><br />No, I'll just erase it, as usual.Jan Morenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06834641501438709866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455782214242472677.post-44931408068505677052012-06-08T23:07:19.768+09:002012-06-08T23:07:19.768+09:00Regarding the pre-installed Windows system: just r...Regarding the pre-installed Windows system: just resize the partition and dual boot. I've futzed around with virtualization before, and it's not worth the hassle. You won't be rebooting that often anyway that the act of choosing system will be an annoyance. (At least if suspend/resume works as it should under Linux.) It might come in handy for some gaming, so just run it native. You have plenty of disk anyway, so you should give it room enough for some big installations. I guess you'll have a system partition on the SSD and a user partition on the spinning metal. It might be tricky to move the system partition to the secondary disk, but it could be a possibility for saving the SSD for better things.Richard Carlssonhttp://hem.bredband.net/richardc/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455782214242472677.post-542647083708761522012-06-08T23:03:03.743+09:002012-06-08T23:03:03.743+09:00My plan was to get a computer much like yours: 8Gb...My plan was to get a computer much like yours: 8Gb and 128Gb SSD. It was only when the Ethernet died and I checked the Lenovo site this morning that I noticed their "all night sale", and could get twice the memory, an extra drive and NVIDIA graphics for the same price.<br /><br />I'm not complaining - this machine is bound to be very useful for Humble Indie Bundle^X^X^X^X Serious Research Activities Without Any Eye-Catching Graphics At All.Jan Morenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06834641501438709866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455782214242472677.post-26788715192065069842012-06-08T22:49:41.288+09:002012-06-08T22:49:41.288+09:00I've had my current work laptop, an HP Compaq ...I've had my current work laptop, an HP Compaq 8510p, for 3+ years; the best thing I did was to upgrade it to 128GB SSD and 8GB RAM almost 2 years ago. Since then, I've felt little need to upgrade. It's got a 15'' 4x3 matte screen at 1680x1050, which is hard to beat these days without losing vertical resolution. And it weighs about 3kg, making it useful in battle.Richard Carlssonhttp://hem.bredband.net/richardc/noreply@blogger.com