Other relevant information

output from lspci

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub (rev 09)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
00:1a.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 03)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 03)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 6 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 93)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation ICH9M LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E SATA AHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.6 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) Thermal Subsystem (rev 03)
04:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g (rev 01)
07:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5906M Fast Ethernet PCI Express (rev 02)

Last week I bought a new Lenovo G550 for my sister. It comes with an Intel Dual Core T4500 at 2.3 GHz with a 250Gb quiet hard drive. Memory where two times two Gb. The LED screen has a resolution of 1366 x 768 Pixel with an actual size of 39 cm (15,6″). The graphic card is a Mobile Intel GMA 4500M and the wireless card is a Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g. All in all the Laptop is well packages and sturdy. Most of the housing as a fine structure, such that you do not leave print marks all over it. The CPU fan only kicks in once in a while and does not bother too much.

Kubuntu 10.04.1

The system I bought came with freedos installed. I just popped in a Kubuntu 10.04.1 boot CD and pressed F12 to get to choose the CD drive. After that I selected as a boot option “nomodeset”, as this was advised in several forums, after the first try got me to a black boot screen. After the installation everything worked but for the wireless link. You need to install some firmware first. “sudo apt-get install bcmwl-kernel-source” will do the trick.

The graphics driver seemed somewhat slow, so I installed a snapshot of the new 1.9 Xorg from the xorg crack pushers PPA. Don’t let the name fool you, the packages are well build. After a reboot the system feels very speedy.

No more changes where necessary. Webcam, Ethernet, Sound and USB work right out of the box.