2008/7/13 Lisi <hantslug@???>:
> Has anyone had any success in installing Linux on an X55? Or of booting up
> from a Live CD?
>
> The second would appear to be well nigh impossible, so it is a somewhat vain
> hope that someone here might have done it. But it appears that the first,
> using installation via a none-Live installation medium, might just be viable.
>
> So, please, has anyone done it? If you have tried but failed, I would be
> grateful to know what you tried that failed.
>
> TIA
> Lisi
>
Searching the web seems to point at a problem with the network card drivers.
Can you disable the network card in the bios?
You need to disable the kernel module: 8139too.ko
You then need to recompile the 8139too.ko as directed here:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/140477
