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Samsung Laptops Bricked by Booting Ubuntu 12.04/12.10 via UEFI, Kernel Patch Issued

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http://news.softpedia.com – People started reporting a few days back that trying to boot Ubuntu 12.04 or Ubuntu 12.10 on a few selected Samsung laptops would essentially brick them due to a conflict with UEFI boot. The laptops affected so far are NP300E5C, NP530U3C, NP700Z3C, NP700Z5C, NP700Z7C and NP900X4C from Samsung. This is just the tip of the iceberg because the Samsung driver is used by other laptops as well. Greg Kroah-Hartman, Linux kernel developer and maintainer, is one of the guys wh... (read more) (General)

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Submitted by netcastaustralia on 02/01/2013

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i've got 2 samsung laptops (Samsung NP550P5C-S01IN & Samsung NP350V5C-S06IN)

i've read it recntly that BOOTiNG linux in samsung laptops bricked them permanently (http://m.tech2.com/news/software/booting-linux-bricks-some-samsung-windo...)

i wish to install Ubuntu on both of these but i want to know if i can install ubuntu in any one of them without bricking them permanently.

From PC World:

http://www.pcworld.com/article/20268...g-laptops.html

So I have a Samsung Series 3:

samsung series 3 np365e5c-S03US

And I want to install Ubuntu, but I'm worried about the UEFI bug that the kernel has where other Series laptops have been bricking after. Anyone have this particular kind of laptop and know if it works or if I should wait til 13.04 for the new kernel?

[ubuntu] UEFI linux problem 13 weeks 2 days ago

Hi. The new version (link) of ubuntu fixed the bricking problem (link) that has been uncovered some Samsung laptops? Is it save to install ubuntu 12.10 or 12.04 in dual boot with windows 8 in a samsung laptop?

Thank you

I saw these laptops at the Ubuntu website.

http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/...ategory=Laptop

It says here that these laptops are certified by Ubuntu. It says that these laptops are certified. Particularly I am looking at the laptops with hybrid graphics, but how sure am I that these laptops will run well under Ubuntu? Is the driver pre-installed?

Just wanted to share a frustrating experience here with you all in the hopes of saving someone else from the same situation.

I was trying to migrate a Fedora 17 install between similar Lenovo laptops. I decided to use UEFI exclusively when I first installed Fedora 17 and was happy with how well it worked.

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Greg Kroah-Hartman is a Linux kernel maintainer, and head of the Linux Drivers Project. He is a Novell Fellow, and works on the SUSE distribution for that company. At the Linux Foundation, Kroah-Hartman has helped to compile the “Who Writes Linux?” survey for the past few years.

Malgrado il supporto di Linux a UEFI e al Secure Boot stia via via migliorando purtroppo non si può dire ancora perfetto, infatti ad alcuni utenti di notebook Samsung è capitato di mandare in brick (ossia rendere inservibili anche dal punto di vista prettamente hardware) i propri computer cercando di avviare Ubuntu. Il bug è stato segnalato sul bugtracker di Ubuntu e pare che qualcosa impedisca ad

Greg Kroah-Hartman has announced the immediate availability for download of Linux kernel 3.0.73 LTS.

The Linux developer and maintainer Greg Kroah-Hartman has made some small modifications, and has declared that this current version is the start of the stable review cycle for the 3.0.73 release.

Highlights of Linux kernel 3.0.73 LTS:

• An error is now provided when the thermal class fails