Install Ubuntu On Hp Touchsmart Tm2 Tablet

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I'm trying to set up a dualboot Win8/Linux on my HP tablet (touchsmart tm2-1050ez).However, when I'm finished setting it all up, after a few more reboots, I'm not able to boot to Linux anymore, as I keep getting the error

BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 23s! [swapper/0:1]

over and over again right after GRUB. I've left it sit for an hour, only to retrieve a screenful of these messages (only varying slightly in the time it's been stuck). Even recovery mode won't work.

So far I've tried Fedora 17, Ubuntu 12.10 and most recently Mint MATE 14, all of which have died in this exact fashion within a day of the original setup.

I've googled the problem, but all I could come up with was to run a BIOS update, which I already did and didn't help anything.

Help would be much appreciated.

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Please add acpi=off noapicHp compaq dc7900 manual. to your boot parameters. It will disable any ACPI functions (that is the system that controls your dynamic speed fans, the power button behavior, sleep states, etc.). This verifies if your problem is related to energy functions.

Mat

Hp Touchsmart Tm2 1100

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Edit Grub-Boot-Line and append to kernel-line:

to get information about when getting stuck (which module(s) loaded just before stuck).

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How To Install Ubuntu On Hp Touchpad

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This has happened to me before. I was trying to install Linux on my Acer x64 bit laptop and I ran into those same issues. I didn't want to install, Ubuntu for Netbooks or install the Tablet version, wanted the actual Linux on my system. I honestly think installing regular Ubuntu or Fedora is too robust for tablet hardware and it isn't tested well on those machines since it's not too robust, especially the CPU and motherboard architecture is different although it says its x64 bit compatible.

Install Ubuntu On Hp Touchsmart Tm2 Tablet

Try looking at this distro:

Puppy linux is lighter and you get full command line access.

Install Ubuntu On Hp Touchsmart Tm2 Tablet Driver

Also take a look at this before you download the .iso file

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Hp Touchsmart Tm2

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