Lenovo ThinkStation P360 Workstation Tower User Guide

Ubuntu 22.04 Linux Setup Guide

For ThinkStation P360 Tower, Tiny

Section 1 -­ BIOS Configuration

The first step before installing Linux is to make sure the system BIOS is setup correctly.

• Boot into BIOS by pressing the function F1 key at the “Lenovo” splash screen.

• Tab over to the Security tab and select “Secure Boot”.

• Check whether Secure Boot is disabled. If found enabled, disable it.

• Save changes by pressing F10 function key.

Section 2 ­- Installing Ubuntu Linux 22.04 LTS

Please refer to the following instructions and screenshots on how to install Ubuntu 22.04 LTS on the Lenovo ThinkStation P360.

• Insert the Ubuntu 22.04 LTS installation media (either through USB or CD/DVD)
• Power on the system and press the F12 function key whenever the following Lenovo splash screen appears.
  
• Select the Linux bootable installation media from the F12 boot menu list.
  
• Select “Ubuntu” from the GRUB boot menu and press enter.

• Select the “Install Ubuntu” option on the welcome screen.

• Select the appropriate keyboard layout and language and press “Continue”.
  
• Select “Normal Installation” and press “Continue”.
  Optional: “Install third-part software…”

• Choose the installation type. For simplicity, this guide was done using “Erase disk and install Ubuntu”
  
• Select “Continue” to confirm changes will be made to the disk.

• Choose the appropriate geographical location and select “Continue”.

• Fill out the appropriate information and select “Continue”.

• Ubuntu installation progress bar will be shown.
  
• Once the installation completes, select “Restart now”.

• Remove the installation media and press enter.
  
• User will land on the Ubuntu Desktop Screen.

Section 3 ­- Installing the Nvidia Graphics Driver

To get optimal performance out of the Nvidia GPU, it is a good idea to install the Nvidia graphics driver.

• To make sure the Nvidia GPU is working, open the terminal and write the command nvidia-smi.

In case Nvidia GPU is not native, follow the steps below to install the GPU driver:

• Open Software & Updates.

• Click on Additional Drivers
  
• Select the driver you would like to install and click Apply Changes

• After that system will ask to restart, click Restart.
  

In case you desire to install a specific Nvidia driver please follow the next steps:

• Download the latest Nvidia graphics driver for the appropriate Nvidia GPU from www.nvidia.com/download
• To get the Nvidia driver running, we will need to blacklist the nouveau driver. Follow the steps below:
  o Log in as root: sudo su
  o Open blacklist.conf file: gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
  o Blacklist nouveau driver by writing: blacklist nouveau
  
• Run the command: update-initramfs -u

• Reboot the system: reboot
  o Once your system reboots, open a terminal window and:
  o Log in as root: sudo su
  o Run the command: apt-get update
  
• Install gcc: apt-get install gcc

• Install make: apt-get install make
  
• Install linux-headers: apt-get install -y linux-headers*

• Stop x-windows by using the command: init 3
  
• Log in as root and redirect to the directory where the Nvidia driver is located.

• Make the Nvidia installer an executable by the command- chmod +x NVIDIA-Linux-x86-64-* And run the Nvidia driver by- ./NVIDIA-Linuxx86_64-430.50.run

• Select Continue installation.

• Wait until the kernel modules are completely built.
  
• Select Yes for installing 32-bit compatibility libraries.

• Wait until the installation is complete.
  
• Select Yes to run nvidia-xconfig utility to automatically update your X configuration file.

• Select OK once the X configuration file gets updated successfully.
  
• Execute the following command to verify the Nvidia driver is loaded: nvidiasmi

• Reboot the system.

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