Yes, that could be the problem, or gOS tries to use the wrong video driver, you might want to try the safe video mode boot option. Maybe doing that will also use less RAM, if its a shared memory system (video uses system RAM).
On 29 sep, 17:52, justscott5 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I tried to run the newest gOS as a live CD on an old 2 GHz Compaq > laptop with 256 MB of ram. I get the gOS splash page, which gives way > to a plain green screen on which I can move the cursor around. But, > after that I get what's mostly a grey screen. It seems to try to load > what must be a gadget in the upper left corner of the screen. But, > it's simply a white rectangle, that sometimes disappears after a few > minutes. And then that's about it. I'm never able to see the gOS > desktop or do anything except hit the power button and turn the laptop > off. > > The CD works on my beefier desktop machine, so I know that the CD is > fine. The laptop is under the gOS minimum RAM requirements, but not > by much. Could that be the problem? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gOS Linux" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/goslinux?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
