On Thu, 17 Nov 2011 09:03:38 -0500 Tim Bernhard <ohiom...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks Stephen, > > I found that to enter GRUB you simply press and hold SHIFT. I added the > parameter to the end of the the boot command and booted they system and it > did the same thing. Lubuntu splash and then the screen goes blank. > > > Tim > > On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 7:36 AM, Stephen Smally > <eco.st...@fastwebnet.it>wrote: > > > On 11/17/2011 04:49 AM, Tim Bernhard wrote: > > > > Hi Everyone, > > > > I'm, trying to resurrect an old Sony Vaio PCG-9401. This thing is an > > old Windose ME machine that came with AMD processor, 12GB hard drive and > > 64mb of RAM. I had a 128mb stick of pc-100 so I dropped that in to bring > > the RAM up to 192mb. I installed Lubuntu using the mini.iso. It took a > > while but the install completed. > > > > The problem is that after rebooting the system I get the following > > message: > > > > vt596_smbus 0000:00:07.4: SMBUS: Error: Host SMBus controller not > > enabled! - upgrade BIOS or use force=1 > > > > > > After that, the Lubuntu splash screen is briefly displayed and then the > > screen goes blank. > > > > Any ideas? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Tim > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop > > Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > > > try to enter into the grub (you have to hit some keys if it doesn't show > > up automatically, something like Canc, google for it), go on the line that > > says "L/Ubuntu * with Linux *" (* means the version of the system, 11.10 > > with linux 3 or so on), enter "e" (to edit the entry) and add force=1 after > > "quiet splash". > > > > this because the message says: > > > > upgrade BIOS or use force=1 > > > > This mean that you grub is too old for Lubuntu, you have to upgrade it, or > > you can add force=1 at the start to avoid the problem. > > if it works i will tell you how to make it persistent (by default when you > > edit an entry the changes you made aren't persistent). > > > > Stephen Smally > > > > P.S. sorry for the different font > > > It would appear there isn't really a solution for this problem, from what I've found googling. :( To cheer you up though, todays xkcd http://xkcd.org/ :) My only sugestion is to try the alternate install, rather than the minimal method. -- Yorvyk _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp