On 11/15/2014 04:02 PM, Aere Greenway wrote: > On 11/15/2014 11:53 AM, Ian Bruntlett wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm refurbishing an old Dell Dimension 2400. Whilst it has other, >> non-lubuntu, issues, I can confirm that the GUI is fine. Details:- >> >> Dell Dimension 2400 >> 768MiB RAM >> Intel Pentium 4 2.8GHz >> hostname banks >> Graphics: Intel 82845G/GL, kernel module i915 >> >> BW, >> >> >> Ian >> >> -- >> -- ACCU - Professionalism in programming - http://www.accu.org >> -- Free Software page - >> http://contactmorpeth.wikispaces.com/SoftwareToolkit >> -- My writing - https://sites.google.com/site/ianbruntlett/ >> >> > All: > > I posted this information for bug #1385920, but it may be useful for > this e-mail list to see it. > > The problem with the Dell DX-1100 machine is a different problem from > this one. > > Some release later than release 12.04, the Intel graphics on this > machine performed poorly (jagged graphics gradients, a.k.a. tearing), > and even the Java Web-Start (IcedTea) logo window failed to work on > 13.10 & 14.04. > > Because of this, I took steps to use a different graphics card (a > NVIDIA geForce 6200), in place of the Intel graphics that appeared to > have been abandoned by Linux. Where the Dell DX-1100 machine has no > AGP port, I used a PCI version of the NVIDIA card. To make it work, I > had to set the BIOS to do "AUTO" graphics card selection, rather than > using the on-board (Intel) graphics. > > That worked, and I have been using it for some time. However, that > particular machine I have been using for my 12.04 LTS system testing, > so I stopped testing newer systems on it. > > In collecting more information regarding this problem, I discovered > that the Lubuntu 14.04 live CD system would not boot on this machine, > which was a big surprise, since I thought this was only a problem with > 14.10. > > In experimenting with this machine, using different system levels, I > discovered that if I used the Intel graphics card (setting the BIOS to > use the 'onboard' graphics), the 14.10 live USB systems would not only > boot, but that the problems with the Intel graphics have been > corrected. I tried this with both Lubuntu 14.10 and ubuntuMATE 14.10, > both of which worked with no problems (as long as I didn't try to use > the NVIDIA PCI graphics card). > > That was indeed a very pleasant surprise, for which I would like to > thank the developers profusely! The Intel graphics _has not_ been > abandoned, but is now supported, and has been fixed! So I can take > out the NVIDIA card, and everything will now be fine (well, I had a > bit of a struggle getting my Windows partition to go back to using the > Intel graphics, but I succeeded). > > I do still have the problem of the Lubuntu 14.10 live system not > booting on my Compac Deskpro 933 megahertz machine, which only has its > very old Intel graphics). > > The problem I posted for the Dell DX-1100, is actually a problem where > if you boot the Live-DVD 14.10 system (both Lubuntu and ubuntuMATE), > using a PCI (not AGP) NVIDIA card, with the BIOS graphics selection > set to 'AUTO', it apparently goes ahead and uses the onboard (Intel) > graphics card (which has no monitor connected to it), and ignores the > NVIDIA PCI graphics card (which the monitor is connected-to). > > It would be nice if this would work (since the NVIDIA has better > resolution), but I can work-around the problem by just using the Intel > graphics card. > > -- > Sincerely, > Aere > >
Hi Aere, Are you booting from a CD/DVD or did you boot from a USB. There have been some issues with the new syslinux that I just recently started looking into. It is related to what Eric was dealing with trying to respin the ISO. I do not think it is possible to use the usb-creator to make it. This may have changed since then... however Nio has a great tool called mkusb that should work to do it, if I understand the problem correctly, as his program uses dd Of course if it is a CD/DVD then this is obviously not the issue. :) -- Regards
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