Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Minimal Install Problem
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.itwrote: 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 :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
Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Minimal Install Problem
On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 5:11 AM, Yorvyk yorvik.ubu...@googlemail.comwrote: 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 Thanks, I ended up using Wary (from Puppy Linux) and was able to get it running. Not the most elegant solution, but it works. It will probably never get used anyway. My friend just wanted something for his father to use when he hangs around his office. He was going to buy something else so I decided to see if I could get Lubuntu on it. Thanks for the XKCD too. Perfect! I love this one: http://xkcd.com/149/ :) 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
Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Minimal Install Problem
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 :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 ___ 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
Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Minimal Install Problem
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.itwrote: 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 :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 ___ 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 ___ 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
