On Mon, 14 Oct 2013 14:13:53 -0300, Carlos \"casep\" Sepulveda wrote:
> On 13 October 2013 14:43, Beartooth <[email protected]> wrote: >> I would like at least to establish whether the trouble is in >> F19, >> in me, or in my hardware. > > > Hi: > AFAIR that laptop has some Radeon 7500 or something like that. So that's > not helping. I'm sorry: I don't speak hardware. :-{ > What about open a TTY (alt+ctrl+f2) is the shell better there? Well, the font is back to normal, if not smaller; but it's so dim I can barely see it's there. (The brightness is at max.) > Have you > tested the memory with memtest+ ? No -- but I think I have a CD with it here somewhere, or can make one. Stay tuned. > I'm afraid that the lack of 3D rendering capabilities is killing you, > my son uses my old T43 and we're using Gnome but with the "Fallback" > mode, cause even with the i915 intel card it's dead slow. Well, the chief purpose of this laptop is to run proprietary software connected with a GPS -- preferably on a virtual XP. (Wine will usually install and launch, but not connect to a GPS.) Looks like I'd better upgrade <sigh>. Meanwhile, unless memtest offers surprises, I may try installing CentOS 6.4, and look for some other use, or give the machine away. I'd rather get the data off it first, though .... -- Beartooth Staffwright, Neo-Redneck Not Quite Clueless Power User Remember I have precious (very precious!) little idea where up is. -- users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
