Thanks for the quick reply, David.
On Sunday 13 January 2013 10:57:58 David Hare wrote:
On 12/01/13 23:00, Glen Cunningham wrote:
G'day All, Is there a Trinity Live CD/DVD with kernel => 3.5 ?? Thanks, Glen
Is that a need for some specific hardware?
Yes, the oldest kernel that supports the hardware (specifically the AMD graphics card) is 3.5.
The (unofficial) ExeGNU Debian Wheezy live image is at 3.0.4
Tried that - won't boot.
It has a remaster utility if anyone wants to try a rebuild. (linux-image-3.7 is now in Debian Experimental)
I'm not smart enough to do that. :-( Besides, the latest ExeGNU live CD won't boot, so the remaster utility cannot run.
There are other images for pclinuxos and fedora but I don't know what kernel is used there.
Tried all 3 "official" live CDs. None have a new enough kernel. I now have a fair selection of current Trinity Live CDs.
The hardware (Samsung 355E5C-A01) is not particularly new (got it fairly cheaply as an end-of-model-runout) but the AMD hardware did not get supported properly until kernel 3.5.
So far, the only live CD that boots and installs reliably is Mint-14, but as a GOF in little-kid mode, I want a TDE desktop.
I've searched the list archives and there are several mentions of installing Trinity on Mint but none are detailed enough for a GOF.
Glen