21 May
2013
21 May
'13
7:03 p.m.
greetings.
i was given a used but fairly recent (though it still said "ibm"
not "lenovo") desktop machine with a 1024x768 lcd, which i thought i
would fix up for a disabled neighbor. it has XP on it, but my
neighbor used to program in C and so i thought i'd make it a
dual-boot machine. it has two 3gHz pentium processors and a batch of
memory. it's old enough that i figured i'd put trinity-ubuntu 10.10
on it. i boot from the CD, and i get the usual dab of text messages
during boot, but then -- nothing. screen goes and stays dark, in
auto-sleep. machine and monitor work fine on windows side, but i
can't get trinity to install. i can go ahead and give it to him with
windows, but would rather offer both, because he'll like linux
better.
ideas?
--
dep
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21 May
21 May
7:04 p.m.
New subject: [trinity-users] another little issue
Try installing a more recent operating system than ubuntu's unsupported 10.10
On 21 May 2013 15:03, dep <dep(a)drippingwithirony.com> wrote:
greetings.
i was given a used but fairly recent (though it still said "ibm"
not "lenovo") desktop machine with a 1024x768 lcd, which i thought i
would fix up for a disabled neighbor. it has XP on it, but my
neighbor used to program in C and so i thought i'd make it a
dual-boot machine. it has two 3gHz pentium processors and a batch of
memory. it's old enough that i figured i'd put trinity-ubuntu 10.10
on it. i boot from the CD, and i get the usual dab of text messages
during boot, but then -- nothing. screen goes and stays dark, in
auto-sleep. machine and monitor work fine on windows side, but i
can't get trinity to install. i can go ahead and give it to him with
windows, but would rather offer both, because he'll like linux
better.
ideas?
--
dep
The shortest distance between you and great fingerstyle
guitar playing? The new instructional DVDs from Marjorie
Thompson, available now at www.MarjorieThompson.com
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10:53 p.m.
New subject: [trinity-users] another little issue
Hi!
PCLinuxOS has great support for both older and newer computers. It works great on my
Thinkpad A31p, which is much older than a dual-core computer.
Do you know about thinkwiki.org?
Have a nice day!
-Alexandre
Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 15:04:55 -0400
From: mutantturkey(a)gmail.com
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Subject: Re: [trinity-users] another little issue
Try installing a more recent operating system than ubuntu's unsupported 10.10
On 21 May 2013 15:03, dep <dep(a)drippingwithirony.com> wrote:
greetings.
i was given a used but fairly recent (though it still said "ibm"
not "lenovo") desktop machine with a 1024x768 lcd, which i thought i
would fix up for a disabled neighbor. it has XP on it, but my
neighbor used to program in C and so i thought i'd make it a
dual-boot machine. it has two 3gHz pentium processors and a batch of
memory. it's old enough that i figured i'd put trinity-ubuntu 10.10
on it. i boot from the CD, and i get the usual dab of text messages
during boot, but then -- nothing. screen goes and stays dark, in
auto-sleep. machine and monitor work fine on windows side, but i
can't get trinity to install. i can go ahead and give it to him with
windows, but would rather offer both, because he'll like linux
better.
ideas?
--
dep
The shortest distance between you and great fingerstyle
guitar playing? The new instructional DVDs from Marjorie
Thompson, available now at www.MarjorieThompson.com
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10:57 p.m.
New subject: [trinity-users] another little issue
On Tuesday 21 May 2013 14:53:48 you wrote:
Hi!
PCLinuxOS has great support for both older and newer computers. It
works great on my Thinkpad A31p, which is much older than a dual-core
computer.
Top poster :-(
It could be a real smp box, two cpus..not cores ?
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Peace,
Greg
11:55 p.m.
New subject: [trinity-users] another little issue
said Greg Madden:
| It could be a real smp box, two cpus..not cores ?
it indeed has two cpus -- was a very expensive computer when it was gotten.
as to the thinkwiki suggestion -- this is a desktop-case server, not a
thinkpad.
--
dep
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22 May
22 May
12:45 a.m.
New subject: [trinity-users] another little issue
On Tuesday 21 May 2013 15:55:25 you wrote:
said Greg Madden:
| It could be a real smp box, two cpus..not cores ?
it indeed has two cpus -- was a very expensive computer when it was
gotten.
as to the thinkwiki suggestion -- this is a desktop-case server, not
a thinkpad.
Model # of box would help. Boot with Knoppix or equal and see what the
hardware, lshw or lspci.
--
Peace,
Greg
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