Hi all, Last night I took a 2GB RAM, 2006 Compaq laptop, and used the Debian 7.4.0 to put Wheezy on it. It went almost as smoothly as the first one, but...
* Half way thru the install for 64 bit it told me there were no suitable kernels. Even though the laptop identifies as a 64 bit 2 core under System Rescue CD, I re-installed using the 32 bit network install, got a choice of several kernels, and chose a 686 pae kernel. It worked perfectly. * Iceweasel didn't play Youtube videos right away. I had to install nonfree flash to get it to play. I'm not sure, but I might have had to reboot. Anyway, it was pretty straightforward. * Skype was much easier to install because the OS was 32 bit * No matter what I did, I just couldn't get the Broadcom wifi to work. So I installed lshw, performed lshw, and there was no mention of wifi. Then I remembered I'd removed the laptop's Broadcom wifi card a year ago, and hadn't replaced it. Time for a wifi dongle. :-) This laptop is now surprisingly peppy, considering it's 7 years old and has only 2GB of RAM. Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt * http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140319164808.0fec8736@mydesk
