On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 12:22 PM, Todd Zuercher <zuerc...@embarqmail.com> wrote:
> Is there a trick to installing Linuxcnc/Wheezy on an older single core > computer? > > I have a machine that has been happily running Linuxcnc for some time on > an older Linuxcnc Ubuntu 10,04 install. > It is an older P4 2.8gHz cpu (single core) with 1G memory and works > reasonably well with Lucid. This PC is a little bit special in that it has > some ISA slots on the motherboard and 1 ISA card is used by Linuxcnc to > interface with the machine. > > I have tried several times to test or install the newer Linuxcnc/Wheezy > iso. But it boots and runs painfully slow, and neither the latency tests or > Linuxcnc will open. Trying to start Linuxcnc from the command line tells me > nothing. > > Any ideas why this machine refuses to work with the newer version? > It's gotta be video drivers... can you run it in single user mode? Can you switch to teh text coinsole (Ctrl-Alt-F1 (or 2 or 3)). Do you see the graphical desktop at all? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
