Re: [ubuntu-uk] dig out your old computers...

2012-03-16 Thread Liam Proven
On 3 March 2012 22:51, Phill Whiteside phi...@ubuntu.com wrote: Hiyas, Yeah, for the testing of lubuntu [1] [2] We need some 128Mb RAM machines [2] . These are needed for non PAE chipsets as well. We need to know if the none PAE system install actually will work. We only have one with

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dig out your old computers...

2012-03-16 Thread Colin Law
On 16 March 2012 17:10, Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com wrote: ... Just FYI - I downloaded burned Lubuntu 12.04 beta 1 x86-32 today. I can't install it on my main Lubuntu box. Ubiquity crashes consistently - 3 reboots, 3 times. It makes no odds if I choose an update, include or exclude updates

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dig out your old computers...

2012-03-16 Thread Liam Proven
On 16 March 2012 17:17, Colin Law clan...@googlemail.com wrote: On 16 March 2012 17:10, Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com wrote: ... Just FYI - I downloaded burned Lubuntu 12.04 beta 1 x86-32 today. I can't install it on my main Lubuntu box. Ubiquity crashes consistently - 3 reboots, 3 times. It

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dig out your old computers...

2012-03-16 Thread Liam Proven
On 16 March 2012 17:52, Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com wrote: On 16 March 2012 17:17, Colin Law clan...@googlemail.com wrote: Did you do a check on the CD to make sure it was downloaded and burnt correctly?  Last time I had crashes during install I burned a new CD and it was ok. I let

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dig out your old computers...

2012-03-16 Thread Liam Proven
Working beautifully now. Fast, smooth, looks good. First reboot with kernel 3.2.0-18 caused it to reset but it's worked fine since then. All updates installed fine, as did lubuntu-restricted-extras - although with much whinging about libavcodecs53 being removed. A whole ton of packages were

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dig out your old computers...

2012-03-16 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Liam, The non-startup sound was following a discussion of getting rid of anything not really required :) Glad you're enjoying it. Regards, Phill. On 16 March 2012 19:19, Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com wrote: Working beautifully now. Fast, smooth, looks good. First reboot with kernel

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dig out your old computers...

2012-03-16 Thread alan c
On 16/03/12 17:52, Liam Proven wrote: I let Brasero do a checksum it said no errors - but I didn't download the separate MD5sum or whatever it's called, no. with old machines and old CD drives, a CD self check (from the boot menu) has the advantage of also implicitly checking the drive

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dig out your old computers...

2012-03-16 Thread Liam Proven
On 16 March 2012 20:49, alan c aecl...@candt.waitrose.com wrote: On 16/03/12 17:52, Liam Proven wrote: I let Brasero do a checksum it said no errors - but I didn't download the separate MD5sum or whatever it's called, no. with old machines and old CD drives, a CD self check (from the boot

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dig out your old computers...

2012-03-05 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi, I've no oblections to Gmane being added to lubuntu-qa. on none-pae, there is an active email (on lubuntu-qa) and a live forum thread ( http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1924455 ) Using the mini-iso is the way that is being done, so you would be able to use the steps to install any of

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dig out your old computers...

2012-03-04 Thread alan c
On 03/03/12 22:51, Phill Whiteside wrote: Hiyas, Yeah, for the testing of lubuntu [1] [2] We need some 128Mb RAM machines [2] . These are needed for non PAE chipsets as well. We need to know if the none PAE system install actually will work. We only have one with actual hardware as yet,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dig out your old computers...

2012-03-04 Thread Andres Muniz
- Mensaje original - On 03/03/12 22:51, Phill Whiteside wrote: Hiyas, Yeah, for the testing of lubuntu [1] [2] We need some 128Mb RAM machines [2] . These are needed for non PAE chipsets as well. We need to know if the none PAE system install actually will work. We

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dig out your old computers...

2012-03-04 Thread Jim Price
On 03/03/12 22:51, Phill Whiteside wrote: Hiyas, Yeah, for the testing of lubuntu [1] [2] We need some 128Mb RAM machines [2] . These are needed for non PAE chipsets as well. We need to know if the none PAE system install actually will work. We only have one with actual hardware as yet, the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dig out your old computers...

2012-03-04 Thread Piskie
On 04/03/12 19:56, Jim Price wrote: On 03/03/12 22:51, Phill Whiteside wrote: I have some old machines. How do I tell if they are non PAE? Try running this in a terminal sudo dmidecode |grep PAE If it has the PAE flag it'll show up I believe. regards piskie -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dig out your old computers...

2012-03-04 Thread Jim Price
On 04/03/12 20:18, Phill Whiteside wrote: grep pae /proc/cpuinfo flags : fpu tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse syscall mmxext 3dnowext 3dnow up ts The above output shows a CPU that does have PAE support. If the command returns nothing, then the CPU does

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dig out your old computers...

2012-03-04 Thread Bruno Girin
On 04/03/12 22:23, Jim Price wrote: On 04/03/12 20:18, Phill Whiteside wrote: grep pae /proc/cpuinfo flags : fpu tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse syscall mmxext 3dnowext 3dnow up ts The above output shows a CPU that does have PAE support. If the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dig out your old computers...

2012-03-04 Thread Paul Broadhead
Phill Whiteside wrote: Yeah, for the testing of lubuntu [1] [2] I have a Thinkpad X31 that is non pae. It does have over 1GB RAM however so does not tick all your boxes. Anyhow, I download the latest lubuntu beta-1 and created a bootable USB. Unfortunately, this failed to boot with the same

[ubuntu-uk] dig out your old computers...

2012-03-03 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hiyas, Yeah, for the testing of lubuntu [1] [2] We need some 128Mb RAM machines [2] . These are needed for non PAE chipsets as well. We need to know if the none PAE system install actually will work. We only have one with actual hardware as yet, the others are doing it via VM. We are also

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dig out your old computers...

2012-03-03 Thread alan c
On 03/03/12 22:51, Phill Whiteside wrote: Hiyas, Yeah, for the testing of lubuntu [1] [2] We need some 128Mb RAM machines [2] . These are needed for non PAE chipsets as well. We need to know if the none PAE system install actually will work. We only have one with actual hardware as yet,