Re: [Dorset] Does anyone have an old PC with PCI and/or ISA slots in need of a new home?
Seeing as it's now Wednesday, I'm going to assume Hugh is very busy, so I'm not going to bother him with this. Any idea roughly what era of CPU is in the spare systems you have, Peter? Hamish On 9 December 2022 16:01:02 GMT, Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty wrote: >That's fairly convenient for me. > >I think more than one PCI slot is probably good enough, but it'd be good to >know roughly what kind of hardware they have eg Pentium 3-4 class harder, or >more like Pentium 2/equivalent? > >Either way, we should wait until Hugh has had a look too. > >Thanks :) > >Hamish > >On 09/12/2022 15:57, Peter Merchant via dorset wrote: >> I have three in the garage, two of which can go to a good home. None ISA, >> and I don't know offhand how many PCI slots. I just nicked a CD drive from >> one of them, and noticed in my collection a couple of old CD drives >> (Non-SATA). >> >> I live in Colehill, not far from the famous hamburger roundabout/junction. >> >> Peter >> >> >> On 09/12/2022 14:08, Hugh Frater wrote: >>> Hamish, >>> >>> I might well have something, let me have a look this weekend. >>> >>> Hugh >>> >>> On Fri, 9 Dec 2022 at 13:52, Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty >>> wrote: >>> Hi all, On our last call, someone was talking about older PCs being sat in a garage. As it turns out, it would be useful for me to have a system with 2+ PCI and/or ISA slots and/or an AGP slot for use with some older hardware. If anyone happens to have one they don't need, I'd be happy to pay for it/exchange it for some other stuff I have waiting to be listed on eBay. I could make a note of what those are here, but I'm not sure if that would constitute list spam :) Hamish -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2023-01-03 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk >> >> > > >-- > Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2023-01-03 20:00 > Check to whom you are replying > Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk > New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2023-01-03 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
Re: [Dorset] Kubuntu hanging
I think it's more likely that you have a bad display cable, perhaps? Hamish On 14/12/2022 12:28, Peter Merchant wrote: I seem to remember a discussion some time ago about changing screen firmware from NVidia to Nouveau. Is it possible that doing this would fix my problem? Peter( this time using his correct email address!) On 13/12/2022 21:50, Peter Merchant via dorset wrote: Just now when this occurred, I switched off the monitor, and after a few seconds switched it back on and the screen came back to life. So the problem isn't with Kubuntu, unless there is something in the graphics causing it. Maybe my screen is getting old. It's random because it didn't occur at all yesterday, and has happened a few times today. Peter On 11/12/2022 12:55, Peter Merchant wrote: If I leave my Kubuntu 20.04 for awhile, I have usually left Thunderbird and Vivaldi up, and when I come back and try and do something the computer goes off into never-never land, the screen goes blank, and I can hear the HD crunching, and it needs the power button hold down to shut it down. I think that this has happened after a boot up, if I have left it for awhile and I hit T'bird and Vivaldi one after the other to bring them up. Any thoughts on where I should look to track this problem? I am tempted to bleachbit the computer, or to replace Vivaldi with Opera on the offchance that Vivaldi is the cause. Cheers, Peter -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2023-01-03 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
Re: [Dorset] Kubuntu hanging
I seem to remember a discussion some time ago about changing screen firmware from NVidia to Nouveau. Is it possible that doing this would fix my problem? Peter( this time using his correct email address!) On 13/12/2022 21:50, Peter Merchant via dorset wrote: Just now when this occurred, I switched off the monitor, and after a few seconds switched it back on and the screen came back to life. So the problem isn't with Kubuntu, unless there is something in the graphics causing it. Maybe my screen is getting old. It's random because it didn't occur at all yesterday, and has happened a few times today. Peter On 11/12/2022 12:55, Peter Merchant wrote: If I leave my Kubuntu 20.04 for awhile, I have usually left Thunderbird and Vivaldi up, and when I come back and try and do something the computer goes off into never-never land, the screen goes blank, and I can hear the HD crunching, and it needs the power button hold down to shut it down. I think that this has happened after a boot up, if I have left it for awhile and I hit T'bird and Vivaldi one after the other to bring them up. Any thoughts on where I should look to track this problem? I am tempted to bleachbit the computer, or to replace Vivaldi with Opera on the offchance that Vivaldi is the cause. Cheers, Peter -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2023-01-03 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
