Re: [left-uncompleted] installing xubuntu on Acer Veriton 2800
I have decided to turn the computer off after running disk check for close 24 hours, and let her warranty Mob deal with the hard drive issue :( dud number 2 :( -- tom_a_sparks It's a nerdy thing I like to do Please use ISO approved file formats excluding Office Open XML - http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html 3 x (x)Ubuntu 10.04, Amiga A1200 WB 3.1, UAE AF 2006 WB 3.X, Sam440 AOS 4.1.2 Wanted: RiscOS system, GEOS system (C64/C128), Atari ST, Apple Macintosh (68k/PPC only) --- On Mon, 27/6/11, Tom Sparks tom_a_spa...@yahoo.com.au wrote: From: Tom Sparks tom_a_spa...@yahoo.com.au Subject: Re: [Solved I think] installing xubuntu on Acer Veriton 2800 To: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com, Chris Robinson fabricat...@yahoo.com Received: Monday, 27 June, 2011, 1:30 AM --- On Sun, 26/6/11, Chris Robinson fabricat...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Chris Robinson fabricat...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [Solved I think] installing xubuntu on Acer Veriton 2800 To: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com Received: Sunday, 26 June, 2011, 11:02 PM - Original Message From: Tom Sparks tom_a_spa...@yahoo.com.au To: Chris Robinson fabricat...@yahoo.com Cc: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Sun, 26 June, 2011 10:04:06 PM Subject: re: [Solved I think] installing xubuntu on Acer Veriton 2800 Xubuntu 11.04 works, I think the CD is reporting itself as xubuntu 10.04 (strange) That's odd, I recently installed Xubuntu and it seemed to be reporting as 11.04. In what area did it say it was 10.04? near the Ubuntu CD Image Automatic Signing Key, i'll have to check when check disk finishes if ever Glad it seems to be working for you however. gparted has reported the hard drive has bad sectors in NTFS filesystem :( Noo! You Microsoft bastards me strangle the air, where is my Windows XP CD.. Actually, bad sectors may be indicating a problem with the hard drive. It would really pay to look at the Smart status of the drive and keep close tabs on it. Also do regular backups of any important data. I hope is not another dud computer for her (first dud was RAM corruption issue) :( do these centrelink/job networks give out dud computers? Chris -- tom_a_sparks It's a nerdy thing I like to do Please use ISO approved file formats excluding Office Open XML - http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html 3 x (x)Ubuntu 10.04, Amiga A1200 WB 3.1, UAE AF 2006 WB 3.X, Sam440 AOS 4.1.2 Wanted: RiscOS system, GEOS system (C64/C128), Atari ST, Apple Macintosh (68k/PPC only) -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
re: [Solved I think] installing xubuntu on Acer Veriton 2800
--- On Sun, 26/6/11, Chris Robinson fabricat...@yahoo.com wrote: You could try Lubuntu or Xubuntu 11.04 just to see if the problem is still there in an 11.04 kernel. Lubuntu is a little light for me, but it might be perfect for a P4 machine if it works. Xubuntu 11.04 works, I think the CD is reporting itself as xubuntu 10.04 (strange) gparted has reported the hard drive has bad sectors in NTFS filesystem :( Noo! You Microsoft bastards me strangle the air, where is my Windows XP CD.. found it, now run chkdsk /p waiting, waiting. Chris. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: [Solved I think] installing xubuntu on Acer Veriton 2800
--- On Sun, 26/6/11, Chris Robinson fabricat...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Chris Robinson fabricat...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [Solved I think] installing xubuntu on Acer Veriton 2800 To: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com Received: Sunday, 26 June, 2011, 11:02 PM - Original Message From: Tom Sparks tom_a_spa...@yahoo.com.au To: Chris Robinson fabricat...@yahoo.com Cc: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Sun, 26 June, 2011 10:04:06 PM Subject: re: [Solved I think] installing xubuntu on Acer Veriton 2800 Xubuntu 11.04 works, I think the CD is reporting itself as xubuntu 10.04 (strange) That's odd, I recently installed Xubuntu and it seemed to be reporting as 11.04. In what area did it say it was 10.04? near the Ubuntu CD Image Automatic Signing Key, i'll have to check when check disk finishes if ever Glad it seems to be working for you however. gparted has reported the hard drive has bad sectors in NTFS filesystem :( Noo! You Microsoft bastards me strangle the air, where is my Windows XP CD.. Actually, bad sectors may be indicating a problem with the hard drive. It would really pay to look at the Smart status of the drive and keep close tabs on it. Also do regular backups of any important data. I hope is not another dud computer for her (first dud was RAM corruption issue) :( do these centrelink/job networks give out dud computers? Chris -- tom_a_sparks It's a nerdy thing I like to do Please use ISO approved file formats excluding Office Open XML - http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html 3 x (x)Ubuntu 10.04, Amiga A1200 WB 3.1, UAE AF 2006 WB 3.X, Sam440 AOS 4.1.2 Wanted: RiscOS system, GEOS system (C64/C128), Atari ST, Apple Macintosh (68k/PPC only) -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: installing xubuntu on Acer Veriton 2800
--- On Fri, 24/6/11, Chris Robinson fabricat...@yahoo.com wrote: How much RAM do you have? Acer shipped some of these units with a really stingy amount of RAM, like 256Mb or even 128Mb. If this is the case I can offer some suggestions about how to get the machine working with a 'buntu distro. RAM: 2Gb this the error message I get acer-wmi: no or unsupported wmi interface I also tried disabling apci with apci=off no luck screensaver works :) I have booted Knoppix, it works, I read the how to installing to hard drive and said F*** THAT tom Chris. - Original Message From: Tom Sparks tom_a_spa...@yahoo.com.au To: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Fri, 24 June, 2011 5:49:54 PM Subject: installing xubuntu on Acer Veriton 2800 I am attempting to install xubuntu 10.04 on Acer Veriton 2800 the live CD (10.04) stalls/crash just before the gui loads, but the mouse cursor is displayed i've just left the computer on, the monitor went into power saving mode when I move the mouse the xubuntu background image is displayed, but with no menu bar -- tom_a_sparks It's a nerdy thing I like to do Please use ISO approved file formats excluding Office Open XML - http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html 3 x (x)Ubuntu 10.04, Amiga A1200 WB 3.1, UAE AF 2006 WB 3.X, Sam440 AOS 4.1.2 Wanted: RiscOS system, GEOS system (C64/C128), Atari ST, Apple Macintosh (68k/PPC only) -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
re: installing xubuntu on Acer Veriton 2800
- Original Message From: Tom Sparks tom_a_spa...@yahoo.com.au To: Chris Robinson fabricat...@yahoo.com Cc: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Sat, 25 June, 2011 4:21:23 PM Subject: Re: installing xubuntu on Acer Veriton 2800 RAM: 2Gb this the error message I get acer-wmi: no or unsupported wmi interface _ It might be related to this bug in lauchpad: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/586391 You should add information to the bug if possible. I have booted Knoppix, it works, I read the how to installing to hard drive and said F*** THAT You could try Lubuntu or Xubuntu 11.04 just to see if the problem is still there in an 11.04 kernel. Lubuntu is a little light for me, but it might be perfect for a P4 machine if it works. Chris. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
installing xubuntu on Acer Veriton 2800
I am attempting to install xubuntu 10.04 on Acer Veriton 2800 the live CD (10.04) stalls/crash just before the gui loads, but the mouse cursor is displayed i've just left the computer on, the monitor went into power saving mode when I move the mouse the xubuntu background image is displayed, but with no menu bar -- tom_a_sparks It's a nerdy thing I like to do Please use ISO approved file formats excluding Office Open XML - http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html 3 x (x)Ubuntu 10.04, Amiga A1200 WB 3.1, UAE AF 2006 WB 3.X, Sam440 AOS 4.1.2 Wanted: RiscOS system, GEOS system (C64/C128), Atari ST, Apple Macintosh (68k/PPC only) -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: installing xubuntu on Acer Veriton 2800
How much RAM do you have? Acer shipped some of these units with a really stingy amount of RAM, like 256Mb or even 128Mb. If this is the case I can offer some suggestions about how to get the machine working with a 'buntu distro. Chris. - Original Message From: Tom Sparks tom_a_spa...@yahoo.com.au To: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Fri, 24 June, 2011 5:49:54 PM Subject: installing xubuntu on Acer Veriton 2800 I am attempting to install xubuntu 10.04 on Acer Veriton 2800 the live CD (10.04) stalls/crash just before the gui loads, but the mouse cursor is displayed i've just left the computer on, the monitor went into power saving mode when I move the mouse the xubuntu background image is displayed, but with no menu bar -- tom_a_sparks It's a nerdy thing I like to do Please use ISO approved file formats excluding Office Open XML - http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html 3 x (x)Ubuntu 10.04, Amiga A1200 WB 3.1, UAE AF 2006 WB 3.X, Sam440 AOS 4.1.2 Wanted: RiscOS system, GEOS system (C64/C128), Atari ST, Apple Macintosh (68k/PPC only) -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
