The recent xubuntu 14.04 release has made it much easier to install new
kernels on ageing Pentium Ms, which say they don't support PAE but in
fact do so without problem. An additional boot parameter (forcepae)
gets one going. I discovered that it was in principle possible to do
this on 12.10 to
I found out how to add a tag, and have now done as requested.
It wasn't very obvious being beneath the original comment rather than
nearer the top, and required an inquisitive click on the yellow symbol.
** Tags added: kernel-unable-to-test-upstream
** Description changed:
I am using an old
Would it be possible for you to test the latest upstream kernel? Refer
to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Please test the latest
v3.14 kernel[0].
If this bug is fixed in the mainline kernel, please add the following
tag 'kernel-fixed-upstream'.
If the mainline kernel does not fix
I can't run anything newer than 12.04 because support for my CPU has
been withdrawn. It doesn' t have the Physical Address Extension feature
(PAE) required.
The laptop will never have anything like the memory required to exceed
the addressing limit, but ubuntu in their wisdom have decided that
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
Ubuntu better. We need some more information from you before we can
start working on this bug.
Please run the following command which will attach necessary
information:
apport-collect BUGNUMBER
if you are using Karmic Koala
apport information
** Tags added: apport-collected staging
** Description changed:
I am using an old Sony TR1MP 32bit laptop, ubuntu 12.04 (the system is
not supported by later ubuntu versions).
I use a Micronet wireless USB dongle since the inbuilt wifi is very
slow, and is disabled
I did as requested. Note that I got the following error:
ERROR: hook /usr/share/apport/general-hooks/cloud_archive.py crashed:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apport/report.py, line 719, in
add_hooks_info
symb['add_info'](self, ui)
File
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