Re: [Trisquel-users] 32 bit T8 netinstall on older Thinkpad(s)

2017-11-14 Thread masonhock
This reminded me that when I installed Flidas via the text installer I did not have the screen at which to select a DE like in the Belenos text installer. After the install I had just a black screen. I didn't think to try Ctrl+Alt+F7 so I just reinstalled using the graphical installer, after

Re: [Trisquel-users] 32 bit T8 netinstall on older Thinkpad(s)

2017-11-14 Thread i_write_words
Working backward from hubris: installing (and actually learning) network-manager now since my personal preference of wicd-gtk isn't ready yet and I want to see what my lower end hardware (Thinkpad T-43 and EeePCs) think of a minimalist install before I attempt to get a DE to load. To clari

[Trisquel-users] 32 bit T8 netinstall on older Thinkpad(s)

2017-11-12 Thread i_write_words
I'm finally typing from a shiny new Flidas install on my Thinkpad T61. This has been a bit of a comedy of errors, but it seems painfully obvious in retrospect and so I wanted to share. Much as I hoped my problem was with unetbootin and/or the disk creator utility on T7, nothing changed afte