Yep, I get a black screen and can't even run live off the USB stick. :(
Here's lspci:
noordinaryspider@ThinkPad-T61:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory
Controller Hub (rev 0c)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960
Integrated Graphics Controller (primary) (rev 0c)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated
Graphics Controller (secondary) (rev 0c)
00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82566MM Gigabit Network
Connection (rev 03)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI
Controller #4 (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI
Controller #5 (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI
Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio
Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1
(rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2
(rev 03)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 3
(rev 03)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 4
(rev 03)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 5
(rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI
Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI
Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI
Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI
Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev f3)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HEM (ICH8M-E) LPC Interface
Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE
Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801HM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA
Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller (rev
03)
03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan]
Network Connection (rev 02)
15:00.0 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev ba)
15:00.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev
04)
16:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros AR5416 Wireless Network Adapter
[AR5008 802.11(a)bgn] (rev 01)
noordinaryspider@ThinkPad-T61:~$ ^C
This is a workhorse, but not my only workhorse, so I greatly appreciate
David's advice on keeping her out of the landfill and usable for some, but
not all, of my day to day life needs.
Of course I fixed grub this morning so it would boot straight to 3.14 without
holding down the shift key. Even I am not that lazy. ;)
Triskel is actually running quite nicely in Aqemu on my (family's shared)
desktop now. I'm not a huge fan of KDE4, but LXDE installed just fine and I
can live with that so I have my playtoy now even though it's virtual and not
physical. ;)
After a good night's sleep, I think the biggest problem is my ego. I'm in a
different place in life than I was ten years ago when I enjoyed being an
early adaptor.
The laptop isn't the only one who's getting old, and I'm probably better off
accepting the gifts of time and expertise that Rueben, Jason, and the rest of
you are offering me. My own energies might be better spent on the forums
answering those time consuming newbie questions that can get repetitive, but
are only boring if you don't allow yourself to see the unique, individual
human stories behind each outwardly identical post.
So many of my contemporaries are at a place where they reply to my own simple
questions with, "My son told me to tell you to tell your son to just buy you
an iPad."
At least I don't live in that world. :D
Thank you for taking the time to answer my questions in a respectful manner
that will help me to stay free.
