On 31 May 2014 21:46, Gareth France <gareth.fra...@gmail.com> wrote: > I doubt you'd find 2gb in a pentium 4. I'll install Lubuntu or Xubuntu and > see how that goes.
You don't actually need to re-install, just install lubuntu-desktop and then select it from the logon screen. Run memtest for a few hours first though, if that fails then nothing will work. Colin > > > On 31 May 2014 21:31, Colin Law <clan...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On 31 May 2014 21:16, Gareth France <gareth.fra...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > This Thunderbird issue is doing my head in! It now tells me I have >> > emails >> > that don't exist! I suppose asking it to run Ubuntu could be taxing the >> > hardware and causing an overheat. I'll take a look tomorrow. >> >> I have just looked back and realised this is the thread about the old >> PC, I don't think we know yet how much RAM it has, crashing could be >> caused by not enough. If less than 1GB then no hope of running Unity >> I think, ideally at least 2GB. >> >> Colin >> >> > >> > >> > On 31 May 2014 21:11, Colin Law <clan...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> On 31 May 2014 08:44, Gareth France <gareth.fra...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > Sorry for the late reply guys. For some reason as yet unexplained >> >> > Thunderbird decided to tell me I had unread emails but wouldn't >> >> > display >> >> > them! It's not running slowly at all, it just freezes at random >> >> > points >> >> > forcing you to power-cycle. I will be taking another look at it later >> >> > on >> >> > today. I may try a re-install with one of the other flavours, we'll >> >> > see. >> >> >> >> Do you mean that the machine is absolutely frozen? No mouse, >> >> Ctrl+Alt+F1 does nothing, etc? >> >> Have a look in /var/log/syslog to see if there are any messages before >> >> the freeze. >> >> If nothing there then it could well be a hardware issue, overheating >> >> possibly, or PSU for example. Try booting into memtest and leave it >> >> running for a few hours and see if it freezes then or shows errors. >> >> >> >> Colin >> >> >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > On 30 May 2014 15:47, Pete Smout <smoutp...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On May 30, 2014 9:57 AM, "George DiceGeorge" >> >> >> <dicegeo...@hotmail.com> >> >> >> wrote: >> >> >> > >> >> >> > as its an older machine try xubuntu? >> >> >> > http://xubuntu.org/getxubuntu/ >> >> >> > [g] >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > -----Original Message----- From: Gareth France Sent: Friday, 30 >> >> >> > May, >> >> >> > 2014 07:07 To: UK Ubuntu Talk Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Constant >> >> >> > crashing >> >> >> > I recently installed Ubuntu on a friends computer as it was >> >> >> > running >> >> >> > painfully slowly with Windows. It is an older machine and >> >> >> > xxxxxxxxxx >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > -- >> >> >> > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com >> >> >> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk >> >> >> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >> >> >> >> >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> >> >> On that age of machine I would consider lubuntu or xubuntu or even >> >> >> crunchbang (not a *buntu but Debian based lightweight Openbox os, >> >> >> hope >> >> >> I >> >> >> don't break any list rules straying from *buntus) >> >> >> >> >> >> Also look at how much RAM the machine has, it can be picked up for a >> >> >> few >> >> >> pounds now ! >> >> >> >> >> >> Regards >> >> >> >> >> >> Pete S >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com >> >> >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk >> >> >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > -- >> >> > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com >> >> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk >> >> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >> >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> >> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com >> >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk >> >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com >> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk >> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >> > >> >> -- >> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
