Good ol' UNRELIABLE Lubuntu :(

Sat Jun 14 05:48:15 UTC 2014

2014-06-14 05:42, c. marlow skrev:
> On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 4:31 PM, Israel <israeldahl at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 06/13/2014 03:02 PM, Nio Wiklund wrote:
>>> 2014-06-13 21:26, c. marlow skrev:
>>>
>>> Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     E7500  @ 2.93GHz
>>>
>>>      *-memory
>>>           description: System Memory
>>>           physical id: 19
>>>           slot: System board or motherboard
>>>           size: 2GiB
>>>         *-bank:0
>>>              description: DIMM 800 MHz (1.2 ns)
>>>              physical id: 0
>>>              slot: A0
>>>              size: 2GiB
>>>              width: 64 bits
>>>              clock: 800MHz (1.2ns)
>>>
>>>            *-display
>>>                 description: VGA compatible controller
>>>                 product: GK107 [GeForce GT 640]
>>>                 vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
>>>
>>>            *-network
>>>                 description: Ethernet interface
>>>                 product: RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
>>> Controller
>>>                 vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
>>>
>>> -------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> This computer should run well with Lubuntu as well as with Xubuntu. You
>>> may need the boot option nomodeset (and or some other boot options) to
>>> get going, and if problems with the graphics card, you can try a
>>> proprietary nvidia driver.
>>>
>>> Hibernating, sleeping, screen locking and such modes can have problems
>>> in some computers. They might work better in Xubuntu than in Lubuntu. It
>>> is worth trying. Or you can try to tweak your system. These things can
>>> be hardware dependent, and it is hard to get a general system to work
>>> with all kinds of hardware combinations.
>>>
>>> It is often a good idea to have the newest version of BIOS.
>>>
>>> Best regards
>>> Nio
>>>
>>>
>> I agree with Nio... try searching for stuff related to your graphics:
>>
>> GK107 [GeForce GT 640]
>>
>> nomodeset is a good idea to test it!  I had some issues running Lubuntu
>> 13.10 on a computer until I used nomodeset... I think it also had NVidia
>> graphics... though I am not entirely sure.  Nouveau has come a long way,
>> but they work to support the newer cards, so sometimes, the older cards
>> have compatibility broken in order to make newer cards work right.
>>
>>
>> Otherwise,  2Gig is enough to run Xubuntu if you want to.  You can
>> always install the LXDE components, and art.  You can also add the
>> LXpanel to Thunar, and remove Xfce panel if you like.  I have run
>> LXPanel and Thunar together successfully (since Thunar has really good
>> volume management.. though PCManFm is catching up!)  Thunar is more
>> tolerable now, too since it has tabs (finally).
>>
>> You can easily install all the Artwork, like Rafael's awesome icons, and
>> the wallpapers, etc..
>>
>>
>>
>>
> 
> I never knew you could do that... Mix LXDE stuff with XFCE?
> 
> Delete the XFCE panel on first log in and add LXDE's to load at log in?
> but why would you mix LDXE stuff with XFCE stuff? I could see that
> being a nightmare when it comes to updating the system it wont know
> what OS it is. LOL. I guess YMMV ( Your Mileage May Vary)
> 
> oh and how would I do the no modeset thing?
> 
> Christopher
> 
2014-06-14 06:06, Israel skrev:> On 06/13/2014 10:42 PM, c. marlow wrote:
>> ...
>
>> I never knew you could do that... Mix LXDE stuff with XFCE? Delete the
>> XFCE panel on first log in and add LXDE's to load at log in? but why
>> would you mix LDXE stuff with XFCE stuff? I could see that being a
>> nightmare when it comes to updating the system it wont know what OS it
>> is. LOL. I guess YMMV ( Your Mileage May Vary) oh and how would I do
>> the no modeset thing? Christopher
>
> when you boot open up grub by holding down the SHIFT key after the BIOS
> screen shows up.
> Then edit the menu entry.  Look for the piece that says "quiet splash"
> and add nomodeset in.
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2
> has more info and more options :)
>
>
Hi Chris,

During installation add boot options (nomodeset and other boot options)
like this:

After selecting language you arrive at the main menu of the installer.
Click on F6

At the boot menu screen the options are

    Try Lubuntu without installing (in the desktop installer but not in
the alternate installer]
    Install
    ...

With the Install choice high-lighted press F6. (This option needs less
RAM than installing from 'Try Lubuntu')

A menu with a number of options appears. The option 'forcepae' is not
there, so press Escape to close the list.

Now a string of options is visible, often with 'quiet' or 'quiet splash
--' at the end. Add 'forcepae' to the string after the two dashes.

... quiet splash -- nomodeset

Press return, and the installation begins.

-o-

In an installed system, you should instead edit grub according to this link:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2/Setup#A.2BAC8-etc.2BAC8-default.2BAC8-grub

8. GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX

    Entries on this line are added to the end of the 'linux' command
line (GRUB legacy's "kernel" line) for both normal and recovery modes.
It is used to pass options to the kernel.

9. GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"

    This line imports any entries to the end of the 'linux' line (GRUB
legacy's "kernel" line). The entries are appended to the end of the
normal mode only.
        To view a black screen with boot processes displayed in text,
remove "quiet splash". To see the grub splash image plus a condensed
text output, use "splash".

Edit one of those entries (8. or 9.) to add nomodeset (one word), and
save the file

sudo nano /etc/default/grub

Finally, run

sudo update-grub

to make the change active (by putting it into /boot/grub/grub.cfg) and
reboot.

Good luck
Nio