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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/15/2014 11:53 AM, Ian Bruntlett
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I'm refurbishing an old Dell Dimension 2400. Whilst it
has other, non-lubuntu, issues, I can confirm that the
GUI is fine. Details:-<br>
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Dell Dimension 2400<br>
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768MiB RAM<br>
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Intel Pentium 4 2.8GHz<br>
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hostname banks<br>
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Graphics: Intel 82845G/GL, kernel module i915<br clear="all">
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<div>BW,<br>
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<div>Ian<br>
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All: <br>
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I posted this information for bug #1385920, but it may be useful for
this e-mail list to see it. <br>
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<p>The problem with the Dell DX-1100 machine is a different
problem from this one.</p>
<p>Some release later than release 12.04, the Intel graphics on
this machine performed poorly (jagged graphics gradients,
a.k.a. tearing), and even the Java Web-Start (IcedTea) logo
window failed to work on 13.10 & 14.04.</p>
<p>Because of this, I took steps to use a different graphics
card (a NVIDIA geForce 6200), in place of the Intel graphics
that appeared to have been abandoned by Linux. Where the Dell
DX-1100 machine has no AGP port, I used a PCI version of the
NVIDIA card. To make it work, I had to set the BIOS to do
"AUTO" graphics card selection, rather than using the on-board
(Intel) graphics.</p>
<p>That worked, and I have been using it for some time. However,
that particular machine I have been using for my 12.04 LTS
system testing, so I stopped testing newer systems on it.</p>
<p>In collecting more information regarding this problem, I
discovered that the Lubuntu 14.04 live CD system would not
boot on this machine, which was a big surprise, since I
thought this was only a problem with 14.10.</p>
<p>In experimenting with this machine, using different system
levels, I discovered that if I used the Intel graphics card
(setting the BIOS to use the 'onboard' graphics), the 14.10
live USB systems would not only boot, but that the problems
with the Intel graphics have been corrected. I tried this with
both Lubuntu 14.10 and ubuntuMATE 14.10, both of which worked
with no problems (as long as I didn't try to use the NVIDIA
PCI graphics card).</p>
<p>That was indeed a very pleasant surprise, for which I would
like to thank the developers profusely! The Intel graphics <u>has
not</u> been abandoned, but is now supported, and has been
fixed! So I can take out the NVIDIA card, and everything will
now be fine (well, I had a bit of a struggle getting my
Windows partition to go back to using the Intel graphics, but
I succeeded).</p>
<p>I do still have the problem of the Lubuntu 14.10 live system
not booting on my Compac Deskpro 933 megahertz machine, which
only has its very old Intel graphics).</p>
<p>The problem I posted for the Dell DX-1100, is actually a
problem where if you boot the Live-DVD 14.10 system (both
Lubuntu and ubuntuMATE), using a PCI (not AGP) NVIDIA card,
with the BIOS graphics selection set to 'AUTO', it apparently
goes ahead and uses the onboard (Intel) graphics card (which
has no monitor connected to it), and ignores the NVIDIA PCI
graphics card (which the monitor is connected-to).</p>
<p>It would be nice if this would work (since the NVIDIA has
better resolution), but I can work-around the problem by just
using the Intel graphics card.</p>
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