installing xubuntu on Acer Veriton 2800
Tom Sparks
tom_a_sparks at yahoo.com.au
Sat Jun 25 06:21:23 UTC 2011
--- On Fri, 24/6/11, Chris Robinson <fabricator4 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> How much RAM do you have? Acer
> shipped some of these units with a really stingy
> amount of RAM, like 256Mb or even
> 128Mb. If this is the case I can offer some
>
> suggestions about how to get the machine working with a
> 'buntu distro.
RAM: 2Gb
this the error message I get
"
acer-wmi: no or unsupported wmi interface
"
I also tried disabling apci with apci=off no luck
screensaver works :)
I have booted Knoppix, it works,
I read the how to installing to hard drive and said F*** THAT
tom
>
>
> Chris.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Tom Sparks <tom_a_sparks at yahoo.com.au>
> To: ubuntu-au at lists.ubuntu.com
> Sent: Fri, 24 June, 2011 5:49:54 PM
> Subject: installing xubuntu on Acer Veriton 2800
>
> I am attempting to install xubuntu 10.04 on Acer Veriton
> 2800
> the live CD (10.04) stalls/crash just before the gui loads,
> but the mouse cursor
> is displayed
>
> i've just left the computer on, the monitor went into power
> saving mode
> when I move the mouse the xubuntu background image is
> displayed, but with no
> menu bar
>
>
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