HP Compaq nx9030 and 14.04.1

Ali Linx ali.linux at amjjawad.net
Tue Oct 7 04:00:26 UTC 2014


On 10/06/2014 04:13 PM, Nio Wiklund wrote:
>
> Hi Ali,

Hello Nio and everyone,
> I think you have another problem, not the PAE issue, maybe some hardware
> driver, that is somehow lost. If the PAE issue stops you, the computer
> will stop very early, not act like you described.

This is what I already know. However, I was confused when Alberto sent 
that bug report. I am confused now even more as I have tried Xubuntu 
12.04.4 and odd enough, the system is barely usable. Once I try to open 
Synaptic or Ubuntu Software Center to try the system before I give it 
back to its owner, the machine will be frozen and after some time, it 
becomes usable but so slow. If I want to run a command on Terminal and 
press "Tab" to finish the command to the end, the machine will be 
frozen. Everything is fine with Xubuntu 12.04.4 until I start doing 
something on Terminal or open Synaptic for example.

>
> Please specify the
>
> - graphics chip/card
> - wifi chip/card

Attached is the output of:
sudo lshw

>
> Can you run in text mode?
>
> Does it help with some more boot option, for example nomodeset? Try also
> the other suggested boot options (more than one each time is possible).

 From +4 years with the same graphics card, I have never faced any issue 
with that driver. It might be some other driver rather than the 
graphics. I don't really know. I haven't tried any other option (boot 
options).
>
> Best regards
> Nio

Thank you!

P.S.
I can tell that even Xubuntu 12.04.4 is very slow for that machine. It 
seems it needs something really lightweight. It has only one CPU (one 
core). That is why I started ToriOS. It is super light and it works with 
NON-PAE CPU by default. User just need to download and install the 
system, that is all. The only thing that is stopping me from using 
ToriOS is it is still under heavy development.


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