Ubuntu-mate 1504 incompatibility with Celeron CPU

[Pete Smout]

On 4 Aug 2015 23:03, Ernest Doub <hideserted at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Judging from the narrative on the amount of time spent trying to get an obsolete processor to run a current operating system IMHO it would be time to either lock the system at a level that it will actually function, instead of constantly having to struggle to get  something not designed to run on obsolete hardware to function reliably.
> The other alternative is to toss the Celeron Process or and replace it with a socket compatible processor with adequate power to do what you are trying to do.
> The Celeron processor line is intended for BUDGET consumer grade products.  As such it lacks many of the features and capabilities of the mid-range and high end processors in the same design series.
> It should be possible to obtain a suitable replacement at minimal cost from e-bay, including a small tube of heat-sink compound.  $10 to $12 [US] plus shipping should do it and you won't be dealing with all the sturm and drang and time spent in repeated iterations of the same task.
> Your time ~is~ worth something isn't it?
> If you have never replaced a processor, it isn't a hard process it just requires a steady hand and attention to detail.  There are many tutorial videos available to show you exactly how it is done.
> The number one thing to remember is Don't Try To Force Things.  The parts should go together easily and if they don't then they aren't oriented correctly or you aren't following the instructions from the tutorial.
> Good Luck
> ED
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Or use LXLE or xubuntu  (I think)  or any of the numerous other Ubuntu remixes both official and not out there.

Why should a system that strives to be the latest & greatest must lose some older bits eventually or the .iso would be huge

Pete S


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> On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 1:43 PM, <silver.bullet at zoho.com> wrote:
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>> On Wed, 5 Aug 2015 02:20:40 +0800, Bret Busby wrote:
>> >So, the system apparently can not be updated, and, now, no more
>> >packages can be installed, due to the lack of a PAE patch being built
>> >into the kernel.
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>> It's easy to build a kernel package with an Ubuntu config, but with PAE
>> disabled. Disabling or enabling PAE doesn't need a patch, it depends to
>> the kernel's configuration.
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>> That's from a script I wrote to build Ubuntu kernel packages:
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>> [rocketmouse at archlinux src]$ grep -B2 -A1 HIGHMEM quantal-rt
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>>  # 32-bit only
>>  # HIGHMEM from 4G to 64G
>>  # echo "CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G is not set" >> .config
>>  # echo "CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G=y" >> .config
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>> [rocketmouse at archlinux src]$
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>> Depending to the HIGHMEM settings you can enable or disable PAE.
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>> The trouble you've got unlikely has anything to do with PAE.
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>> sudo -i
>> apt-get update
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>> then run
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>> apt-get upgrade
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>> and post the output of apt-get upgrade.
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>> Also post the output of
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>> grep -v "#" /etc/apt/sources.list | grep [[:blank:]]
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>> and
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>> ls -l /etc/apt/sources.list.d/
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