[ubuntu-za] Problems with my Dell machine

[Bill Cairns]

I would ike to thank everyone who helped me on this problem - especially
Thane for the 7.10 Alternate CD and William for the Xunbuntu CD.

To make a very long story short - the problem is not Ubuntu 7.10 per se nor
the antique Dell machine per se (and especially not the 256 K memory), but
an incompatibility between all 7.10 releases (both standard Ubuntu and
Xubuntu) with my equally ancient Mecer monitor. Having tried everything else
that I could think of, I eventually took my new monitor upstairs to try
everything all over again and found that everything - and I mean everything
- works fine. But with the old monitor both OS reach the point just before
the log in screen and then the monitor just turns off.

So now I am in the market for a very cheap but newish monitor! (Actually I
have one lined up that I might be able to get later this week).

The strange thing is that all previous versions of Ubuntu work fine - I had
almost become reconciled to run with 7.05 Feisty.

The best learning experience for me has been playing with Xubuntu. I think
that it is superb. When I finally get my next monitor, I will use the old
Dell to play with Xubuntu some more.

Again, thank you all very much,

   Bill

Oh - and a Happy and Prosperous New Year too!

On Dec 17, 2007 2:43 PM, Bill Cairns <pops at cairnsgames.co.za> wrote:

> I have posted this as a query on Ubuntu forums, but thought that someone
> here might have a bright idea:
>
> I have an old Dell desktop - it was new in 1999 - and I have been
> running Ubuntu 6.06 on it quite happily. But I upgraded to 7.10 on my
> other (much newer) machine recently and decided that it was time that
> the Dell followed suit.
>
> I have an Ubuntu 7.10 install disk from ShipIt. Unfortunately, it will
> not load on the Dell. I choose the Run / Install option and it seems to
> start OK but then just freezes. Blank screen, no disk activity.
>
> I thought it might be a bad disk and tried it as a live CD on my HP
> notebook (from work, doomed to run Windows, shame). It worked fine.
> (Although, when I told it to do an integrity check on the disk, it too
> hung).
>
> Any idea? Nothing wrong with 6.06 of course, but it would be nice to
> have the whole family at the same level.
>
> Bill
>
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