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On 11/12/12 13:35, Eion MacDonald wrote:
It seems to be a newish chipset without linux drivers/cpu integration yet - I'm looking at a kernel compile at the mo (used to do these a lot but half the switches are beyond me now. I'll try and see if I can rember how to get grub/x just to boot into vesa and see how that goes. I've found doing the server instal and setting ssh before doing x a blessing thou!On 11/12/2012 13:13, Eion MacDonald wrote:On 11/12/2012 07:51, tom wrote:On 10/12/12 21:52, tom wrote:On 10/12/12 20:07, tom wrote:Just got one of these: http://www.ebuyer.com/407538-zoostorm-desktop-pc-7873-1076 and have tried several installs but nothing gets going properly. As soon as X pops up the screen goes into power save and all is dumb.Have you tried Live Knoppix various versions? These allow variation. Try 3.7,very old; 5, Old; 6, 7 as CPUs increase in complexity. EionmacExtra question: As I looked at these, (and ACER desktops) but have not yet bought, I would like to know outcome as I intend to replace a desktop (ancient circa 1999 working on OpenSUSE) shortly. Just de-commissioned the current one to make room for Xmas invasion of grandchildren
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