Re: [Hampshire] Ergo Microlite xl 1.4Ghz

On Tue, 2009-06-09 at 16:49 +0100, Lisi wrote:
> On Tuesday 09 June 2009 09:58:29 Phillip Chandler wrote:
> > On Mon, 2009-06-08 at 21:43 +0000, Paul Stimpson wrote:
> > > Hi Philip,
> > >
> > > Did you mean 7.10 (Gutsy) or 8.10 (Intrepid)? Things have moved on a long
> > > way since Gutsy and Intrepid wasn't one of Ubuntu's high points IMHO.
> > >
> > > I would download 9.04 (Jaunty) which IMO is a lot better than 8.10 before
> > > writing off the hardware as non-friendly. If you don't have any joy I
> > > would try adding one of more of "noapic", "nolapic" and "noacpi" to the
> > > boot options and see if those help.
> > >
> > > Has the machine got the latest BIOS?
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Paul.
> >
> > The funny thing here is that I used 8.0.4 which wouldnt connect to my
> > wireless (wpa), had to use ndiswrapper for the drivers, but I still had
> > grief with trying to connect.
> > 9.04 found my wireless card and wouldnt connect, but was really slow on
> > my machine (Dell Inspiron 1.2 with 512mb ram).
> >
> > Im now using Debian 5.0.1 which natively found my wireless card and
> > actually got upset, because I told it off for connecting to my wireless
> > within 3 seconds. The only problem I have with Debian is xorg crashes,
> > but thats another story.
> >
> > But back to the other laptop. I got it from Freecycle, I traded other
> > computer gear for it. The local school upgraded and had 3 to get rid of.
> > This was the fastest and the only one with memory. A local computer chap
> > recycles gear from companies / schools who wish to have their gear
> > reused rather than dumped in the ground.
> >
> > Ive tried other ISO images ranging from Mandriva 2008, Debian 5, Ubuntu
> > 8.04 and none seem to want to boot and do anything.
> >
> > I'll try Ubuntu 9.04 and see if thats happy with the laptop.
>
> You might have trouble running the Live CD in 256MB RAM. But the alternate
> install CD would probably be fine.
>
> Lisi
>
Hi Lisi

Im taking your advice and downloading the alternative 9.04, so will give
that a try first, otherwise go for DSL which Chris suggested.

I think Paul may have asked if it had the latest bios. Sorry Paul but Im
not brave enough to muck about with Bios, or even Bios flashing etc, if
flashing the bios was going to be your next suggestion. :-))