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Jerry,

It just takes some "old" folks a little longer to get used to something different.

System is now installed and ready for testing.

First observations:

Startup fast
Found Wireless Network without any problems
Recognized and set up mature Wacom Tablet
Desktop will take a little getting time to embrace. Been with KDE, Gnome, or Unity for too long.
Shutdow fast

It looks like ...

I am posting from Danum's version. It appears to me that there is a conflict between M12b2's kernel and the ATI driver that Warren is loading. I have drawn this conclusion from the fact that both Danum's and MX14b2 both work and they have a newer kernel than M12b2.


lspci -vnn | grep VGA
01:05.0 ...

Thanks John,

I am downloading it now. BTW how are things over in Merrie Olde England.

Steve

I have tried the liveCD. I was able to get in and post from it. This is more than I can do with M12b2.

Steve

...No cheats needed...
With the roadblock install, the nomodeset video=uvesafb:mode_option=640x480-24,mtrr=3,scroll=ywrap items are cheats, the Kubuntu install isn't using any though. I wonder if that video= blahblah cheat works with M12?

I see that see the Kubuntu install is using a 3.11 kernel ...

...No cheats needed...
With the roadblock install, the nomodeset video=uvesafb:mode_option=640x480-24,mtrr=3,scroll=ywrap items are cheats, the Kubuntu install isn't using any though. I wonder if that video= blahblah cheat works with M12?

I see that see the Kubuntu install is using a 3.11 kernel ...

Steve@roadblock_cr3-64:~$ lspci -vnn | grep VGA
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc RS690M [Radeon X1200 Series] [1002:791f] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])

Steve@roadblock_cr3-64:~$ cat /proc/cmdline
BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.36-1-mepis64-smp root=UUID=5377e1a0-8154 ...

Yes, I was watching what was going on behind the grub screen and reading the messages as to what was occurring. "cupsd" installed with a OK before everything went black.

I tried the nomodeset vga=791 with the same results. I see the vga mode change during the boot sequence. I am wondering if the ...

Yes, The Screen Resolutions where different, but when it did what ever it does to the video after the installation of cupsd I got the same results.

Steve