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From: Stefan Patric on 14 Dec 2009 13:39
On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:09:09 +0000, Lurker wrote:

> Stefan Patric not(a)thisaddress.com Sunday 13 Dec 2009 21:45 wrote:
>
>> Have you contacted Slackware about the problem and any solutions?  That
>> would have been the first place I would have gone to.  But it does
>> sound strange.  I just upgraded to Fedora 12 on my 64-bit system that
>> has around a 4 year old Abit MB with onboard LAN and sound.  Never had
>> any hardware issues, and I started on it with Fedora Core 6.
>>
>> Could be you only need to run a particular kernel module.  Slackware's
>> "basic" install kernel is fairly generic.  Contact Slackware.
>
> It seems not to be distro specific as Ubuntu 9.10, the live disc version
> has a problem in that it will not produce anything other, or go any
> further in the booting process, than a screen full of multi-coloured
> lines.

FWIW, many times I've discovered that the "live" versions of distros can
have problems with older hardware, even a couple years, while the "full"
install versions do not. Less room on the disk, I surmise: the "older"
support is removed to make room for the new stuff.

In any case, I see in a later post there is a link to a "fix" for your
problem. So, I'll just wish you luck.


Stef
From: notbob on 14 Dec 2009 15:20
On 2009-12-14, Stefan Patric <not(a)thisaddress.com> wrote:

> FWIW, many times I've discovered that the "live" versions of distros can
> have problems with older hardware, even a couple years.......

What distros? I've yet to find a computer Knoppix doesn't work on,
including ancient 440BX mobos with PII/celery's. Slax, DSL, Gparted,
etc, all work on 8 yr old P4s. The only live CD I've ever had fail to
work on old hardware is ubuntu. In fact, I've yet to get it to work
on any of the above.

nb
From: Stefan Patric on 15 Dec 2009 21:01
On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:20:01 +0000, notbob wrote:

> On 2009-12-14, Stefan Patric <not(a)thisaddress.com> wrote:
>
>> FWIW, many times I've discovered that the "live" versions of distros
>> can have problems with older hardware, even a couple years.......
>
> What distros? I've yet to find a computer Knoppix doesn't work on,
> including ancient 440BX mobos with PII/celery's. Slax, DSL, Gparted,
> etc, all work on 8 yr old P4s. The only live CD I've ever had fail to
> work on old hardware is ubuntu. In fact, I've yet to get it to work on
> any of the above.

Well, off the top of my head: an early version of Ubuntu, Fedora Core 6
32-bit, Fedora 8 32-bit, PCLinuxOS 2007, and Freespire. Others were so
bad--they failed to boot at all--that I've forgotten their names, but
that was a few years ago, and they probably aren't around anymore anyway.

Usually, most all those named would boot and be usable, but certain
things--sound, ethernet, video resolution, etc. wouldn't work or not work
properly. Sometimes, the problems could be "fixed", other times not. I
must say, however, that the inconsistencies and incompatibilities were
rare. The exception more than the rule.

My original "test" machine was a 1GHz AMD Duron, MSI MB, sound and USB
1.1 onboard, with first 256MB RAM, later 768 (max was 1.5 gigs) which I
built in 2002. (I no longer have it. Donated to charity last year.) My
current machine is a 3 year old 2 GHz Athlon64, aBit KN9 MB, NVidia
chipset, onboard LAN, USB 2, and sound, 4GB RAM. I've yet to have a
LiveCD not work on this machine, but then I carefully picked each
component to be as Linux compatible as possible. I guess all that
research paid off. ;-)


Stef
From: notbob on 16 Dec 2009 00:30
On 2009-12-16, Stefan Patric <not(a)thisaddress.com> wrote:
>
> My original "test" machine was a 1GHz AMD Duron, MSI MB, sound and USB
> 1.1 onboard, with first 256MB RAM, later 768 (max was 1.5 gigs) which I
> built in 2002. (I no longer have it. Donated to charity last year.) My
> current machine is a 3 year old 2 GHz Athlon64.....

I've never run AMD. Not that I wouldn't or have anything against AMD.
I jes never had the opportunity, having always come across great used
deals on Intel stuff. One of these days.....

nb
From: Stefan Patric on 16 Dec 2009 01:50
On Wed, 16 Dec 2009 05:30:44 +0000, notbob wrote:

> On 2009-12-16, Stefan Patric <not(a)thisaddress.com> wrote:
>>
>> My original "test" machine was a 1GHz AMD Duron, MSI MB, sound and USB
>> 1.1 onboard, with first 256MB RAM, later 768 (max was 1.5 gigs) which I
>> built in 2002. (I no longer have it. Donated to charity last year.)
>> My current machine is a 3 year old 2 GHz Athlon64.....
>
> I've never run AMD. Not that I wouldn't or have anything against AMD. I
> jes never had the opportunity, having always come across great used
> deals on Intel stuff. One of these days.....

Initially, almost 10 years ago, when I built my first Linux system, my
choice of AMD was mainly due to cost. AMD CPUs were considerably cheaper
than Intel's then, and as good or better performers. Not so much
anymore. But I've had good results with them, and just stayed mostly out
of laziness, and that AMD has been a more "Linux friendly" company over
the years than Intel.


Stef
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