[NTLUG:Discuss] Test machine help

[Stan Gatchel]

Garen,

I've heard good things about Mint.

Thanks,

Stan

Garen Evans II wrote:
> Stan,
>
> I'm currently running Linux Mint, an ubuntu(debian)
> based distro and you can boot live and install from
> the same cd.
>
> I am running it on a mostly stock hp pavilion 724c.
>
> Also, you night try Knoppix live cd. If you like it,
> there is a way of installing it also. But it should
> give decent video, and might help you troubleshoot
> your video issue so it will work better with another
> distro.
>
> Garen
>
> --- Stan Gatchel <sgatchel at psltech.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> I am on the prowl for a new distro. No more reading
>> reviews. That led me
>> to SuSE 10.1 which was not good. Now, I want to try
>> them first (live
>> CD's). I have an older machine purchased in 2001
>> which I thought would
>> ok for this. So I bought a bunch of Live CD's to
>> try. When I booted
>> them, they all gave me distorted graphics (narrow
>> band of diagonals) on
>> the screen or other messages (like graphics card not
>> recognized). I
>> suspect the old ATI rage graphics card. Below are
>> the spec's for the
>> machine. Maybe an old Matrox card would do better?
>> Here is the disto list:
>>
>> Sabayon 3.1
>> Elive 0.5
>> Freespire 1.0
>> SimplyMEPIS 6.0
>> Kubuntu 6.10
>> Mandriva One 2007
>> PCLinuxOS 0.39a
>>
>> Here are the machine specs
>>
>> Hardware 	Brand 	Bus 	Comments
>> CPU 	AMD Athlon (i386) 	
>> 	
>> Disk 	WD400BB-53CAA0 	IDE 	
>> Disk 	WD200BB-00AUA1 	IDE 	
>> CD-RW 	PlexWriter (PX-W1610A) 	IDE 	
>> CD-ROM 	N/A 	
>> 	
>> Display 	ATI Rage Fury Pro/ Xpert 2000 Pro (128) 
>> PCI 	Card type AGP --
>> Northbridge adapter?
>> Floppy 	Yes 	
>> 	
>> Memory 	250 MB 	
>> 	
>> Modem 	Agere V.90 56K Winmodem 	
>> 	
>> Net Card 	Dlink 10/100 	
>> 	
>> USB 	2 ports (USB 1.1) 	
>> 	
>> Sound 	ASUSTek Deluxe motherboard (RealTek ALC850
>> codec) 	
>> 	
>>
>>
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Stan
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>
>
> Garen L. Evans, II
> garen_evans2 at yahoo.com
>
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