<html><P>BJ: Excuse commenting at the beginning of the post.</P>
<P>I find that on instlling Ubuntu 7.10 on a my older laptop</P>
<P>it doesn't configure the video and ends up with a blank screen.</P>
<P>That laptop has only 256MB of RAM.</P>
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<P>Bob Jaffray<BR><BR>-- matti <mathew_2000@yahoo.com> wrote:<BR><BR>Hi,<BR><BR>--- Miguel Hernandez <migtek@gmail.com> wrote:<BR><BR>> Could it be something as simple as another 256MB stick of RAM? If ya<BR>> got one<BR>> laying around, don't think it'd hurt to try.<BR>> <BR>> --miguel<BR><BR><BR>possible... tho RAM prices for this old machine<BR>indicate I probably would be better off buying a<BR>newer system... 256MB SDRAM is about $30, 512MB about<BR>$56<BR><BR>hmmm... I thought this system had 512MB but<BR>turnsout it may only have 256MB...<BR><BR><BR>matti@tigerette:~$ free<BR> total used free shared buffers <BR>cached<BR>Mem: 255748 239392 16356 0 5204 <BR>92304<BR>-/+ buffers/cache: 141884 113864<BR>Swap: 240932 106072 134860<BR>matti@tigerette:~$ <BR><BR>[ hmmm... didn't the "mem" command give this sort of info also..<BR><BR>I guess I should be looking for a lighter version of Ubuntu<BR>and another 256MB of RAM...<BR><BR>funny, I was pricing out systems and components...<BR>looks like there is no good way for an affordable<BR>upgrade of a MB/RAM/CPU to an older system.<BR>(the Fry's ECS MB/CPU combos are crap from my<BR>experience.. nothing but trouble.. )<BR><BR>best<BR>matti<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR> ____________________________________________________________________________________<BR>Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. <BR>http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs</P></html>
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