[Nottingham] Any help for a newbie?

[Martin]

Nigel, Vadim,

On 01/07/18 18:43, VM via Nottingham wrote:
> There are too many variables to say for sure. One big unknown is the
> bios version. I'd leave just 2GB or even 1GB and check if the behaviour
> changes. If not, then something else is at fault.

A clue may be in the success with using "single user mode"...

Is the problem that the graphics device is now too old to be supported
by most mainline distro kernels?...

(Although, why then is the good old minimum of VESA not getting used?...)

A curious old one to sleuth!


Fun for another meet?

Good excuse for an NLUG fix-it day/party? ;-)

Aside:

There's always the Raspberry Pi for something a little more recent :-)



Nigel, keep us posted for what you find!

Cheers,
Martin