donther
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Post by donther on Nov 16, 2020 17:16:04 GMT
I've attempted to install Bodhi on an old eMachine model KAV60 with N270 Atom Processor. The basic specs for this machine are:
N270 Atom Processor 1.6ghz 1 GB RAM 250 GB harddrive (currently running Windows 7)
I created a bootable 4 GB flash drive using the Legacy (32-bit) version (the Standard version complained about the processor type).
I booted it temporarily first. It looked like it was going to work but it only booted into a command-line interface and it provided a Help command that listed a long list of available Unix commands which appeared to work. I videoed the screen and these are the messages that were presented:
[ 0.322602] ACPI Error: [CAPB] Namespace lookup failure, AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20160831/dsfield-211) [ 0.322813] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB.PCIO._OSC] (Node f3c891c8), AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20160831/psparse-543) [ 3.780461] [drm:intel_cpu_fifo_underrun_irq_handler [i915]] *ERROR* CPU pipe A FIFO underrun [ 3.780571] [drm:intel_cpu_fifo_underrun_irq_handler [i915]] *ERROR* CPU pipe B FIFO underrun [ 6.213273] sd 4:0:0:0: [sbd] No Caching mode page found [ 6.213479] sd 4:0:0:0: [sbd] Assuming drive cache: write through [ 6.377378] blk_update_request: I/O error, dev sr0, sector 2097136 [ 6.481144] blk_update_request: I/O error, dev sr0, sector 2095616 [ 6.529129] blk_update_request: I/O error, dev sr0, sector 2095856 [ 6.581134] blk_update_request: I/O error, dev sr0, sector 2097128
BusyBox v1.27.1 (Ubuntu 1:1.27.2-2ubuntu3.2) built-in shell (ash)
Any suggestions on my next step?
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Post by Hippytaff on Nov 16, 2020 17:26:59 GMT
Hi
What did you use to make the usb, and did you check the iso is ok with doing a md5 check on it. It looks to me that either you have a corrupt iso or you used Unetbootin to make the usb, which tends to fail.
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Post by thewaiter on Nov 16, 2020 17:33:36 GMT
Hello there Which method did you use to create bootable medium? If unetbootin, then there is a chance of troubles you mentioned. Try Rufus under windows and use dd method. Or use directly dd command from Linux machine. Follow our Installation guide: www.bodhilinux.com/w/installation-instructions/Stefan
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donther
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Post by donther on Nov 16, 2020 18:05:16 GMT
I am using Rufus-3.12, although I did pick the default method rather than the DD method. I changed that setting and recreated the bootable USB flash drive, and then booted it on the eMachine. Although I quickly saw some text messages that looked like errors appear and then vanish, the GUI came up and I was able to connect to my local WIFI network, so I think I'm in business. I checked again and your instructions clearly indicated I should use the DD method using Rufus, so that's my bad. Thanks for the help and quick reply. I'm sure I'll be here again.
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Post by thewaiter on Nov 16, 2020 18:37:29 GMT
Cool, enjoy Bodhi testing
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37bodie
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Post by 37bodie on Dec 16, 2020 14:53:28 GMT
Pleased to announce I have Bodhi 32 bit Legacy installed on a Samsung N145 Netbook with and Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N455 @ 1.66GHz with 2Gb of RAM. I put a cheap as chips SanDisk SSD in the machine too and it runs like a dream. Just need to get my webcam working and life will be like it was in 2009 again.
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37bodie
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Post by 37bodie on Dec 17, 2020 9:07:16 GMT
..and it might be worth explicitly stating here (for future readers of the thread) that I have 'upgraded' my Legacy 32 bit version of Bodhi on my Samsung Netbook N145 to the 64 bit Standard and at present the performance is very similar. The only noticeable difference is few extra warnings before it boots (but it all works) and the menu is actually a little smoother than on the 32 bit version.
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Post by thewaiter on Dec 17, 2020 13:09:16 GMT
What does it mean "the menu is little smoother"?
Is it related to the icons appearance? I made a masive change to the arc_dark_green icons set. The previous set was made in Oomox tool and produced 2.2 MB icons set with icons in only svg format. I had a feedback from Mexico project Escuelas Linux that menu is very lazy to appear. On some old machines even 3 seconds. After a research I found it is related to those svg files which have to be converted to bitmap and then showed as menu item. So I decided to convert all svg to png in size 96x96 px. I had very positive report from Mexico the day later. Menu appears immediately! So consider to install an icon set based on png files in your case.
Stefan
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37bodie
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Post by 37bodie on Dec 17, 2020 17:42:28 GMT
What does it mean "the menu is little smoother"? The mouse moves around the menu without delay. If there is any delay it milliseconds more on the 32 bit version where as the 64 bit version flows one menu to the next seemlessly i.e. no noticeable delay. P.S. not criticism, just answering the question from my perspective
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Post by thewaiter on Dec 17, 2020 18:01:22 GMT
Interesting. I have never seen any movement lag around the menu. Screen cast would be helpful to see. But yes, I agree, not so important
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