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- Mon May 09, 2011 1:26 pm
- Forum: Non-technical Questions
- Topic: Please help
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2042
Re: Please help
Thanks but none of the versions of Mint has anything but black screen. Yes its a 64bit cpu (core i3 310 with series 4 intel on chip video) I hear the mint sound when it boots up and our cell phones can even connect to it shows up on the router etc etc just no video. With fedora 15 beta I had to forc...
- Mon May 09, 2011 12:47 pm
- Forum: Releases & Announcements
- Topic: Linux Mint 11 "Katya" RC released!
- Replies: 148
- Views: 78748
Re: Linux Mint 11 "Katya" RC released!
Thank you but I have to wait until the great guys at Mint get it fixed.. I have not compiled a kernel since the 90's and after a mild stroke in 09 I dare not even try now. Again thank you for the info
- Mon May 09, 2011 12:42 pm
- Forum: Non-technical Questions
- Topic: Please help
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2042
Re: Please help
Mint 9 worked until I updated the bios. Fedora 15 beta is on it now because her flash games works they do not with Ubuntu 11.04
But all I hear now is it don't do this I can't change that and mainly its not Mint.
But all I hear now is it don't do this I can't change that and mainly its not Mint.
- Mon May 09, 2011 12:34 pm
- Forum: Non-technical Questions
- Topic: Linux Mint 11 RC – bug reports
- Replies: 42
- Views: 9382
Re: Linux Mint 11 RC – bug reports
Boots to black screen on my wifes gateway laptop core i3 with on chip video.
- Mon May 09, 2011 12:24 pm
- Forum: Non-technical Questions
- Topic: Please help
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2042
Re: Please help
I just tried the new Parted Magic and it works great on her laptop. From their release notes "The black screen problem with the Intel Mobile 4 Series Integrated Graphics Controllers has been fixed. A mess of other minor issues were addressed." And all she wants to use is Mint and my big ya...
- Mon May 09, 2011 12:18 pm
- Forum: Releases & Announcements
- Topic: Linux Mint 11 "Katya" RC released!
- Replies: 148
- Views: 78748
Re: Linux Mint 11 "Katya" RC released!
Thank you very much. Works great in live mode on my laptop. My wifes laptop not so much core i3 with on chip video. Just black screen on boot even setting the xdriver to vesa and nomodeselect did not help.
- Mon May 09, 2011 12:10 pm
- Forum: Non-technical Questions
- Topic: Please help
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2042
Re: Please help
I am so dead yes I'm a walking dead man. When my wife finds out the Mint 11 RC that came out today is just like Mint 10. Black screen on boot. Seems whatever fedora with their 15 beta and Ubuntu 11.04 done to fix the intel video driver problems is not included in the Mint 11 RC :( She saw the RC was...
- Mon May 02, 2011 5:13 pm
- Forum: Hardware Support
- Topic: Ah, help a noob choose a laptop pls
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2536
Re: Ah, help a noob choose a laptop pls
One very important lesson I learned after buying my wifes last laptop is never ever use anything except Nvidia graphics.
- Wed Apr 06, 2011 2:41 pm
- Forum: Open Chat
- Topic: What would stop you from using windows?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 4192
Re: What would stop you from using windows?
Abiword rockz :D Thanks to a user here I now have zero reasons to even borrow a windows box. My Harmony One programs just fine in Mint 10. Two laptops one desktop one server one router two Tivos one boxee box and two HTC EVO's all running Linux. Yes Android is Linux just really bare bones and all is...
- Fri Apr 01, 2011 11:07 am
- Forum: Non-technical Questions
- Topic: Please help
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2042
Re: Please help
Thank you very much I will do that. And yes my wife is one great woman she accepts nothing but the best.
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- Thu Mar 31, 2011 7:56 pm
- Forum: Non-technical Questions
- Topic: Please help
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2042
Please help
What do I need to do to become a Linux Mint beta tester? The reason I am asking is I bought my Wife a Gateway laptop core i3 with built in Intel HD graphics a little over a year go when the core ix series first came out. Worked ok on mint 9 32bit with 2 exceptions. One is I had to format the hard dr...
- Mon Nov 08, 2010 1:38 pm
- Forum: Open Chat
- Topic: Dear Santa
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1232
Dear Santa
For xmas I want a 1/2" thin 12" Linux Mint10 wi-fi only (I have too many monthly fees now) Tablet PC.
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- Fri Oct 16, 2009 5:44 pm
- Forum: Open Chat
- Topic: Linux users becoming second class on the web
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2052
Re: Linux users becoming second class on the web
dequire your right about it being ironic. Just a update they have blocked me altogether lol You don't have permission to access /news/10-12-2009/welcome-new-air-america/ on this server. I wonder how much of a bonus they got from mickeymousesoft for shutting me up? If they do this to me now how long ...
- Fri Oct 16, 2009 4:15 pm
- Forum: Software & Applications
- Topic: creative x-fi soundcard
- Replies: 2
- Views: 567
Re: creative x-fi soundcard
I don't have this card but i did find a how-to that may help.
Its from 07 but it still may help
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- Fri Oct 16, 2009 3:49 pm
- Forum: Open Chat
- Topic: Linux users becoming second class on the web
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2052
Linux users becoming second class on the web
Hello It looks like ms is slowly site by site making sure Linux users do not have access to streaming content. This new silverlight push if not stopped will ensure all streaming media is Windows only. All the while using the excuse mono and silverlight is available on Linux is el toro poo poo. Silve...
- Wed Jun 11, 2008 4:04 pm
- Forum: Beginner Questions
- Topic: How do I change icons on the desktop?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 815
Re: How do I change icons on the desktop?
Every single ex Windows user i have talked to have asked how to add program icons to the desktop. Thats what i got out of the question because i have had it phrased to me just that way before. And even if its not (i am wrong often) this is the newbie section and that info could be helpful to folks j...
- Wed Jun 11, 2008 12:52 pm
- Forum: Beginner Questions
- Topic: How do I change icons on the desktop?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 815
Re: How do I change icons on the desktop?
Start > Applications - select program left click and hold drag it onto the desktop.
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- Tue Jun 10, 2008 10:09 pm
- Forum: Beginner Questions
- Topic: how difficult is linux?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2515
Re: how difficult is linux?
Acidrip - DeVeDe - k9copy - tovid - k3b - nuff said
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- Tue Jun 10, 2008 2:17 pm
- Forum: Non-technical Questions
- Topic: Do I Need To Use Elyssa?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1011
Re: Do I Need To Use Elyssa?
I installed Elyssa on my laptop yesterday (was running mint 4) and wow what a speed boost! I really like it. My wife is still running mint 3 on her desktop i asked if she wanted to upgrade and she said "touch it and die!" lol I agree with if it ain't broke... but if you have the time 5 wor...
- Tue Jun 10, 2008 1:29 pm
- Forum: Chat about Linux Mint
- Topic: I'm XP-free. Thanks!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1035
Re: I'm XP-free. Thanks!
I have been running mint since version3 and i love it! Installed version5 yesterday and wow what a speed boost. We became a 100% linux household way back ... the day after i installed the first beta of XP. And in all these years i haven't missed anything tux rulez
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