[CS-FSLUG] AOP-8150HT-A1 Panel PC

[davidm at hisfeet.net]

I guess, by "CB" you refer to CrunchBang? If not you might try that. It
worked for me on a unit of similar vintage.

Or, you might try debian in an on-line install.


> Hi everyone,
>
> Anybody have any tips on getting linux - any distribution... lol - to
> work on this PC? I got it for a steal at shopgoodwill.com:
> http://www.shopgoodwill.com/viewItem.asp?ItemID=6333681
>
> Windows XP Pro installs just fine, but I'd really like to get linux
> installed on here. The greatest issue with this PC is the graphics. It
> has a VIA CLE266 integrated graphics card. Which, according to this
> site: http://www.openchrome.org/trac/wiki/SupportedHardware, is
> supported under the openchrome drivers.
>
> I have successfully installed a couple variants of CB, but it will
> only boot up to a blank screen. The CB strains that I have installed
> all use the latest Xserver, so I issued the X -configure command to
> generate an xorg.conf.new file that I can tinker with. Well, no matter
> what I do, I get a signal 11 segmentation fault.
>
> I have checked to make sure that the openchrome drivers are installed,
> and the latest openchrome drivers are present and accounted for.
>
> I have tried a couple of other distributions as well. I have tried
> Dream Linux 4.0 beta5. It refused to bring me to the desktop. I was
> able to install it from the console, but I couldn't fix the grub
> issue, so I couldn't get back to a console to try and fix the video
> issues.
>
> I have also tried FC 12. Even though I played around with various
> vga=### combinations, I couldn't get Anaconda to display properly
> enough to get it installed.
>
> I also tried to boot up into puppy linux. I get to the point where I
> needed to configure X, but no combination would get me to a working
> desktop.
>
> So...any suggestions?
>
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> Chad, Jess & Lil' Sam Fluegge
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> the heritage of those that fear thy name.
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