On 08/29/2011 09:49 AM, Larry Stotler wrote:
On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 2:29 AM, George OLson
wrote: Ok, next problem. I have an older pc for my kids that was running windows xp on it. It is an old Dell desktop with a dual core (I think) Intel Pentium 4 processor and 256MB of RAM.
Ok, I think I solved the RAM problem, but I have another problem now. I found some old DDR2 memory (what I took out of my other desktop) and put them in the 256mb slots, and I think it has 2gb of memory now. On the command line I typed free -m -t, and it indicated around 2000 or so. I was unsure if this newer memory would be compatible, but the system seems to read it. If there is another command I can type to figure out if there is a problem with the memory, then please let me know. At first when I booted it up with this, the LXDE screen was black and there was no mouse pointer. I figured out where the mouse was by maneuvering it down and to the left, so that when it was on the kicker, it highlighted it. I used this to log out and try logging back into KDE. When I did that, my mouse and keyboard totally locked up and I had to hit the reset button. When it rebooted, I booted it into failsafe, and it ran KDE just fine. Then I rebooted into regular KDE, and so far it seems to be running just fine. What is the difference between a failsafe boot and a regular boot? Thanks to everyone for your help and discussions. George -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org