New install of "SimplyMEPIS-USB_8.5.03-rel1_64" is unstable
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johnnyhop
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Post # 295320
 New install of "SimplyMEPIS-USB_8.5.03-rel1_64" is unstable Symtoms include a kwin crash within a minute on nearly every login, at this point no response from desktop or menu icons. Can't login as root (password not accepted) to perform update/upgrade and add my name to the suders list. My motherboard hardware as reported by lshw in ubuntu-studio:  | | | | Code: john@ubuntu-studio:~$ sudo lshw
[sudo] password for john:
ubuntu-studio
description: Desktop Computer
width: 32 bits
capabilities: smbios-2.2 dmi-2.2 smp-1.4 smp
configuration: boot=normal chassis=desktop cpus=2
*-core
description: Motherboard
product: C51MCP51
physical id: 0
*-firmware
description: BIOS
vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
physical id: 0
version: 6.00 PG
date: 03/17/2006
size: 128KiB
capacity: 448KiB
capabilities: isa pci pnp apm upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect socketedrom edd int13floppy360 int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video acpi usb ls120boot zipboot
*-cpu:0
description: CPU
product: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4600+
vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
physical id: 1
bus info: cpu@0
version: 15.11.1
slot: Socket 939
size: 1GHz
capacity: 3GHz
width: 64 bits
clock: 200MHz
capabilities: boot fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt x86-64 3dnowext 3dnow pni lahf_lm cmp_legacy cpufreq
*-cache:0
description: L1 cache
physical id: a
slot: Internal Cache
size: 128KiB
capacity: 128KiB
capabilities: synchronous internal write-back
*-cache:1
description: L2 cache
physical id: b
slot: External Cache
size: 512KiB
capacity: 512KiB
capabilities: synchronous internal write-back
*-memory:0
description: System Memory
physical id: 1b
slot: System board or motherboard
size: 2GiB
*-bank:0
description: DIMM [empty]
physical id: 0
slot: A0
width: 64 bits
*-bank:1
description: DIMM [empty]
physical id: 1
slot: A1
width: 64 bits
*-bank:2
description: DIMM
physical id: 2
slot: A2
size: 1GiB
width: 64 bits
*-bank:3
description: DIMM
physical id: 3
slot: A3
size: 1GiB
width: 64 bits
*-cpu:1
physical id: 4
bus info: cpu@1
version: 15.11.1
size: 1GHz
capacity: 1GHz
capabilities: cpufreq
*-cache:0
description: L1 cache
physical id: 0
size: 128KiB
*-cache:1
description: L2 cache
physical id: 1
size: 512KiB
*-memory:1 UNCLAIMED
description: RAM memory
product: C51 Host Bridge
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 6
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz (15.2ns)
capabilities: ht bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
*-memory:2 UNCLAIMED
description: RAM memory
product: C51 Memory Controller 0
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 0.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.1
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz (15.2ns)
configuration: latency=0
*-memory:3 UNCLAIMED
description: RAM memory
product: C51 Memory Controller 1
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 0.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.2
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz (15.2ns)
configuration: latency=0
*-memory:4 UNCLAIMED
description: RAM memory
product: C51 Memory Controller 5
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 0.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.3
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz (15.2ns)
configuration: latency=0
*-memory:5 UNCLAIMED
description: RAM memory
product: C51 Memory Controller 4
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 0.4
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.4
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz (15.2ns)
capabilities: bus_master
configuration: latency=0
*-memory:6 UNCLAIMED
description: RAM memory
product: C51 Host Bridge
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 0.5
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.5
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz (15.2ns)
capabilities: bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
*-memory:7 UNCLAIMED
description: RAM memory
product: C51 Memory Controller 3
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 0.6
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.6
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz (15.2ns)
configuration: latency=0
*-memory:8 UNCLAIMED
description: RAM memory
product: C51 Memory Controller 2
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 0.7
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.7
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz (15.2ns)
configuration: latency=0
*-pci:0
description: PCI bridge
product: C51 PCI Express Bridge
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
version: a1
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pm msi ht pciexpress normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:40 ioport:a000(size=4096) memory:fd700000-fd7fffff ioport:fde00000(size=1048576)
*-pci:1
description: PCI bridge
product: C51 PCI Express Bridge
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 3
bus info: pci@0000:00:03.0
version: a1
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pm msi ht pciexpress normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:41 ioport:9000(size=4096) memory:fdd00000-fddfffff ioport:fdc00000(size=1048576)
*-pci:2
description: PCI bridge
product: C51 PCI Express Bridge
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 100
bus info: pci@0000:00:04.0
version: a1
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pm msi ht pciexpress normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:42 ioport:b000(size=4096) memory:fd900000-fd9fffff ioport:fd800000(size=1048576)
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: C51G [GeForce 6100]
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 5
bus info: pci@0000:00:05.0
version: a2
width: 64 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm msi vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=nvidia latency=0
resources: irq:16 memory:fb000000-fbffffff memory:e0000000-efffffff memory:fc000000-fcffffff memory:80000000-8001ffff
*-memory:9 UNCLAIMED
description: RAM memory
product: MCP51 Host Bridge
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 9
bus info: pci@0000:00:09.0
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz (15.2ns)
capabilities: ht bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
*-isa
description: ISA bridge
product: MCP51 LPC Bridge
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: a
bus info: pci@0000:00:0a.0
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: isa bus_master
configuration: latency=0
*-serial
description: SMBus
product: MCP51 SMBus
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: a.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:0a.1
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm cap_list
configuration: driver=nForce2_smbus latency=0
resources: irq:5 ioport:1c00(size=64) ioport:1c40(size=64)
*-memory:10 UNCLAIMED
description: RAM memory
product: MCP51 Memory Controller 0
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: a.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:0a.2
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz (15.2ns)
configuration: latency=0
*-usb:0
description: USB Controller
product: MCP51 USB Controller
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: b
bus info: pci@0000:00:0b.0
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm ohci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ohci_hcd latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3
resources: irq:21 memory:fe02f000-fe02ffff
*-usb:1
description: USB Controller
product: MCP51 USB Controller
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: b.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:0b.1
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: debug pm ehci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3
resources: irq:22 memory:fe02e000-fe02e0ff
*-ide:0
description: IDE interface
product: MCP51 IDE
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: d
bus info: pci@0000:00:0d.0
logical name: scsi0
logical name: scsi1
version: a1
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: ide pm bus_master cap_list emulated
configuration: driver=pata_amd latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3
resources: irq:0 ioport:1f0(size=8) ioport:3f6 ioport:170(size=8) ioport:376 ioport:f400(size=16)
*-disk:0
description: ATA Disk
product: ST340015A
vendor: Seagate
physical id: 0
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sda
version: 3.01
serial: 5LAF61RR
size: 37GiB (40GB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=3972cd75
*-volume:0
description: EXT4 volume
vendor: Linux
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,1
logical name: /dev/sda1
version: 1.0
serial: 9bf04615-4811-4157-b7c6-148565876e52
size: 6000MiB
capacity: 6000MiB
capabilities: primary bootable journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink extents ext4 ext2 initialized
configuration: created=2011-11-02 22:26:36 filesystem=ext4 label=_Fedora-16-x86_6 lastmountpoint=/ modified=2012-02-05 18:35:40 mounted=2012-02-05 23:35:52 state=clean
*-volume:1
description: Linux swap volume
physical id: 2
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,2
logical name: /dev/sda2
version: 1
serial: 539d87a5-f967-48d9-b1da-c375d0ac5474
size: 258MiB
capacity: 258MiB
capabilities: primary nofs swap initialized
configuration: filesystem=swap pagesize=4096
*-volume:2
description: EXT4 volume
vendor: Linux
physical id: 3
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,3
logical name: /dev/sda3
version: 1.0
serial: 65a04ac9-4c24-4ee2-9b03-9f23e68bd4ed
size: 31GiB
capacity: 31GiB
capabilities: primary journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink extents ext4 ext2 initialized
configuration: created=2012-01-07 15:25:12 filesystem=ext4 lastmountpoint=/home modified=2012-02-06 20:30:24 mounted=2012-02-06 20:29:15 state=clean
*-disk:1
description: ATA Disk
product: WDC WD1600BB-22G
vendor: Western Digital
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@0:0.1.0
logical name: /dev/sdb
version: 08.0
serial: WD-WCAL92245444
size: 149GiB (160GB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=8f800000
*-volume:0
description: Windows FAT volume
vendor: mkdosfs
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@0:0.1.0,1
logical name: /dev/sdb1
version: FAT32
serial: 47ba-d8fd
size: 109GiB
capacity: 109GiB
capabilities: primary fat initialized
configuration: FATs=2 filesystem=fat
*-volume:1
description: EXT4 volume
vendor: Linux
physical id: 2
bus info: scsi@0:0.1.0,2
logical name: /dev/sdb2
logical name: /
version: 1.0
serial: aad197d6-fb8d-4826-8cbd-81f1122abca5
size: 8188MiB
capacity: 8188MiB
capabilities: primary bootable journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink recover extents ext4 ext2 initialized
configuration: created=2010-11-25 20:31:47 filesystem=ext4 label=ST_fs lastmountpoint=/ modified=2012-01-29 11:12:48 mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,user_xattr,acl,barrier=1,data=ordered mounted=2012-02-07 17:53:45 state=mounted
*-volume:2
description: EXT3 volume
vendor: Linux
physical id: 3
bus info: scsi@0:0.1.0,3
logical name: /dev/sdb3
logical name: /home
version: 1.0
serial: 87113a3b-a6a5-4d07-ad43-d58801bc04c9
size: 31GiB
capacity: 31GiB
capabilities: primary journaled extended_attributes large_files recover ext3 ext2 initialized
configuration: created=2009-06-25 18:35:03 filesystem=ext3 lastmountpoint=/media/87113a3b-a6a5-4d07-ad43-d58801bc04c9 modified=2012-02-07 17:53:57 mount.fstype=ext3 mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=continue,user_xattr,commit=5,barrier=0,data=ordered mounted=2012-02-07 17:53:57 state=mounted
*-cdrom
description: DVD reader
product: 52MAX 325216AJv2
vendor: Memorex
physical id: 2
bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/cdrom2
logical name: /dev/cdrw2
logical name: /dev/dvd2
logical name: /dev/dvdrw2
logical name: /dev/scd0
logical name: /dev/sr0
version: RW$5
capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd
configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc
*-disk:2
description: ATA Disk
product: ST3200822A
vendor: Seagate
physical id: 3
bus info: scsi@1:0.1.0
logical name: /dev/sdc
version: 3.01
serial: 4LJ39PX3
size: 186GiB (200GB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=26f426f3
*-volume:0
description: EXT4 volume
vendor: Linux
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@1:0.1.0,1
logical name: /dev/sdc1
version: 1.0
serial: 71dfc46a-0596-41a2-8a63-1bad11c3c652
size: 5721MiB
capacity: 5721MiB
capabilities: primary bootable journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink extents ext4 ext2 initialized
configuration: created=2012-02-06 20:08:06 filesystem=ext4 lastmountpoint=/ modified=2012-02-06 22:11:16 mounted=2012-02-07 17:06:33 state=clean
*-volume:1
description: EXT4 volume
vendor: Linux
physical id: 2
bus info: scsi@1:0.1.0,2
logical name: /dev/sdc2
version: 1.0
serial: 0bfb0b8c-c203-4960-892a-9d13c85ea565
size: 37GiB
capacity: 37GiB
capabilities: primary journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink recover extents ext4 ext2 initialized
configuration: created=2012-02-06 20:09:48 filesystem=ext4 lastmountpoint=/home modified=2012-02-07 17:06:35 mounted=2012-02-07 17:06:35 state=clean
*-volume:2
description: Windows FAT volume
vendor: MSWIN4.1
physical id: 3
bus info: scsi@1:0.1.0,3
logical name: /dev/sdc3
version: FAT32
serial: a6e9-3225
size: 31GiB
capacity: 31GiB
capabilities: primary fat initialized
configuration: FATs=2 filesystem=fat
*-volume:3
description: EXT4 volume
vendor: Linux
physical id: 4
bus info: scsi@1:0.1.0,4
logical name: /dev/sdc4
version: 1.0
serial: 05586005-d96c-4338-9c93-45fb1184defe
size: 111GiB
capacity: 111GiB
capabilities: primary journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink extents ext4 ext2 initialized
configuration: created=2011-05-30 13:22:44 filesystem=ext4 label=More_Space lastmountpoint=/mnt/sdd4 modified=2012-02-06 20:30:24 mounted=2012-02-06 19:23:09 state=clean
*-ide:1
description: IDE interface
product: MCP51 Serial ATA Controller
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: e
bus info: pci@0000:00:0e.0
logical name: scsi2
version: a1
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: ide pm msi ht bus_master cap_list emulated
configuration: driver=sata_nv latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3
resources: irq:23 ioport:9f0(size=8) ioport:bf0(size=4) ioport:970(size=8) ioport:b70(size=4) ioport:e000(size=16) memory:fe02d000-fe02dfff
*-disk
description: ATA Disk
product: WDC WD10EACS-00D
vendor: Western Digital
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sdd
version: 01.0
serial: WD-WCAU40521420
size: 931GiB (1TB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=87de8934
*-volume:0
description: EXT4 volume
vendor: Linux
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0,1
logical name: /dev/sdd1
version: 1.0
serial: ff3ba593-3aa4-4693-aeac-b313c0f0dcc9
size: 5969MiB
capacity: 5969MiB
capabilities: primary bootable journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink recover extents ext4 ext2 initialized
configuration: created=2012-01-31 01:52:17 filesystem=ext4 lastmountpoint=/ modified=2012-02-06 15:31:29 mounted=2012-02-06 16:05:41 state=clean
*-volume:1
description: Windows NTFS volume
physical id: 2
bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0,2
logical name: /dev/sdd2
version: 3.1
serial: 2603419f-4db8-9448-8107-664df3a4627a
size: 864GiB
capacity: 864GiB
capabilities: primary ntfs initialized
configuration: clustersize=4096 created=2006-08-12 00:42:04 filesystem=ntfs label=Huge_NTFS modified_by_chkdsk=true mounted_on_nt4=true resize_log_file=true state=dirty upgrade_on_mount=true
*-volume:2
description: EXT4 volume
vendor: Linux
physical id: 3
bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0,3
logical name: /dev/sdd3
version: 1.0
serial: f4cee872-6442-4284-84ba-20b8eb5a4024
size: 53GiB
capacity: 53GiB
capabilities: primary journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink recover extents ext4 ext2 initialized
configuration: created=2012-01-31 01:20:56 filesystem=ext4 lastmountpoint=/media/f4cee872-6442-4284-84ba-20b8eb5a4024 modified=2012-02-07 17:14:04 mounted=2012-02-07 17:14:04 state=clean
*-volume:3
description: EXT4 volume
vendor: Linux
physical id: 4
bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0,4
logical name: /dev/sdd4
version: 1.0
serial: ca32f29c-fabf-45cf-a8a3-e58d1e1e80ab
size: 7271MiB
capacity: 7271MiB
capabilities: primary journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink extents ext4 ext2 initialized
configuration: created=2011-06-14 07:49:42 filesystem=ext4 lastmountpoint=/ modified=2012-02-06 17:24:30 mounted=2012-02-06 17:24:31 state=clean
*-pci:3
description: PCI bridge
product: MCP51 PCI Bridge
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 10
bus info: pci@0000:00:10.0
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pci ht subtractive_decode bus_master cap_list
resources: ioport:c000(size=4096) memory:fdb00000-fdbfffff memory:fda00000-fdafffff
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL8139 Ethernet
vendor: D-Link System Inc
physical id: 6
bus info: pci@0000:04:06.0
logical name: eth1
version: 10
serial: 00:40:05:10:42:83
size: 100Mbit/s
capacity: 100Mbit/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=8139too driverversion=0.9.28 duplex=full ip=192.168.1.2 latency=32 link=yes maxlatency=64 mingnt=32 multicast=yes port=MII speed=100Mbit/s
resources: irq:18 ioport:cc00(size=256) memory:fdbff000-fdbff0ff
*-multimedia
description: Multimedia audio controller
product: MCP51 AC97 Audio Controller
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 10.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:10.2
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=Intel ICH latency=0 maxlatency=5 mingnt=2
resources: irq:20 ioport:dc00(size=256) ioport:d800(size=256) memory:fe02c000-fe02cfff
*-pci:4
description: Host bridge
product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
physical id: 101
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:5
description: Host bridge
product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
physical id: 102
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.1
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:6
description: Host bridge
product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
physical id: 103
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.2
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:7
description: Host bridge
product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
physical id: 104
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.3
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: driver=k8temp
resources: irq:0
john@ubuntu-studio:~$
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The iso was installed to a USB stick using Unetbootin in Lubuntu (after experiencing problems running Unetbootin in Ubuntu-Studio). I'm not sure what other information would be useful, like perhaps a log file. I'd appreciate whatever the brilliant minds from the Mepis Community may offer and for tonight will try the 32 bit version. FYI I've four hard drives as well as four Linux distros on my tower. The last time I tried Mepis it was the most stable KDE desktop I'd ever experienced. It was on a 32 bit machine.
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uncle mark
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Post # 295323
Re: New install of "SimplyMEPIS-USB_8.5.03-rel1_64" is unsta I would install the latest version -- MEPIS 11 -- fresh.
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lucky9
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Post # 295328
Re: New install of "SimplyMEPIS-USB_8.5.03-rel1_64" is unsta Ditto. Mepis 11 is totally stable. Has additional functionality. Uses the same (but later model) KDE Desktop that Mepis 8.5.x does.
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Stevo
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Post # 295343
Re: New install of "SimplyMEPIS-USB_8.5.03-rel1_64" is unsta I have to say that the M11 stock xorg, Kwin openGL effects, and some Intel chipsets such as the GM4500 have a few problems, such as having the desktop lock up when you change something in System Settings. You can unlock the desktop by turning kwin effects off and on with <shift><alt><F12>, but upgrading to the Intel xorg driver in the community repo or squeeze-backports would be a better solution. Radeon drivers are also much improved.
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m_pav
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Post # 295352
Re: New install of "SimplyMEPIS-USB_8.5.03-rel1_64" is unsta + 1 for Mepis 11, forget the ancient 8.5 series.
The Nvidia drivers in 8.5.xx had a known regression bug which I reported to Warren all the way through the development cycle and well into the post release. They didn't get fixed until about 1 month after the last update release of M8.5, and the only fix was the official proprietary nvidia driver, I think by memory, 169.12 was usable, and 173.14 was good. The OP's system uses the onboard nvidia 6100 GPU, which equates to the nvidia driver issue, a non-linux, third party addition.
You can switch to vesa and the system will be stable, but crappy resolution and very slow. If you still want to carry on with the aged 8.5 series, I kept a copy of the drivers if you can't get them elsewhere.
Mike P
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johnnyhop
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Post # 295354
Re: New install of "SimplyMEPIS-USB_8.5.03-rel1_64" is unsta Thanks for the replies, OK I'll try 11. When looking at download mirrors 11 wasn't on the Indiana University mirror which has blazing fast download speed. Did try 32 bit 8.5 last night performance was worse. BTW both 32 and 64 bit performed well in live CD mode.
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lucky9
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Post # 295357
Re: New install of "SimplyMEPIS-USB_8.5.03-rel1_64" is unsta I think someone there is not syncing their mirror. However you can download the 10.9.88 TEST version and use it. I wouldn't recommend it as the update/upgrade that would be required would negate any time savings because of its size. Plus you wouldn't quite have Mepis 11 afterwards.
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johnnyhop
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Post # 295623
Re: New install of "SimplyMEPIS-USB_8.5.03-rel1_64" is unsta Here's my "adventure" with the install of SimplyMEPIS-1.5G_11.0.00_64. The live CD ran very well. When rebooting after the install was finished, first after logging in the system froze on the second of the four progress images (for lack of what else to call them) on the KDE splash screen. The second and further attempts brought up the default desktop image however no panel, K button and the like. In the upper left corner of the screen was a small terminal window white w/black letters that would respond to keystrokes only when the mouse curser was inside of the terminal window. Another observation, the file system partition contains 4.48gB of data, notably less than other distros that are installed and functioning on this tower. Although the other distros have additional post install software and codecs. Installed on this machine are: Kubuntu, Ubuntu-Studio, Lubuntu and Fedora as well as the non-functioning Mepis. Booting is normally handled with the grub (ver 1.98) associated with Kubuntu. After an install update-grub is run from Kubuntu, then I'll boot into the new system. The bios on this machine allows any HD to be selected as first boot device. With the most recent attempt at installing Mepis, I selected the drive to which Mepis was to be installed as the first boot HD, then proceeded with the install. Using the Mepis grub, when attempting to boot to Mepis produced error 15, likewise when attempting to boot Kubuntu. Ubuntu-Studio and Memtest booted properly while Fedora would only boot to terminal login and Lubuntu wasn't found. Returning the drive containing Kubuntu as first boot drive, booting to Kubuntu and running update-grub returned to the boot described above. I'd like to try one more time as suggested install using Vesa as the display driver, how do I go about doing that? 
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m_pav
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Post # 295627
Re: New install of "SimplyMEPIS-USB_8.5.03-rel1_64" is unsta When running from the Live-media, there is a Mepis Manual icon on the desktop with answers to your questions, specifically Configuration > Display Only thing I'll add is, I am not sure if the Live-media state is transferred to the installed base, so I would try at the very least, pausing the grub boot and appending these to your boot line. They will only run on that session only. xdrvr=vesa nvidia.modeset=0 Also, you are testing the first release of Mepis 11, there have been 2 since then. The latest is 11.0.12 (December 2011) Furthermore, my recommendation based on your setup is to try one of the community remasters, in particular the Mepis-Roadblock2-64 from Danum available from this post viewtopic.php?f=59&t=32602. Mike P
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lucky9
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Post # 295631
Re: New install of "SimplyMEPIS-USB_8.5.03-rel1_64" is unsta That should be xdrvr=vesa confx You can try with and without the nvidia.modeset=0 See here for more info: http://www.mepis.org/docs/en/index.php?title=Cheatcodes
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