[wplug] "Video issue" with Linux Mint

G.Pitman gpitman at gmail.com
Tue Jan 1 19:58:33 EST 2013


I have been considering an appleseed event for about a year now, you might
just push me over the ledge.

On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 4:19 PM, Justin Smith <justin at js-wordsmith.com>wrote:

> Thanks, guys. I'll need to brush up on my troubleshooting between now
> and then, but this will give me a good start.
>
> The rifle is a new Ruger 10/22 that I'm making into a Liberty Training
> Rifle <http://libertytrainingrifle.tumblr.com/> for use at a Project
> Appleseed <http://www.appleseedinfo.org/> boot camp. The factory front
> sight and bolt stop pin are stuck as tight as I've ever seen, and I
> don't trust my shaky hands to install countersunk sling studs on my own.
>
> Chuck - that's his name - invited me to bring friends to Appleseed. If
> you've got a rifle that can be accurately shot from the shoulder and
> want to learn traditional rifle marksmanship skills, you're welcome to
> come. I certainly intend to invite Chuck and any other Linux enthusiasts
> he knows to join WPLUG!
>
> *Justin S. Smith*
> Electronic Communication Specialist
> http://www.js-wordsmith.com ? My résumé and references
>
> On 12/31/2012 2:06 PM, Gary Pitman wrote:
> > If using the Ubuntu based Mint you should be able to boot to the install
> disk and hit Escape when you see the splash screen to get to the basic boot
> process. Then hit F6 to get the kernel rags and select nomodeset. That
> should get you through the graphical install and then you will have to add
> the same argument at boot until you get the driver sorted out.
> > This suggestion is packed with assumptions of what is the actual problem.
> >
> >
> > More importantly, what kind of rifle and what's the problem?  - just
> curious
> >
> > Sent from my iPad
> >
> > On Dec 31, 2012, at 10:47 AM, Justin at js-wordsmith.com wrote:
> >
> >> I'm heading out to Grove City later this week so that a gun instructor
> can
> >> help me work on my rifle. Not one to take something for nothing, I
> offered
> >> to help him with any computer trouble he's having. Well, it just so
> happens
> >> that he's having trouble putting Linux Mint on a pair of "old Dells." He
> >> says that there's some sort of video issue with them where the graphics
> >> won't display properly.
> >>
> >> Anybody have experience with this problem? I'm going to start reading
> up on
> >> it later today, but I'd appreciate any tips.
> >>
> >> Justin Smith
> >> Electronic Communication Specialist
> >> http://www.js-wordsmith.com
> >>
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