[wplug] "Video issue" with Linux Mint

[Martin James Gehrke]

That sounds like a fun project.
I live just south of GC. I need to replace the bolt release on my hunting
rifle too.

If you need help troubleshooting the linux mint video issue let me know.


On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 7:58 PM, G.Pitman <gpitman at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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