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#1 (**permalink**) 01-18-2008, 05:17 PM

Hi,

I've had some trouble installing linux on an ibm thinkcentre m51.
first, i installed Fedora Core 4, which worked, but X windows wouldn't
start. I got an error that no screens have usable configuration, and
seemed to have a problem w/ the depth. i tried changing the depths
from 16 to 8 or 24, but no luck. Then, x windows didn't work with
debian either. Ubuntu crashed during installation, while trying to set
up the graphics, and SUSE 10 crashed during installation (perhaps this
was due to the presence of the debian installation on the hard
drive??).

anyway, i don't know if anyone has found a distribution which does work
on this system.

Also, the problems seems to be the graphics, and intel has a linux
driver for the relevant chipset (915), but the installation
instructions are geared towards SUSE 9. Does anyone know if this
driver can be used with other distributions, and if so, how?

thanks,
vikaas

#2 (**permalink**) 01-18-2008, 05:17 PM

vikaas wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've had some trouble installing linux on an ibm thinkcentre m51.
> first, i installed Fedora Core 4, which worked, but X windows wouldn't
> start. I got an error that no screens have usable configuration, and
> seemed to have a problem w/ the depth. i tried changing the depths
> from 16 to 8 or 24, but no luck. Then, x windows didn't work with
> debian either. Ubuntu crashed during installation, while trying to
> set up the graphics, and SUSE 10 crashed during installation (perhaps
> this was due to the presence of the debian installation on the hard
> drive??).
>
> anyway, i don't know if anyone has found a distribution which does
> work on this system.
>
> Also, the problems seems to be the graphics, and intel has a linux
> driver for the relevant chipset (915), but the installation
> instructions are geared towards SUSE 9. Does anyone know if this
> driver can be used with other distributions, and if so, how?

SuSE 9.0? Forget that.

What happens if you try booting with a Knoppix CD? Does it give you a usable
display? And can you contact IBM and ask them for the available frame rates
and resolutions of the display, which will help you set it up?

#3 (**permalink**) 01-18-2008, 05:19 PM

Thanks for the suggestion -- I'll give Knoppix a try (unfortunately I'm
away from that computer for a few days, so i'll try it then and let you
know how it goes).

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