Hi Joan,
Thanks for your reply. So Ubuntu 14 has better driver support than Mint 16 for the new (garbage) BIOS? Interesting. I found a beta driver file (proprietary) on the AMD site but can't figure out how to load it. One of the forums suggests that it will work but not unless I can get it installed. Link is http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop?os=Linux%20x86 . I have the file on the desktop of the computer but don't have the commands to let terminal install it! Converting a 60 year old mind into a new OS is a problem!
I have another laptop that I dropped it onto "slick as a whistle" but the newest one is giving me the problems.
Thanks for your suggestion and help!
Mark
I'd try Ubuntu 14.04 with Cinnamon since they have support for that newer style BIOS, I don't have anything that new that came with Win8. Maybe others will have more info...
Joan in Reno
From: Mark Atkins <mratkins@embarqmail.com>
To: linux_newbies@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, April 21, 2014 12:30 PM
Subject: [LINUX_Newbies] Mint 16 Cinnamon woes!
Hi, I just joined this group as I have a laptop that I was attempting to
install Linux Mint 16 Petra Cinnamon on but have run into difficulties
getting it to boot. I loaded it from a DVD and selected the option to
install from that desktop. I deleted Windows 8 (thank God!) but need a
reliable OS for this thing. If I just allow it to boot normally I get a
blue screen with a message that "X server" could not start. I searched
the Linux forums and found a link to disable the acceleration of my
video card (Radeon 8330), which I did, and it has booted into "safe
mode" (unaccelerated) mode. The changes to the GNU GRUB file does not
save so must be entered manully each time it is booted. Getting to the
GRUB menu is a problem most of the time as simply holding down the shift
button while powering on and booting does not always work. I'm pretty
frustrated with trying to get this thing to run reliably! It's an ASUS
laptop with an A4 AMD processor, the Radeon 8330 video and 8 GB RAM.
Does anybody know of a site or method to install a driver that will not
conflict, or whatever I need to do to get this thing running properly?
Thanks,
Mark
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