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by derek
Wed Nov 30, 2011 11:01 am
Forum: fit-PC3 hardware
Topic: fit-PC3 Block Diagram
Replies: 9
Views: 20979

Re: fit-PC3 Block Diagram

Can the RTC battery be replaced by the user when it goes flat? c.f. the fit-PC2 where it can't (I believe)
by derek
Tue Nov 29, 2011 11:04 pm
Forum: Linux Mint
Topic: Boot forever - Your disk drives are being checked for errors
Replies: 9
Views: 13177

Re: Boot forever - Your disk drives are being checked for er

There seems to be a lot of chatter about this behaviour so I doubt that it is anything to do with the file system on my particular fitPC but I will boot from another disk and fsck the original root disk and then boot from the original disk. (Because the boot time fsck is every X boots or every Y day...
by derek
Tue Nov 29, 2011 10:00 pm
Forum: Linux Mint
Topic: Won't boot after package update
Replies: 10
Views: 15901

Re: Won't boot after package update

That will back up the entire disk though? So I would need a spare disk that is bigger than the root disk? And it would take much longer than it needed to? (There was a reason why I asked about backing up the entire file system .) I suppose that the problem with backing up the file system is that the...
by derek
Tue Nov 29, 2011 9:40 pm
Forum: Linux Mint
Topic: Corrupt graphics and UI dead [SOLVED-ish]
Replies: 5
Views: 8482

Re: Corrupt graphics and UI dead [SOLVED-ish]

The problem is with the GMA500 linux drivers.
Just so as I understand then ... the problem occurs even if I have loaded and installed the kernel and drivers from the fit-PC web site? (which I have)
by derek
Mon Nov 28, 2011 7:21 am
Forum: Linux Mint
Topic: Won't boot after package update
Replies: 10
Views: 15901

Re: Won't boot after package update

This has happened again )-: )-: - on a different fit-PC2i, with different disk configuration. Mint Linux wanted to install 450 or so updates. I let it. After all updates, the system wouldn't boot. I suspect that there is an update in the stream of updates for Mint Linux to which the fit-PC2i is alle...
by derek
Tue Nov 22, 2011 11:14 pm
Forum: Linux Mint
Topic: Unknown signal during boot
Replies: 4
Views: 7380

Re: Unknown signal during boot

In case it helps, in the Monitor section, I only added the modes. I didn't change any existing setting and I didn't add any other settings that were displayed by parse-edid. What were the modes listed for your TV? What mode do you want to use? What is the model of your TV? I don't think that you are...
by derek
Mon Nov 21, 2011 4:35 am
Forum: Linux Mint
Topic: Unknown signal during boot
Replies: 4
Views: 7380

Re: Unknown signal during boot

Maybe you are experiencing the same problem as I did. Have a read of

http://www.fit-pc.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=2220

and see whether it seems similar.
by derek
Mon Nov 21, 2011 1:55 am
Forum: Linux Mint
Topic: Corrupt graphics and UI dead [SOLVED-ish]
Replies: 5
Views: 8482

Re: Corrupt graphics and UI dead

Yes, my oversight. Seems to be stable now. Perhaps changing the Visual Effects should be moved into the installation steps, rather than being left in the "Known Issues". Is any work being done to fix the underlying problem(s)? I'm sure the product would look better - and give a better first impressi...
by derek
Mon Nov 21, 2011 1:49 am
Forum: Linux Mint
Topic: Boot forever - Your disk drives are being checked for errors
Replies: 9
Views: 13177

Re: Boot forever - Your disk drives are being checked for er

There is nothing wrong with the file system. Linux just likes to check the file system after every X boots(?). This is a good thing - as a precautionary measure. I know that I can boot a live CD and check the root file system that way - but that is not convenient and is quite slow to boot up (and it...
by derek
Fri Nov 11, 2011 1:18 am
Forum: Linux Mint
Topic: Corrupt graphics and UI dead [SOLVED-ish]
Replies: 5
Views: 8482

Corrupt graphics and UI dead [SOLVED-ish]

Within minutes of starting to use the fit-PC, after login, the display of one or more windows becomes "corrupt" and soon after it is no longer possible to click on anything. The mouse moves around the screen correctly but left or right mouse click does nothing. (The PC is not completely hung. I can ...

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