Attempting to move from kde 4.2.2 to 4.2.3

[stevenvollom at sbcglobal.net]

David McGlone wrote:
> On Friday 29 May 2009 10:57:04 pm Steven Vollom wrote:
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>>> Cool! :-) So far so good. Is your hardware working now?
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>> I had to leave the memory and video card out for the installation.  Both
>> caused the video to not work.  I used 2 sticks of memory and the onboard
>> video to get a screen.  Every other configuration caused a black screen.
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> Ok, If I were you, I would choose one or the other and try getting them to 
> work 1 at a time. I'd go for the memory first. Try putting just the memory back 
> in the machine and make sure it is absolutely seated in the slot all the way, 
> and see if that may have been your problem.
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> If that doesn't work, and the computer will not boot, then just take it back 
> out, if the computer does boot, check in the BIOS to see if the BIOS is 
> recognizing it before you boot into Kubuntu This will answer the question 
> whether the system recognizes the memory, but the Operating system doesn't. 
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> There are basically just 3 problems that can happen with memory.
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> 1. it's the wrong type of memory.
> 2. the memory isn't seated correctly
> 3. bad memory module
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> we can rule out #1 because from what I understand, this was in your system 
> before and worked fine.
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Everything worked fine if I only put memory in the first two slots.  
Later I tried one of the memory sticks that was in the 3rd slot, 
exchanging it for the one in the 2nd slot that was working.  That stick 
also worked, so it appears that I have a problem in the outer slots that 
doesn't seem to be a stick of memory, most likely a motherboard 
problem.  Since it appears that the memory is OK, I tried the Video Card 
to see if it would work with just the first two slots with memory.  It 
booted up and provided the initial screen, but would not continue 
through the boot sequence.  I removed the video card, expecting the 
system to boot as recently using the onboard video again, but now it 
won't boot again.  I have never been able to boot to the live CD, 
however, I did not try the first time I got a screen again, but the 
computer opened and functioned normally for a while with onboard video 
and 2 memory sticks in the first two slots.  The video card also worked 
for a short time since the original crash. So apparently the only thing 
that is failing is the motherboard in the area of the outer two slots.

I am writing this from my old box, which isn't my favorite situation, I 
have been spoiled with speed for too long.  I will have to wait for the 
change from kde 4.22 to kde 4.2.3 for a while.  Thanks everyone who 
helped.  This has been and will continue to be the best source for help 
regarding Kubuntu and KDE applications.

Steven