HP Compaq nx9030 and 14.04.1

[Nio Wiklund]

Den 2014-10-07 07:15, Ali Linx skrev:
> 
> On 10/07/2014 02:30 AM, Nio Wiklund wrote:
>> Den 2014-10-06 16:04, Alberto Salvia Novella skrev:
>>> Nio Wiklund:
>>>> If the PAE issue stops you, the computer
>>>> will stop very early, not act like you described.
>>> In
>>> <https://launchpadlibrarian.net/186622425/10600520_10203068700657798_3304663011951813746_n.jpg>,
>>>
>>> the kernel says it's a matter of PAE; what fits what documentation says
>>> in <https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PAE>.
>>>
>> Hi Alberto and Ali,
> Hi everyone,
> 
>> My mistake, I must have read only the text in the mail and from that
>> concluded that the computer booted and even logged in and out. Maybe I
>> confused it with the dialogue in another thread.
>>
>> But --forcepae in the picture is not correct. It should be -- forcepae
>>
>> "{space}--{space}forcepae" at the end of that line.
> 
> That picture was when I tried to boot Xubuntu 14.04 from a LiveUSB and
> yes, I have not added "space" between "--" and "forcepae" so that was
> possibly the reason why I got that error on the taken picture that
> Alberto included which I attached to the bug report :)
>>
>> I hope it helps you Ali :-)
> 
> My main issue is not booting the system. That is a minor issue and it is
> solved.
> The main problem here is that the machine is not usable. Almost most if
> not all is lagging after logging to the desktop.
> 
>>
>> Best regards
>> Nio
>>
> 
> Okay, this machine is playing hide and seek with me.
> Xubuntu 12.04 (Kernel: 3.2.0-69) is working now without any problem.
> 
> Yesterday, I was trying to install "xubuntu-restricted-extras" and it
> never worked neither from Terminal, nor Synaptic nor Ubuntu Software
> Center. The machine was frozen when I tried and it did not even let me
> finish the command "sudo apt-get install xubuntu-restricted-extras" ...
> 
> Now, it seems fine.
> 
> I have rebooted many times yesterday with no luck.
> It seems better today.
> 
> No idea what is going on with that machine ...
> 
> Maybe it is the load on the CPU because with such weak machine, it is
> very easy to see the CPU usage at 100% and very easy to produce that.
> 
> Thanks!
> 

Hi again,

It could also be a hardware error, anything from a bad (electric)
connection to bad ram or a failing component on the motherboard or a
failing power supply unit (giving low voltage, near the limit).

Best regards
Nio