Re: Debian Gnome Or XFCE ?
On 14/08/2015, didier gaumet <didier.gaumet@gmail.com> wrote:
> Le 13/08/2015 13:58, Bret Busby a écrit :
>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> That is how I managed to initially install the operating system.
>
> then you should probably have a grub entry with PAE enabled (forced)
>
>> I have not tried, and, do not know how, to apply that fix as part of a
>> kernel upgrade, and thence, I can not either update, or, add packages
>> to, that computer, within that operating system installation.
>
> 1) edit /etc/default/grub, and add "forcepae" to the
> GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT parameter
> for example:
> replace
> GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
> by
> GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash forcepae"
>
> 2)
> $ sudo update-grub
>
> 3) reboot
>
> 4) Ubuntu being booted in PAE mode, apt-get would probably let you
> upgrade your system
>
>> I guess it is now just a permanent bug in Ubuntu "i386", if the
>> problem does not apply to kernels outside Ubuntu.
>
> It is not a bug in Ubuntu: it is a choice. For x86, they now support
> only 686 with PAE (and from what I understand, PAE support in early
> Celerons is deemed experimental).
>
>
Hello.
Thank you.
Thank you for your previous clarifications.
Thank you for the solution above, which worked and solved the problem.
And, thank you for your patience with me.
--
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
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