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[SOLVED] NEC Spirit 550
[SOLVED] NEC Spirit 550
Does anyone else have one of these? Basically it's a Pentium 4 based machine with an SiS chipset with integrated SiS graphics. But I'm damned if I can run Linux on it!
Specification:
M/B: PTM661GX-AA with SiS 661GX chipset (south bridge)
CPU: Pentium 4 (651) 3.4GHz HT
RAM: 2GB PC3200
GPU: SiS M741
Designed for Windows XP and runs very well. I've had Windows 10 running on this, not brilliantly, but not bad neither. Linux, on the other hand, is not so easy.
I've had Debian Squeeze installed and running happily. I can boot an Ubuntu Hardy Heron live CD without a problem, but I cannot get a modern Linux based distro to work. Not even Puppy.
The problem is, it won't start the kernel. Every modern(ish) distro does the same. When the kernel is started, the computer stops dead. Completely. The computer has to be reset.
Or have I found a computer that has an unsupported spec, or obsolete hardware?
Specification:
M/B: PTM661GX-AA with SiS 661GX chipset (south bridge)
CPU: Pentium 4 (651) 3.4GHz HT
RAM: 2GB PC3200
GPU: SiS M741
Designed for Windows XP and runs very well. I've had Windows 10 running on this, not brilliantly, but not bad neither. Linux, on the other hand, is not so easy.
I've had Debian Squeeze installed and running happily. I can boot an Ubuntu Hardy Heron live CD without a problem, but I cannot get a modern Linux based distro to work. Not even Puppy.
The problem is, it won't start the kernel. Every modern(ish) distro does the same. When the kernel is started, the computer stops dead. Completely. The computer has to be reset.
Or have I found a computer that has an unsupported spec, or obsolete hardware?
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Re: NEC Spirit 550
antiX might have a driver for the graphics card; have you tried that yet? You don't have to stick with its super lightweight GUI if you want something heavier, either.
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Re: NEC Spirit 550
I wish the kernel would get far enough to worry about that, but the kernel doesn't initialise.stevepusser wrote:antiX might have a driver for the graphics card
Is there one? I mean, I've tried the i386 and the kernel doesn't start.ruwolf wrote:Maybe i686 version?
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Re: NEC Spirit 550
Antix doesn't appear to have a 686 iso. Only 386 and x64.
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Re: NEC Spirit 550
The computer seems a bit of an odd fish.
If you search for
There was a one for sale on eBay https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEC-Spirit-5 ... 7675.l2557 The screenshots show a Packard-Bell screen. It has Nvidia instead of SIS.
I'm sure I used to run a computer with SIS but I am blowed if I can remember what I used.
I wonder what would happen if you could use ?
If you search for
it doesn't come up with much.NEC Spirit 550
There was a one for sale on eBay https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEC-Spirit-5 ... 7675.l2557 The screenshots show a Packard-Bell screen. It has Nvidia instead of SIS.
I'm sure I used to run a computer with SIS but I am blowed if I can remember what I used.
I wonder what would happen if you could use
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Re: NEC Spirit 550
Try the 17.4.1 32/386 bit version -phenest wrote:Antix doesn't appear to have a 686 iso. Only 386 and x64.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/antix- ... ntiX-17.4/
antiX with runit - lean and mean.
https://antixlinux.com
https://antixlinux.com
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Re: NEC Spirit 550
Yes, antiX follows the Debian convention of using i386 for 32-bit and amd64 for 64-bit Intel x86 type packages. That doesn't mean they are really compatible all the way back to an i386 system!
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Re: NEC Spirit 550
Starting to get somewhere. Antix boots up, loads the kernel and actually starts. But it stops at:
I'm wondering if that SiS chipset is no longer supported in the kernel.
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Waiting for /dev to be fully populated
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Re: NEC Spirit 550
For antiX, try antiX-forum, they have probably more practice with older computers...
Re: NEC Spirit 550
Hi
Maybe you could boot with:
nomodeset
Just a thought
Maybe you could boot with:
nomodeset
Just a thought
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$ vrms
No non-free or contrib packages installed on debian! rms would be proud.
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Re: NEC Spirit 550
^ +1
Even if the SiS card lacks a driver you should be able to get to the desktop with vesa(4).
Even if the SiS card lacks a driver you should be able to get to the desktop with vesa(4).
deadbang
Re: NEC Spirit 550
I can't even get to a console.
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Re: NEC Spirit 550
Press "e" with the GRUB menu entry highlighted then add nomodeset to the end of the line that starts with "linux" and use <ctrl>+x (at the same time) to boot the modified entry.
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Re: NEC Spirit 550
After much determination and trying different boot parameters:
... is the solution.
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acpi=off
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