skystar 2 on mint linux

[andysly]

i was just arseing around today with a new linux distro called mintlinux..and guess what its bloody mint aswell my ss2 card worked right off a fresh install :O
thats a first in windows let alone linux :d
also sorted out my dell d620 lappy with ubuntu and even got the wifi working solid..

today is a good tekki day

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[BGonaSTICK]

That's pretty amazing :clap:

If I wasn't up to my armpits in fixing broken computer stuff, I'd have a go at that. It's going on my to-do list anyway

[andysly]

its so easy it hurt..when you have installed mint do the update but on boot up revert to the old kernel. it works as sweet as a nnut.i left the pc on lastnight with kaffeine as my dvb-s player and do you want to know something that even surprised me more.. not one dropped frame all night thats 8 hours of solid useage..

i feel we are getting very close now to the age of linux.....the dual boot install was easy updateing was easy installing apps was easy getting my nasty broadcom a/b/g wifi working was hekk to easy...

its a live cd or dvd..so you can allways try before you install

http://www.linuxmint.com/

[BGonaSTICK]

You mean it boots and runs off the disk like Knoppix, without installing anything?

[andysly]

yupp yupp and double yupp.. just checked it to be shure but when you install it you can then take advantage of installing the nvidea driver and all is good

[BGonaSTICK]

I take it that's a video driver and it will work OK without, as I don't have nvidia cards in any of my boxes ATM.

Just checking before I download it

I don't really have time to do this, but you have my attention now

[andysly]

i know its ok with most cards so it should work out of the box
just been playing with beryl and that 3d cube desktop :O i like it makes aero for xp seam like crap :d

[andysly]

i better give the specs on this pc
althon 64bit single core 3500
gig of ddr400
via chipset asus k8x
nvidea 6500 260meg turbocash pcie
soundblaster audigy 2 value
3 x 300gig ide hdds
2 x 300 gig satas
skystar2 pci

[BGonaSTICK]

I'm just about to start a rebuild of this machine, so I might wait until then and install properly on an old disk.

Also, I see you've shown your hand on the weather satellite reception front in your sig, which is something I've always been tempted with. So, I'm afraid you cannot leave the forum until I have bled you dry of any useful information...

There are a couple of tentative posts regarding weather satellites on the forum somewhere.

[jontydog]

Might have to try this mint linux myself I believe there is even a plugin for Kaffeine now to use softcams