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    Help! Cannot install any version of Linux on 12 yr old machine

    Thanks for finding that, that makes for interesting reading. So it's possible setting the "modesetting" driver in the config file may have solved the issue. Trouble is, I've dismantled the machine now and rebuilt with nice new hardware!
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    Help! Cannot install any version of Linux on 12 yr old machine

    I don't know what confounding variables there can be. The graphics driver for the Intel HD 2000 integrated graphics causes Linux running on this particular hardware to crash. It's nothing to do with the distro, I've tried every one suggested and more with the same result. It's not the...
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    Help! Cannot install any version of Linux on 12 yr old machine

    "Intel does not provide direct downloads and technical support for Linux drivers for these products. The Intel Graphics Linux driver is primarily supported through the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) or the Linux distribution vendor."
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    Help! Cannot install any version of Linux on 12 yr old machine

    Yes, for Windows. The drivers for Linux are no longer supported. Looks like I came up against the same problem as this guy (click on the link for the last two comments) https://askubuntu.com/questions/1245099/missing-driver-intel-hd-graphics-3000-on-ubuntu-20-04
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    Help! Cannot install any version of Linux on 12 yr old machine

    Update. Adding a graphics card (Nvidia GeForce GT610) stops the crashing. Unfortunately this card, a cheapie one off Ebay, doesn't do video decoding so video playback is actually worse as the Intel onboard GPU was handling it before. After a bit more research it seems Intel stopped supporting...
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    Help! Cannot install any version of Linux on 12 yr old machine

    Won't make any difference. It doesn't matter where it is run from, if it's using some aspect of the graphics driver it will crash. I have run Fedora from the USB stick and it seemed fine but when I tried that again it crashed before it got to the desktop. The only way I can get any of them to...
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    Help! Cannot install any version of Linux on 12 yr old machine

    Well this PC is becoming the graveyard of Linux distros. MX is the latest casualty, doesn't get past the splash screen.
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    CentOS Track IP's logging into SSH

    Do you mean something like ConfigServer Firewall or is that overkill?
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    Help! Cannot install any version of Linux on 12 yr old machine

    That's to do with 32 bit CPUs, no?
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    Web site login issue

    @willyum: If this happens again try simply going to Settings->Privacy & Security and under Cookies and Site Data hit Manage Data, find the website in the list and click on it, then Remove Selected and Save Changes. This worked for me when I had this problem with Godaddy. @APTI: I'm sorry to say...
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    Help! Cannot install any version of Linux on 12 yr old machine

    Right, using some instructions from here https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/intel_graphics#Xorg_configuration In /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ I have created 20-intel.conf and added Section "Device" Identifier "Intel Graphics" Driver "Intel" Option "NoAccel" "True" EndSection And booting with that...
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    Help! Cannot install any version of Linux on 12 yr old machine

    Alright I'm confused. I found this: https://packages.debian.org/sid/firmware-misc-nonfree Which describes many of the binary files in the repository Osprey linked to, with the codenames of the Intel CPUs. The codename for the generation the i3 2120 was part of was "Sandy Bridge". Although...
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    Help! Cannot install any version of Linux on 12 yr old machine

    No I said "nothing to lose" :D Alright you've convinced me, I'll give it a go. But I think Osprey might be onto something with these missing files....with the emphasis on "might". I need to know how to install the missing ones, do I just download them into that directory or is there a more...
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    Help! Cannot install any version of Linux on 12 yr old machine

    Does it have different graphics drivers to all the other distros?
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    What's the best IDE for linux users?

    VS Code all day long for me. Those using vi to write scripts, seek help. I mean it's tantamount to self harm :p
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    Help! Cannot install any version of Linux on 12 yr old machine

    I'm sorry but I'm afraid your puppy died along with all the others. I think it's this i915 graphics driver. I guess it would be common to all Linux installs so it doesn't matter which one I try. Running without it seems stable. Running with it, the more is asked of the graphics in terms of...
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    Help! Cannot install any version of Linux on 12 yr old machine

    I will give Puppy a try, I mean what have I got to lose except another hour of my time! Not holding out much hope though!
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    Help! Cannot install any version of Linux on 12 yr old machine

    Yes that seems to be effectively the same as booting in recovery mode, that gets me to the desktop with "unknown" monitor and default 1280x1024 display. That seems to be stable but it's not optimal obviously, not least because there's no graphics acceleration and I will want to be using this...
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    Help! Cannot install any version of Linux on 12 yr old machine

    Okay the situation is: All the distros of Linux I've tried on this machine will crash unless running in "safe" graphics mode. Even CentOS 7 crashes during install unless I select the safe miode option. Same with Mint and all the others. Fedora was looking good, that one would actually run in...
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