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[Yorvyk <yorvik.ubunto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 17 Nov 2011 09:03:38 -0500
Tim Bernhard <ohiomoto@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Thanks Stephen,
> 
> I found that to enter GRUB you simply press and hold SHIFT.  I added the
> parameter to the end of the the boot command and booted they system and it
> did the same thing.    Lubuntu splash and then the screen goes blank.
> 
> 
> Tim
> 
> On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 7:36 AM, Stephen Smally <eco.stefi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> 
> >  On 11/17/2011 04:49 AM, Tim Bernhard wrote:
> >
> > Hi Everyone,
> >
> >  I'm, trying to resurrect an old Sony Vaio PCG-9401.  This thing is an
> > old Windose ME machine that came with AMD processor, 12GB hard drive and
> > 64mb of RAM.  I had a 128mb stick of pc-100 so I dropped that in to bring
> > the RAM up to 192mb.  I installed Lubuntu using the mini.iso.  It took a
> > while but the install completed.
> >
> >  The problem is that after rebooting the system I get the following
> > message:
> >
> >  vt596_smbus 0000:00:07.4: SMBUS: Error: Host SMBus controller not
> > enabled! - upgrade BIOS or use force=1
> >
> >
> >  After that, the Lubuntu splash screen is briefly displayed and then the
> > screen goes blank.
> >
> >  Any ideas?
> >
> >  Thanks,
> >
> >  Tim
> >
> >
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> >
> > try to enter into the grub (you have to hit some keys if it doesn't show
> > up automatically, something like Canc, google for it), go on the line that
> > says "L/Ubuntu * with Linux *" (* means the version of the system, 11.10
> > with linux 3 or so on), enter "e" (to edit the entry) and add force=1 after
> > "quiet splash".
> >
> > this because the message says:
> >
> > upgrade BIOS or use force=1
> >
> > This mean that you grub is too old for Lubuntu, you have to upgrade it, or
> > you can add force=1 at the start to avoid the problem.
> > if it works i will tell you how to make it persistent (by default when you
> > edit an entry the changes you made aren't persistent).
> >
> > Stephen Smally
> >
> > P.S. sorry for the different font
> >
>
It would appear there isn't really a solution for this problem, from what I've found googling. :(
To cheer you up though, todays xkcd http://xkcd.org/ :)

My only sugestion is to try the alternate install, rather than the minimal method.

-- 
Yorvyk