Want to revert back to 14.04 from 16.04..................

[wolfie52]

After several attempts to install 16.04 from CD and whilst a "version" runs, I have no printer connect, unable to get my files, cannot load Adobe ad infinitum.

I run a 32 bit Packard Bell
Memory 2 GiB

Either how can I resolve or maybe ideally (?) can I rever t back to the safety of 14.04

Finally, a throw away comment. Is it perhaps time to dump my current machine and upgrade?




NAME FSTYPE SIZE MOUNTPOINT LABEL
sda 232.9G
├─sda1 ext4 130.3G
├─sda2 1K
├─sda3 ext4 38.8G
├─sda5 swap 3.8G [SWAP]
├─sda6 ext4 24.6G
├─sda7 ext4 17.6G /
└─sda8 ext4 17.8G
sr0 1024M




Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 1049kB 140GB 140GB primary ext4 boot
3 140GB 182GB 41.6GB primary ext4
2 182GB 250GB 68.5GB extended
8 182GB 201GB 19.1GB logical ext4
6 201GB 227GB 26.4GB logical ext4
7 227GB 246GB 18.9GB logical ext4
5 246GB 250GB 4096MB logical linux-swap(v1)




Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
udev 990M 0 990M 0% /dev
tmpfs 202M 6.5M 195M 4% /run
/dev/sda7 18G 6.8G 9.6G 42% /
tmpfs 1007M 103M 905M 11% /dev/shm
tmpfs 5.0M 4.0K 5.0M 1% /run/lock
tmpfs 1007M 0 1007M 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
tmpfs 202M 60K 202M 1% /run/user/1000

[Bashing-om]

wolfie52; Hello;

My thought, as many 32 bit applications have or will loose support in our 64 bit world ; I would give consideration to installing a 64 bit release .
What returns:


sudo lshw | grep "description: CPU" -A 12 | grep width

It says clearly whether it's 64 or 32 bits (may take a little while to finish).

Additionally:
Lubuntu is a faster, more lightweight and energy saving variant of Ubuntu using LXDE, the Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment. It is targeted at "normal" PC and laptop users running on low-spec hardware. I have experienced great results with (l)ubuntu on older hardware systems .

As to the time to dump the current machine .. well, that all depends on your use case ! There are several things one can do to an old box to extend it's usefulness .
Easiest and best is to install additional ram .. 2 more Gigs will make a world of difference .
IF the data buss is SATA .. then one could get a huge jump in performance with replacing the old spinning hard drives with SSD(s).

These will be much more cost effective than replacing the machine . - Though an 8 core AMD or Intell I7 system sure would be Nice !



use case



bottom line

[grahammechanical]

What video adapter? How much video memory? As you have Ubuntu installed run this command:


/usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test -p

This is what I see


graham@Ub1604:~$ /usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test -p
OpenGL vendor string: nouveau
OpenGL renderer string: Gallium 0.4 on NVA5
OpenGL version string: 3.0 Mesa 11.2.0

Not software rendered: yes
Not blacklisted: yes
GLX fbconfig: yes
GLX texture from pixmap: yes
GL npot or rect textures: yes
GL vertex program: yes
GL fragment program: yes
GL vertex buffer object: yes
GL framebuffer object: yes
GL version is 1.4+: yes

Unity 3D supported: yes

If you see anything different then your video adapter cannot run Ubuntu with its 3D Unity user interface.

Regards

[wolfie52]

Thank you Basing-om

I never ever thought of using a version other than Ubuntu, considered it a compromise, which of course it is, but I am only a light user so perhaps this will suit my current situation.

I ran the code you suggested and the result was: width: 64 bits

So, hey, I still have the need to dump or get back to a useable situation with 16.04, but I really appreciate the comments you make.

Again many thanks

[wolfie52]

grahammechanical


Thank you. Here is the result of your code suggestion.



OpenGL vendor string: nouveau
OpenGL renderer string: Gallium 0.4 on NV98
OpenGL version string: 3.0 Mesa 11.2.0


Not software rendered: yes
Not blacklisted: yes
GLX fbconfig: yes
GLX texture from pixmap: yes
GL npot or rect textures: yes
GL vertex program: yes
GL fragment program: yes
GL vertex buffer object: yes
GL framebuffer object: yes
GL version is 1.4+: yes


Unity 3D supported: yes


So I guess all is well from video adaptor