Hi, I'm running Debian Lenny without any problems on my small Acer netbook. Everything runs fine, so in fact this is not realy a problem. But just to try something new, I downloaded the latest version of Mint "Lisa" and tried to install it on my netbook.

No matter what I tried, I only got a command prompt - no graphic environment.

My laptop has a dual core atom processor, 2 MB of RAM, and a rather slow integrated Videocard. However, Debian Lenny, Debian Squeeze, SuSE all run fine. I also tryed Ubuntu, but that was very slow on this machine. However, the graphics desktop worked fine.

I have tried both the Gnome and the KDE version, I have done a normal boot and I have done a "safe" boot - nothing works.

I believe your netbook has the infamous Intel GMA500 "Poulsbo" graphics. You can verify this with the following terminal command:

Linux support for this card is poor.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poulsbo..._Linux_support

You will need to select your distro carefully, and possibly install a special driver or make a few "tweaks" to get adequate graphics performance. Perhaps a forum Search on your specific card will yield some suggestions.

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[QUOTE=snowpine;4601427]I believe your netbook has the infamous Intel GMA500 "Poulsbo" graphics. You can verify this with the following terminal command:

You are absolutely right:

lspci | grep VGA
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation System Controller Hub (SCH Poulsbo) Graphics Controller (rev 07)

Thank you, I will try if I can find a suitable driver.

Mint is based on Ubuntu, so perhaps the following will be helpful:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupp...eoCardsPoulsbo