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SteveK, you're awesome man!!

Edit:
I added "nouveau.modset=0 xmodule=vesa" and was able to load Chakra Live. It will install from there and once the non-free nvidia drivers are in place, things will work well.

ok, let's back up and try this again.

Assume I've had to install a new harddrive with no OS and I want to put Chakra on it. This Dell IS a 64-bit machine.

I've downloaded chakra-2012.09-Claire-x86_64.iso, confirmed that the md5sums is correct and written it to a usb stick with Suse ImagWriter.

I've insterted the usb and selected "Boot from usb" from the bios menu.

It boots happily but I do not see the grub menu. There is no pause. It goes directly to the Chakra menu.

From here, any option I select starts fine and then does a "kernel panic". I can not get into the grub menu to change the startup parameters to try and write out that nvidia module.

My only option at this point is to look for a different distro that plays nice with this BIOS. This is NOT an option I want to consider. I LIKE Chakra!

My installed version of Chakra runs just fine. It has just "lost" my usb Logitech headset. Present but greyed out.

The Live Boot USB on the other hand gives me a kernel panic as soon as I try and run Chakra from USB, either to Terminal or to desktop.

I'll go back to an earlier iso if I really need/want to re-install. At this point you've got a problem with your iso on this architecture. Just saying . . .

LiveCD booting from usb. LiveUSB ?

Thanks for the reply Inkane.

1. It's easier to spend 30 minutes re-insalling Chakra and all my programs than it is to spend 2 days trying to solve the problem of why my Logitech USB headset has disappeared.

2. There is no pause at the grub menu to edit the boot parameters.

3. Trying to start the LiveCD with the proprietary drivers locks before it gets that far.

4. The Chakra LiveDVD just should NOT do this!

5. My other two machines are 32-bit. This is the only one I've got left to play with.

Any hints appreciated.

I like a minimal live installation both on my netbook and as a rescue iso. I use a 1G stick for this. My next size up is 8G which I don't want to use for even the full-blown iso. If I could figure out how to partition my large stick to give me a useable storage area, I'd be ok going that route. And if I am missing something on the minimal . . . hey, that's what pacman is for

I'm sorry, I really haven't kept track. I'm going to have to start keeping a record of updates and be more aware of problems that may show up.

I'm using the netbook extensively right now and mostly use a usb mouse. Took a while before the arrow scrolling "didn't feel right" anymore and then more time before I decided maybe I should ask about it. Tried a couple of older versions of Firefox in case that was the problem - it wasn't.

uh, I didn't. Firefox is working. Rekonq is having problems. I'll disable ipv6 and report back. But wouldn't it effect Firefox too?

Edit: ok, disabled ipv6. rekonq is fixed. Strange!

4. YOU MUST KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING.

. . . that's it for me then . . .

Tried re-installing phc-intel again and had the same problem with acpi_cpufreq. Just doesn't want to work on this machine. I'm not going to pursue it any further at this point. <see above>

I've been using my netbook extensively for the last week or so and getting a consistent 4 1/2 to 5 1/4 hours out of it with general usage. Only problem I've been experiencing is very erratic behavior out of my Logitech M185 usb mouse (stubby dongle). The touchpad has been working fine so it's not a major issue.

Alejandro, when I had PHC installed acpi_cpufreq would not load on boot. Once I removed PHC, acpi worked fine. Hadn't changed kernels at that point so running phc-setup should have been a non-issue. I'm doing fine without undervolting. This netbook is not a speed-demon in Power Saving mode anyway. I won't sacrifice anymore responsiveness for a few more minutes of battery.

Fully charged battery and with webcam, eth, and bluetooth disabled, only wifi and card reader active.

With Jupiter working in Power Saving mode: ~ 7hr 15min.
Without Jupiter running: ~ 6hr and 15min.

Before Jupiter, In real life I've only ever got about 4hr on battery power so the 'battery remaining' figures are somewhat optimistic.
Over the next couple of weeks I'm be using the netbook extensively and will have a better idea of real world usage.