Dan Norton composed on 2016-12-17 20:57 (UTC-0500):
Felix Miata wrote:
> It's probably time to either switch to a newer PC, or try a less
> demanding DE, or even another distro, if the Debian installer is making
> it too hard for you to avoid Gnome...
Thanks for your help, Felix.
Glad
On 12/17/2016 05:05 AM, Felix Miata wrote:
>> Oh no! something has gone wrong.
>> A problem has occurred and the system can't recover. All extensions have
>> been disabled as a precaution.
>
> This is typical of trying to use GDM/Gnome on old hardware.
>
>
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=%22Oh+no!+something
Dan Norton composed on 2016-12-15 16:21 (UTC-0500):
Oh no! something has gone wrong.
A problem has occurred and the system can't recover. All extensions have
been disabled as a precaution.
This is typical of trying to use GDM/Gnome on old hardware.
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=%22Oh+no!+something+has
On 12/14/2016 06:34 AM, debian-user-digest-requ...@lists.debian.org wrote:
Something else: if your motherboard has onboard video, remove the AGP
card and give onboard a go. Most motherboards of that era with Intel
CPUs and AGP slots also provide an onboard video port.
OK, the following gets p
Dan Norton composed on 2016-12-14 20:40 (UTC-0500):
Until you know what if any grub configuration changes are required,
editing is premature. Editing on the fly at boot time is how one
troubleshoots grub-related troubles.
Not sure what "editing on the fly at boot time" means. Please elaborate
On 12/14/2016 06:34 AM, debian-user-digest-requ...@lists.debian.org wrote:
No quiet or splash in /boot/grub/grub.cfg but you give me an idea: is
there a way to copy /etc/default/grub to a memory stick, edit it on
another machine, then write it back? There is no mount command in the
grub set.
Dan Norton composed on 2016-12-13 18:04 (UTC-0500):
It's impossible to accurately answer all your questions without knowing
your gfxchip (lspci) or display model (hwinfo)...
You need a shell prompt, not a grub2 prompt, to run those.
Grub doesn't recognize any of those commands, but from hard
[...]
Thanks for the help. I've added more info...
It's impossible to accurately answer all your questions without knowing
your gfxchip (lspci) or display model (hwinfo)...
Grub doesn't recognize any of those commands, but from hard copy:
Display adapter: NVIDIAGeForce4 8X AGP ; Display: LG W
Dan Norton composed on 2016-12-12 20:52 (UTC-0500):
The netinst of jessie from a flash drive, graphic install, went well
like it did on another PC, but on this old PC the boot after install
produced a black screen.
vbeinfo lists some display settings followed by "Preferred mode
1360x768", but
Greetings,
The netinst of jessie from a flash drive, graphic install, went well
like it did on another PC, but on this old PC the boot after install
produced a black screen.
vbeinfo lists some display settings followed by "Preferred mode
1360x768", but this mode is not in the list. There is
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