Re: graphic cards was efi problem

2023-04-24 Thread songbird
mick.crane wrote: ... > on reboot after installation of bookworm PC says no OS found. you'd have to check the installer logs in /var/log/installer (for that install) to see where it failed. > Changed Dell f2/f12 menu to boot legacy CDrom and bookworm installation > succeeds, has automagically

Re: graphic cards was efi problem

2023-04-24 Thread mick.crane
On 2023-04-24 10:23, David Christensen wrote: On 4/22/23 22:07, mick.crane wrote: Dell Precision T3600 I assume this is the computer for the subject thread. I couldn't make head nor tail of the Dell f2/f12 boot options. installed bullseye and all was stable at 800x600 but with no options to

Re: graphic cards was efi problem

2023-04-24 Thread David Christensen
On 4/22/23 22:07, mick.crane wrote: Dell Precision T3600 I assume this is the computer for the subject thread. On 4/23/23 15:45, mick.crane wrote: On 2023-04-23 20:21, David Christensen wrote: On 4/23/23 12:56, mick.crane wrote: Please be considerate of us oldies who struggle with the tech

Re: graphic cards was efi problem

2023-04-23 Thread mick.crane
On 2023-04-23 20:56, mick.crane wrote: Please be considerate of us oldies who struggle with the technology. I successfully booted from the CD and reinstalled Debian. The purpose for doing this was that I was having pixel glitches on the monitor and some freezes. Thinking anything I've done that m

Re: graphic cards was efi problem

2023-04-23 Thread mick.crane
On 2023-04-23 20:21, David Christensen wrote: On 4/23/23 12:56, mick.crane wrote: Please be considerate of us oldies who struggle with the technology. I successfully booted from the CD and reinstalled Debian. The purpose for doing this was that I was having pixel glitches on the monitor and som

Re: graphic cards was efi problem

2023-04-23 Thread Felix Miata
mick.crane composed on 2023-04-23 20:56 (UTC+0100): > I wondered if there is some way to examine graphics card memory and mark > as bad or something. Marking sections of VRAM bad isn't something I've ever heard of doing. If you have a discrete graphics card rather than one included in motherboa

Re: graphic cards was efi problem

2023-04-23 Thread David Christensen
On 4/23/23 12:56, mick.crane wrote: Please be considerate of us oldies who struggle with the technology. I successfully booted from the CD and reinstalled Debian. The purpose for doing this was that I was having pixel glitches on the monitor and some freezes. Thinking anything I've done that mig

graphic cards was efi problem

2023-04-23 Thread mick.crane
Please be considerate of us oldies who struggle with the technology. I successfully booted from the CD and reinstalled Debian. The purpose for doing this was that I was having pixel glitches on the monitor and some freezes. Thinking anything I've done that might be causing that will be eradicate