On 28 September 2016 at 07:59, Ken Burgett <keburg...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I just purchased a Dell Inspiron 17" hdmi laptop, 64 bit, running Windows > 10. I wish to configure the system as a dual boot, with Ubuntu 16.04 > alongside Win 10. I downloaded the System Rescue iso and flashed it to a > usb 2.0 pendrive with Rufus. > > I got it to boot, but I can't get startx to start, it dumps out about 20 > lines of stuff and then issues another command prompt. It looks like the > X.org server didn't start. > > In order to capture the failure, I took a photo with my phone camera, and > have included it as an attachment to this email. > > I would really appreciate someone letting me know how I might proceed beyond > this point. I have used System Rescue many times in the past, but never > with this particular computer. Are there bios options I need to set?
Looks like the kernel is too old for the hardware. Get a newer kernel that supports the hw. Dave. _______________________________________________ xorg@lists.x.org: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: https://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg Your subscription address: %(user_address)s
