On 05/21/2017 07:24 PM, Anil Duggirala wrote: > Thanks everyone for your responses. I did not expect such quick and full > response. I also really don't believe it has anything to do with > partitioning (Debian deleted the partitions and created exactly > corresponding partitions with guided partitioning). > More info: When I installed initially with LXDE, I had horrible graphics > and no touchpad, upon installing the Linux-image from backports (4.9), > these problems were resolved. I have tried installing Linux-image 4.9 > from backports (using the command line) now again, the problem persists. > However, in the debian-laptop users list, I guy who said he has the > exact same laptop (Asus X441SA) said he is running Gnome-Classic > (Gnome), I have tried asking him if he got this problem but have > received no response from him. > All commands outputs here are in a new installation (I have installed 3 > times now), with the regular kernel (3.16) > Outputs: > inxi commands say 'command not found' > lspci .... : > 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Device > [8086:22b1] (rev 35) > Subsystem: ASUSTek Computer Inc. Device [1043:1290] > 00:0b.0 Signa processing controller [1180]: Intel Corporation Device > [8086:22dc] (rev 35) > Subsystem: ASUSTek Computer Inc. Device [1043:1290] > 00:13.0 SATA Controller [0106]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:22a3] > (rev 35) > > I have pasted Xorg log at https://paste.debian.net/933539 > > Should I just try Mate or XFCE?? is it possible that works? > > thanks a lot, > Sorry about the side conversation on partitioning. Clearly your problem is not the partitioning scheme. As Felix found, the key information in lspci output is the device id (8086:22b1) for your graphics controller is not supported in the stable distribution of Debian. It is, however, supported in the Stretch distribution. I am running Stretch currently, and it is a good working distribution, with the vast majority of major bugs already worked out of it. You should be able to run Stretch without problems. I concur with Felix, install Stretch and enjoy :) > > On Sun, May 21, 2017, at 03:57 PM, Jimmy Johnson wrote: >> On 05/21/2017 12:52 PM, Michael Milliman wrote: >>> >>> >>> On 05/21/2017 12:23 PM, Jimmy Johnson wrote: >> >>>>> However, the OP's post does not mention anything of this nature. The OP >>>>> deleted the existing Debian partition(s) leaving the existing Windows >>>>> partition(s) alone. No mention was made of the ordering of the >>>>> partitions on the drive. The OP then re-installed Debian with the >>>>> Debian installer, effectively starting from scratch with Debian. >>>>> Everything seems to work, except GNOME is crashing on boot. There are >>>>> several things that can cause this, and I have caused some of them on my >>>>> system before, however the fact that this is a fresh install limits the >>>>> possible causes, the most likely of them being a missing (non-free?) >>>>> video driver or some such required by GNOME to run properly. The way >>>>> the OP went about scrapping and re-installing the Debian system is valid >>>>> and should not have caused a problem under normal circumstances. Hence >>>>> the suspicion of a missing driver (again probably non-free, and likely >>>>> Radeon as well...I've had similar issues with my laptop). >> >>>> I have a Lenovo laptop with the problem you describe and it's a >>>> kernel/video/plasma problem, works fine with the old Sid 4.7 kernel but >>>> not with the 4.9, first boot is ok, on restart you will not get the DM >>>> or x and may freeze up. Sometimes switching back and forth on the >>>> consoles will get you x, alt+ctrl+F2-F1-F3-F7. Jessie back-ports are >>>> also 4.9 and don't work right too. The problem here is an >>>> Intel-965-mobile, I'm going to install the Jessie kernel and see if that >>>> works or maybe a Ubuntu kernel, I think they are 4.4 and 4.8, I know the >>>> 4.4 will work, for me anyways, but I have to do something cause the 4.7 >>>> kernel is old now and not getting security updates. >>> Hey, its better than the 3.16 kernel I was stuck with for a long time up >>> until just a couple of months. :) In my case, laptop would boot, but >>> the screen would be completely blanked out. If I caught the boot >>> process at just the right time with a alt+ctl+F1, I could get it to >>> finish booting, if I missed the window, it was power-off, power-on!! :( >>> The first-boot on 3.16 would do usually boot into software emulation >>> mode, and then I installed the Radeon drivers, and everything was OK. I >>> have 4.9 running now and working fine. Video drivers and wifi drivers >>> have been my bane for many a year! >> >> I had to remove all Debian firmware and installed linux-image-generic >> and linux-headers-generic and Ubuntu's firmware-linux, but now it's >> running 4.4.0-21-generic, it's booting fine and I can get updates too. >> So this kernel problem I've had for more than a year is fixed, I was >> going to wait for Stretch to go final but I've waited long enough. This >> was on two systems Sid/Testing and Stretch. The version I'm using is >> Ubuntu 16.04, just in case the OP wants to try it, I used Synaptic to do >> the work and pinned the Debian release so not to pickup any other Ubuntu >> packages not needed and I was able to rid more than 800Mb of Debian >> kernel's on each system. >> -- >> Jimmy Johnson >> >> Debian Sid/Testing - Plasma 5.8.6 - EXT4 at sda15 >> Registered Linux User #380263 >> >
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