Thanks a lot Felix and Micheal. I will follow your advice, and for the first time ever, use Debian Testing. I guess when Stretch is released I will be able to install that, correct? So I will be able to go back to using a stable release right? I'm really afraid of testing, the whole reason I like Debian is for its stability, but using stable would require me to install various packages from backports maybe?? I did try installing that newer kernel, that didn't work. thanks a lot,
On Sun, May 21, 2017, at 10:55 PM, Michael Milliman wrote: > > > 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 > >> > > > > -- > 73's, > WB5VQX -- The Very Quick X-ray >