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

Boot from iso (was: Re: efi problem)

2023-04-24 Thread Max Nikulin
On 24/04/2023 01:38, Charles Curley wrote: On Sun, 23 Apr 2023 16:34:03 - (UTC) Curt wrote: Install grml-rescueboot I just tried it. It may work with a grml CD ISO; I didn't try it. The code builds the grub.cfg entry correctly, and that works. But grub refused to boot the debian netinst

Re: efi problem

2023-04-24 Thread Curt
On 2023-04-23, Charles Curley wrote: > On Sun, 23 Apr 2023 16:34:03 - (UTC) > Curt wrote: > >> Install grml-rescueboot > > I just tried it. It may work with a grml CD ISO; I didn't try it. The > code builds the grub.cfg entry correctly, and that works. But grub > refused to boot the debian

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

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

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

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

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

Re: efi problem

2023-04-23 Thread Charles Curley
On Sun, 23 Apr 2023 15:15:22 -0400 songbird wrote: > that's my thoughts at this point. hope you will make better > progress on this soon. :) No worries. I have USB sticks, CD-RWs, etc. I just did the experiment to see how well it worked. Thanks for the thoughts, though. -- Does anybody

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

Re: efi problem

2023-04-23 Thread songbird
Charles Curley wrote: > On Sun, 23 Apr 2023 16:34:03 - (UTC) > Curt wrote: > >> Install grml-rescueboot > > I just tried it. It may work with a grml CD ISO; I didn't try it. The > code builds the grub.cfg entry correctly, and that works. But grub > refused to boot the debian netinst image I

Re: efi problem

2023-04-23 Thread Charles Curley
On Sun, 23 Apr 2023 16:34:03 - (UTC) Curt wrote: > Install grml-rescueboot I just tried it. It may work with a grml CD ISO; I didn't try it. The code builds the grub.cfg entry correctly, and that works. But grub refused to boot the debian netinst image I provided. -- Does anybody read

Re: efi problem

2023-04-23 Thread Curt
On 2023-04-22, mick.crane wrote: >> DdB > This sounds encouraging. > Any idea what the correct manifestation would be to get the PC to boot > the debian installer CD? > What as wrong with boot from CD, disk 1, disk 2, some convoluted network > connection? > > Install grml-rescueboot sudo

Re: efi problem

2023-04-23 Thread songbird
mick.crane wrote: > On 2023-04-23 00:56, songbird wrote: >> mick.crane wrote: >>> I suspect the GPU is suspect because there are small blocks of pixels >>> appearing where they aren't wanted. >>> I'd like to re-install the OS as I've got copies of everything I >>> think. >>> Just to see if it's

Re: efi problem

2023-04-23 Thread Max Nikulin
On 23/04/2023 12:07, mick.crane wrote: root@pumpkin:/home/mick# efibootmgr BootCurrent: 0007 Timeout: 1 seconds BootOrder: 0008,,000A,0003,0004,0007,0001,0002 - Boot0007* debian Boot0008* CD/DVD/CD-RW Drive ... Is there some way I can say "boot Boot0008 please"?

Re: efi problem

2023-04-22 Thread mick.crane
On 2023-04-23 00:56, songbird wrote: mick.crane wrote: I suspect the GPU is suspect because there are small blocks of pixels appearing where they aren't wanted. I'd like to re-install the OS as I've got copies of everything I think. Just to see if it's maybe a driver issue. Thing is I can't

Re: efi problem

2023-04-22 Thread David Wright
On Sat 22 Apr 2023 at 21:06:55 (+0100), mick.crane wrote: > > Am 22.04.2023 um 19:30 schrieb mick.crane: > > > I suspect the GPU is suspect because there are small blocks of pixels > > > appearing where they aren't wanted. > > > I'd like to re-install the OS as I've got copies of everything > > >

Re: efi problem

2023-04-22 Thread songbird
mick.crane wrote: > I suspect the GPU is suspect because there are small blocks of pixels > appearing where they aren't wanted. > I'd like to re-install the OS as I've got copies of everything I think. > Just to see if it's maybe a driver issue. > Thing is I can't get the f12 options screen of

Re: efi problem

2023-04-22 Thread Felix Miata
mick.crane composed on 2023-04-22 18:30 (UTC+0100): > Thing is I can't get the f12 options screen of the PC to let me boot > from a CD in this EFI mode what's grub done. > How can I boot from CD in this EFI mode? Are you sure it's supposed to be F12 on yours? BBS Boot Keys (Bios Boot

Re: efi problem

2023-04-22 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, Apr 22, 2023 at 01:14:12PM -0500, David Wright wrote: > On Sat 22 Apr 2023 at 18:30:56 (+0100), mick.crane wrote: > > I suspect the GPU is suspect because there are small blocks of pixels > > appearing where they aren't wanted. > > I'd like to re-install the OS as I've got copies of

Re: efi problem

2023-04-22 Thread DdB
Am 22.04.2023 um 21:01 schrieb mick.crane: > Any idea what the correct manifestation  would  be to get the PC to boot > the debian installer CD? Without checking your CPU and general hardware, it would be dangerous to speculate as of what you need. But to give at least one hint to you, i'll copy

Re: efi problem

2023-04-22 Thread Mark Allums
On 4/22/23 15:06, mick.crane wrote: On 2023-04-22 19:05, DdB wrote: Am 22.04.2023 um 19:30 schrieb mick.crane: I suspect the GPU is suspect because there are small blocks of pixels appearing where they aren't wanted. I'd like to re-install the OS as I've got copies of everything I think. Just

Re: efi problem

2023-04-22 Thread mick.crane
On 2023-04-22 19:05, DdB wrote: Am 22.04.2023 um 19:30 schrieb mick.crane: I suspect the GPU is suspect because there are small blocks of pixels appearing where they aren't wanted. I'd like to re-install the OS as I've got copies of everything I think. Just to see if it's maybe a driver

Re: efi problem

2023-04-22 Thread mick.crane
On 2023-04-22 19:05, DdB wrote: Am 22.04.2023 um 19:30 schrieb mick.crane: I suspect the GPU is suspect because there are small blocks of pixels appearing where they aren't wanted. I'd like to re-install the OS as I've got copies of everything I think. Just to see if it's maybe a driver

Re: efi problem

2023-04-22 Thread David Wright
On Sat 22 Apr 2023 at 18:30:56 (+0100), mick.crane wrote: > I suspect the GPU is suspect because there are small blocks of pixels > appearing where they aren't wanted. > I'd like to re-install the OS as I've got copies of everything I think. > Just to see if it's maybe a driver issue. > Thing is I

Re: efi problem

2023-04-22 Thread David Christensen
On 4/22/23 10:30, mick.crane wrote: I suspect the GPU is suspect because there are small blocks of pixels appearing where they aren't wanted. I'd like to re-install the OS as I've got copies of everything I think. Just to see if it's maybe a driver issue. Thing is I can't get the f12 options

Re: efi problem

2023-04-22 Thread DdB
Am 22.04.2023 um 19:30 schrieb mick.crane: > I suspect the GPU is suspect because there are small blocks of pixels > appearing where they aren't wanted. > I'd like to re-install the OS as I've got copies of everything I think. > Just to see if it's maybe a driver issue. > Thing is I can't get the

efi problem

2023-04-22 Thread mick.crane
I suspect the GPU is suspect because there are small blocks of pixels appearing where they aren't wanted. I'd like to re-install the OS as I've got copies of everything I think. Just to see if it's maybe a driver issue. Thing is I can't get the f12 options screen of the PC to let me boot from a