On Fri, Jul 02, 2010 at 10:29:36PM +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: > Camaleón wrote: > > On Fri, 02 Jul 2010 18:53:10 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: > > > > > >> Camaleón wrote: > >> > > > > > >>> Have you considered the computer may lack for system resources (such as > >>> RAM or CPU)? Todays DE (GNOME and KDE) are memory hungry, so couldn't > >>> be that your machine is very busy? :-? > >>> > >>> - What are your PII specs (RAM and CPU)? > >>> > >>> > >> 896 for RAM. For CPU, this is 350 Mhz, but it can do it! > >> > > > > Are you sure? >:-) > > > > RAM is okay but CPU is a bit slow, bus limited, non-multithread, single > > core... > > > But it did it some months ago with the same Debian, but with an older > kernel! How could it be unable to do it now? > >>> - Try to start the system without X (just console) and check how it > >>> behaves > >>> > >>> > >> It does nothing. Exactly the same. > >> > > > > The same cannot be :-) > > > > Without X you cannot reach the desktop, you should be at console and see > > nothing more than a black screen and a "login:_" prompt. > > > Without X, I cannot reach the desktop, sure, but, anyway, I can't reach > the desktop. What I wanted to say that it is the same without desktop is > that, as, when the login prompt ends after having typed my credentials, > the only background which appears on my screen do not react to my calls > for having a console (i.e. Ctrl - Alt - Fx). But if you have another way > to launch without X, especially directly into console, please tell me. > I'll try it and test its effect. > >>> - Run "top" to watch for high processes consumption of RAM and CPU > >>> > >>> > >> I can't! I don't have any access to a suitable console! > >> > > > > Then you are still with X loaded. Try to boot in "init 1" (single user > > mode). I used to boot at "init 3" in openSUSE to get no X environment but > > dunno how can this be done in Debian :-? > > > I tried in single user mode. Then, I can use a console. In this console, > everything works, but this is still console. I then tried `startx' and I > encountered exactly the same problem: background with nothing more (but > I did not receive the splash login screen).
aptitude install sysv-rc-conf. Run this and you can turn off gdm. This way you'll boot to a console even when not using single user mode. For lightweight desktops / window managers, I recommend you try either LXDE or Fluxbox. For Fluxbox, right-click on the desktop to bring up the system menu. LXDE has a "start" button, like Windows or KDE. Both are very lightweight. -Rob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
