On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 11:01 PM, Aidan Gauland <[email protected]>wrote:
> On 21/03/12 15:10, John Carter wrote: > > So having gone around and around and around the Ubuntu Oneiric / Precise > > / ... install, and grub grubbing and (quite promising boot-repair) > root.... > > > > I have got nowhere due that UEFI curse word. > > > > Arch Linux installed as slick as a greased suppository. > > > > So I'm going with that for now. > > I tried Arch. Drive me absolutely batty. It made me appreciate just > how much Debian does to make packages work nicely with the rest of the > system. Arch leaves almost EVERYTHING to you. Some users want that, > but I don't want *that* much control. > > Let me know how it works out for you. > > (I use Debian testing, in case anyone was wondering which release of > Debian I use.) > > Good description of Arch. X doesn't start up. Why? Look in ~/.xsession-errors Doesn't have permission to run ~/.xsession OK, let it have it's wicked way with .xsession and .xinitrc But no. Look in .xinitrc, Lo, the have commented out the options to start gnome or kde or xfce, uncomment gnome and Way Hey! We're off... not quite. Sigh! I have got it pretty much going now but, my, Debian/Ubuntu really does a lot of work in the background setting things up nice. ps: I have pretty much settled on gnome-shell as a better option than gnome-classic and gnicer than unity. Still Nick Rout is right, as always, what got me to Arch was the Arch wiki seem to have a Clue about the UEFI problem I was having. (Unlike the rest of the planet which was still stuck on the "UEFI really Sucks and has broken my boot" phase.) -- John Carter Phone : (64)(3) 358 6639 Tait Electronics Fax : (64)(3) 359 4632 PO Box 1645 Christchurch Email : [email protected] New Zealand ======================================================================= This email, including any attachments, is only for the intended addressee. It is subject to copyright, is confidential and may be the subject of legal or other privilege, none of which is waived or lost by reason of this transmission. If the receiver is not the intended addressee, please accept our apologies, notify us by return, delete all copies and perform no other act on the email. Unfortunately, we cannot warrant that the email has not been altered or corrupted during transmission. =======================================================================
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