Re: Re: netinst bad display after first screen

2019-06-01 Thread Blair, Charles E III
> You may indeed have better luck with Ubuntu's installer if it uses the > GPU specific driver. The network installer for ubuntu did work with my hardware, so that's what's on my computer now. Thanks, anyway, for your help.

Re: Re: netinst bad display after first screen

2019-06-01 Thread Blair, Charles E III
> Well known, yes. Easily fixed, no. > A newer kernel may fix the issue. > A common workaround is to boot the installer in BIOS/legacy/CSM mode > instead of EFI native mode. > setting the GRUB variables > gfxmode and/or gfxpayload to specific values (hardware dependent) > before booting the

Re: Re: netinst bad display after first screen

2019-06-01 Thread Blair, Charles E III
>The monitor then shows a row of what look like > tiny screen images at the top, with the rest of > the monitor all black. Crtl-Alt-F1, etc makes > changes in the tiny images at the top, but the > all-black rest of screen is unchanged. As you suggested, I changed the installer's >> linux

netinst bad display after first screen

2019-05-31 Thread Blair, Charles E III
I have downloaded the current netinst and burned it to a DVD. When I boot it, the first screen I see shows the usual beginning with choices "Graphics Install," "Install," "Advanced". I choose "Install" and press F10. The monitor then shows a row of what look like tiny screen images a

Re: Re: network installer will not boot

2019-05-27 Thread Blair, Charles E III
Thanks for your continuing help. I would like to to try "Legacy," but am not sure how. I press F2 at the beginning. This takes me to tabs including "Main", "Devices", "Boot". Under "Devices," there is a box under the heading "USB Configuration" for "Legacy", which I have checked with a

Re: Re: network installer will not boot

2019-05-26 Thread Blair, Charles E III
Thank you. I seem to have another problem. I used F2 to shut off "secure boot". Now, there are noises that suggest the CD is being read, but nothing displays on the monitor--- no warnings, no diagnostics, just a blinking cursor in the upper-left corner. -- My e-mail is unreliable. Please

network installer will not boot

2019-05-25 Thread Blair, Charles E III
I am trying to install debian on an Intel NUC with a DVD device attached. I downloaded the network installer, then burnt it to a CD on a different computer. When I put it in the new computer and start it, I get the message: > Image Authorization Fail. > System cannot boot to this device d

what partitions to mount during upgrade ?

2017-06-19 Thread Blair, Charles E III
I am an unsophisticated user who has finally gotten around to upgrading a desktop from wheezy to jessie. I am trying to follow the instructions in the "release notes," but don't really know what I'm doing. My current question is to clarify the instructions about mounting partitions at the b

Need to upgrade claws-mail on debian 7.1

2017-03-19 Thread Blair, Charles E III
I am using debian 7.11, which includes version 3.8.1 of claws-mail. I have recently been having problems with this, and have been advised that I need to upgrade to 3.11.1. It didn't seem possible to do this with aptitude, and I am hoping there is some other painless way.

emacs locked file problem

2016-04-25 Thread Blair, Charles E III
I have just installed jessie (stable) on my laptop. The only user (apart from root) is "ceblair". I think I got emacs from aptitude, but perhaps it was already part of the default installation. Whenever I try to open or save a file, I get a message that the file is locked. I can use the "s

canberra-gtk-module not loaded?

2016-04-22 Thread Blair, Charles E III
I have just installed the stable jessie using netinst on a laptop. When I run certain programs, I am getting a message "canberra-gtk-module not loaded." How do I fix this? How serious is it?