Re: tty1-6, gdm3, xdm, gnome, Gigabyte mb - many problems - Solved

2013-09-03 Thread Luis Bandarra
Hi, On 02-09-2013 18:54, Thomas H. George wrote: apt-get install fglrx-driver has solved the problem. I had overlooked a message at the start of bootup stating a radeon nonfree display package might be required. (Its on the screen very briefly - it took me three reboots to read it). I think i

Re: tty1-6, gdm3, xdm, gnome, Gigabyte mb - many problems - Solved

2013-09-02 Thread Thomas H. George
apt-get install fglrx-driver has solved the problem. I had overlooked a message at the start of bootup stating a radeon nonfree display package might be required. (Its on the screen very briefly - it took me three reboots to read it). The notes on the fglrx-driver actually suggest trying the

Re: tty1-6, gdm3, xdm, gnome, Gigabyte mb - many problems - Solved, Not Entirely

2013-09-02 Thread Thomas H. George
On Mon, Sep 02, 2013 at 01:54:42PM -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: apt-get install fglrx-driver has solved the problem. I had overlooked a message at the start of bootup stating a radeon nonfree display package might be required. (Its on the screen very briefly - it took me three reboots to

Re: tty1-6, gdm3, xdm, gnome, Gigabyte mb - many problems, little help

2013-09-01 Thread Ralph Katz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 08/31/2013 02:21 PM, Thomas H. George wrote: Still trying to solve this problem I ran two straces. Summary: The system will boot as xdm with 6 virtual terminal, no x window OR The system will boot as gdm3 with a gnome desktop, no virtual

Re: tty1-6, gdm3, xdm, gnome, Gigabyte mb - many problems, little help

2013-08-31 Thread Thomas H. George
Still trying to solve this problem I ran two straces. strace -f -e trace=open,read /etc/init.d/xdm restart This trace ends xdm is not the default manager after reading /usr/sbin/xdm from the file /etc/X11/default-display-manager. There is no file xdm in /usr/sbin/ although xdm is installed.

Re: tty1-6, gdm3, xdm, gnome, Gigabyte mb - many problems

2013-08-30 Thread Thomas H. George
On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 10:37:04AM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote: On 8/30/13, Thomas H. George li...@tomgeorge.info wrote: Problem: On initial bootup there is a message that gdm3 is not fully installed, probably a hardware problem. (The Gigabyte mb has onboard video AMD Radeon HD 6310

tty1-6, gdm3, xdm, gnome, Gigabyte mb - many problems

2013-08-29 Thread Thomas H. George
Netinst Wheezy with linux-image-3.2.0-4-amd64 Problem: On initial bootup there is a message that gdm3 is not fully installed, probably a hardware problem. (The Gigabyte mb has onboard video AMD Radeon HD 6310 graphics) Problem: Despite bootup message classic gnome display appears and works but

Re: tty1-6, gdm3, xdm, gnome, Gigabyte mb - many problems

2013-08-29 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On 8/30/13, Thomas H. George li...@tomgeorge.info wrote: Problem: On initial bootup there is a message that gdm3 is not fully installed, probably a hardware problem. (The Gigabyte mb has onboard video AMD Radeon HD 6310 graphics) Problem: Despite bootup message classic gnome display appears