Richmond composed on 2021-05-05 12:49 (UTC+0100):
> I installed debian on an old PC i686. I chose the mate desktop. When I
> tried to log in throught display manager I could not, so:
> I closed X down with telinit 3
> I logged in on the console as root
> I ran xinit -- :0
> I switched to a non
Dan Ritter writes:
> Richmond wrote:
>> I installed debian on an old PC i686. I chose the mate desktop. When I
>> tried to log in throught display manager I could not, so:
>>
>> I closed X down with telinit 3
>> I logged in on the console as root
>> I ran xinit -- :0
>> I switched to a non
On Wed, 05 May 2021 18:36:50 +0100
Richmond wrote:
Hello Richmond,
>package called nvidia-detect for this architecture.
Oops, I'm sorry - you're right - I didn't check properly.
Again, sorry about getting your hopes up.
--
Regards _
/ ) "The blindingly obvious is
Brad Rogers writes:
> On Wed, 05 May 2021 15:31:25 +0100
> Richmond wrote:
>
> Hello Richmond,
>
>>01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation NV11
>>[GeForce2 MX/MX 400] [10de:0110] (rev b2)
>
> As mentioned by Greg;
>
> On Wed, 5 May 2021 11:14:44 -0400
> Greg Wooledge
Dan Ritter writes:
> Richmond wrote:
>> Dan Ritter writes:
>>
>> > Richmond wrote:
>> >> I installed debian on an old PC i686. I chose the mate desktop. When I
>> >> tried to log in throught display manager I could not, so:
> ...
>> >> What can I do? Perhaps use a different xserver. The
On Wed, 05 May 2021 15:31:25 +0100
Richmond wrote:
Hello Richmond,
>01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation NV11
>[GeForce2 MX/MX 400] [10de:0110] (rev b2)
As mentioned by Greg;
On Wed, 5 May 2021 11:14:44 -0400
Greg Wooledge wrote:
>Or else look for this nvidia
On Wed, May 05, 2021 at 03:31:25PM +0100, Richmond wrote:
> > 1) Identify your video hardware. Use "lspci -nn" for this.
>
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation NV11
> [GeForce2 MX/MX 400] [10de:0110] (rev b2)
OK. This is... a rather old device.
Greg Wooledge writes:
> On Wed, May 05, 2021 at 08:20:21AM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote:
>> As your non-root user, write a .xinitrc:
>>
>> #!/bin/sh
>> xterm &
>> exec mate-session
>>
>> and then run
>>
>> startx
>>
>> Tell us what happens then. If it crashes, let us see your
>>
Richmond wrote:
> Dan Ritter writes:
>
> > Richmond wrote:
> >> I installed debian on an old PC i686. I chose the mate desktop. When I
> >> tried to log in throught display manager I could not, so:
...
> >> What can I do? Perhaps use a different xserver. The display driver is
> >> nouveau.
> >
Scrap the previous /etc/apt/sources I forgot I was using ssh into a
different pc.
cat /etc/apt/sources.list
#
# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 10.9.0 _Buster_ - Official i386 DVD Binary-1
20210327-10:50]/ buster contrib main
# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 10.9.0 _Buster_ - Official i386 DVD
Richmond writes:
> I installed debian on an old PC i686. I chose the mate desktop. When I
> tried to log in throught display manager I could not, so:
>
> I closed X down with telinit 3
> I logged in on the console as root
> I ran xinit -- :0
> I switched to a non root user in the xterm window on
On Wed, May 05, 2021 at 08:20:21AM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote:
> As your non-root user, write a .xinitrc:
>
> #!/bin/sh
> xterm &
> exec mate-session
>
> and then run
>
> startx
>
> Tell us what happens then. If it crashes, let us see your
> /etc/apt/sources.list and anything in sources.list.d/
Richmond wrote:
> I installed debian on an old PC i686. I chose the mate desktop. When I
> tried to log in throught display manager I could not, so:
>
> I closed X down with telinit 3
> I logged in on the console as root
> I ran xinit -- :0
> I switched to a non root user in the xterm window on
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