We are recommending he install the default Trisquel DE because the learning curve is more gentle and more people can help him.
> -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [Trisquel-users] Re : youtube-viewer won't play videos > Local Time: December 30, 2017 8:32 AM > UTC Time: December 30, 2017 1:32 PM > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > I could enter ctrl+alt+F1, but when I got there it was just ouputting lines > and lines and lines of text > > Those lines are errors that must have been written in /var/log/syslog. They > may be informative. On the contrary, reinstalling at every problem does not > teach you anything and the same problem occurs. > > Trisquel's default desktop includes "GNOME System Log" to read/search the > logs. Trisquel Mini probably has nothing alike. However, you can use any > text editor (I believe Leafpad is Trisquel Mini's default) to "open" > /var/log/syslog. > > By the way, the first text session being unusable, you could have switched to > the second text session with Alt+F2 (once you are in another text session, > Ctrl+Alt+F2 from the graphical session). > > You seem to have many obscure problems. I wonder if your hardware is > defective. If I were you I would install "memtests86+" (in Trisquel's > repository) and let it test you RAM during one full night. Memtest86+ is run > from the menu of GRUB, the bootloader, that lists the installed operating > system. If its blue screen turns red, your RAM is defective. > > You can self-test your hard drives with SMART too. The regular edition of > Trisquel has "Disks" in its "System Settings". I do not think Trisquel Mini > has anything alike. As a consequence, you would either need to install > "gnome-disk-utility" (in Trisquel's repository) or to run the tests from a > terminal. But start with the RAM.
