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| From | Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: Odd issues with Stretch installation |
| Date | 2016-09-15 20:00 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <shJ74-1GD-21@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <shuUp-12G-1@gated-at.bofh.it> <shzKp-4a4-9@gated-at.bofh.it> <shA3L-4yi-5@gated-at.bofh.it> |
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On 09/15/2016 04:13 AM, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 5:54 PM, Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> wrote: >> On 09/14/2016 10:43 PM, Chris Angelico wrote: >> >>> The first sign of failure was that, after installation, the GUI didn't >>> load properly - just a black screen with a mouse cursor. In trying to >>> track down the failure, I found the disk to be full, so I didn't >>> bother analyzing it any further. >> >> >> Same problem. Only my tower has plenty of memory and disk space. I just get >> a black screen, lonely mouse cursor in the upper left of my display. Yes, >> the mouse cursor does move around. So, I open a terminal and startx gives me >> the XFCE desktop. Ric > > How did you open a terminal? From that screen, or by booting in a > different mode? When I tried that, I got a "no screens found" error, > which has led me to a solution, of sorts (and which I've literally > only just finished testing while writing this email): By "terminal" I meant logging into a text-only terminal with ctrl-alt-F1 I'm not running a virtual instance, but the problem is the same with my primary XFCE4 desktop. I've google's but am not coming up with anything recent. Ric -- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. http://linuxcounter.net/user/44256.html
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Odd issues with Stretch installation Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-09-15 04:50 +0200
Re: Odd issues with Stretch installation Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> - 2016-09-15 10:00 +0200
Re: Odd issues with Stretch installation Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-09-15 10:20 +0200
Re: Odd issues with Stretch installation Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> - 2016-09-15 20:00 +0200
Re: Odd issues with Stretch installation Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-09-15 20:00 +0200
Re: Odd issues with Stretch installation Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2016-09-15 20:40 +0200
Re: Odd issues with Stretch installation Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-09-15 21:10 +0200
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