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Re: Jessie for Udoo X86?

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Larry Dighera wrote:
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> What I have discovered thus far, is that Debian wants to launch X11 by
> default, instead of the command line UI.  That appears to result in a black
> screen with a frozen system.  
>
> At this point, I have no idea of the correct way to boot to the command line
> interface, so I temporarily renamed lightdm, and now it boots to the command
> line interface apparently after X11 fails to launch.  So, it appears that it
> is X11 that has possible issues with the hardware or is misconfigured.
> Perhaps there is something in X11's /var/log file that will provide a clue
> about why it was failing to successfully launch.

  hope so!  also check the session logs in lightdm...


> So, it appears that grub is correctly configured after all.  
>
> What is the correct way to configure the system to boot to the command line
> UI instead of X11?  Do I need to edit things, or add files to, /etc/rc.d
> someplace?  Or is there a higher-level way to tell systemd that I prefer to
> manually launch X11?  

  install the base system to start and then add the
next layers after.

  lightdm by default should not take you any further
than the lightdm greeter login screen without you
adjusting the configuration files.

  is there some reason not to give the current 
testing images for the installer a try?  it may
have better support for newer hardware.


> I'm aware that running the startx script is a reasonable way to launch X11
> when I want it, but I'll have to diagnose its issue(s) first.  My past
> familiarity with AT&T Unix from the early '80s through the '90s was pre-X11,
> so I'm going to have to learn how to administrate X11 now I suppose.  
>
> I sincerely appreciate your kind efforts in guiding me.  I gives me the
> motivation to continue spending the time to get Jessie up on the new Udoo
> X86 platform.

  the keyword being "new" there makes me go "hmm..."  :)

  [i have no idea what a Udoo is...]


  songbird

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Jessie for Udoo X86? Larry Dighera <LDighera@att.net> - 2017-04-17 06:30 +0200
  Re: Jessie for Udoo X86? Eduard Bloch <edi@gmx.de> - 2017-04-17 11:00 +0200
    Re: Jessie for Udoo X86? Larry Dighera <LDighera@att.net> - 2017-04-17 17:30 +0200
    Re: Jessie for Udoo X86? GiaThnYgeia <GiaThnYgeia@openmailbox.org> - 2017-04-17 18:00 +0200
      Re: Jessie for Udoo X86? Larry Dighera <LDighera@att.net> - 2017-04-18 01:00 +0200
        Re: Jessie for Udoo X86? GiaThnYgeia <GiaThnYgeia@openmailbox.org> - 2017-04-18 10:40 +0200
          Re: Jessie for Udoo X86? Larry Dighera <LDighera@att.net> - 2017-04-20 16:20 +0200
            Re: Jessie for Udoo X86? Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2017-04-20 16:30 +0200
            Re: Jessie for Udoo X86? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2017-04-20 21:20 +0200
              Re: Jessie for Udoo X86? Larry Dighera <LDighera@att.net> - 2017-04-24 04:00 +0200
                Console fonts, was Re: Jessie for Udoo X86? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2017-04-24 05:30 +0200
                Re: Console fonts, was Re: Jessie for Udoo X86? Larry Dighera <LDighera@att.net> - 2017-05-01 01:50 +0200
                Re: Console fonts Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2017-05-01 03:40 +0200
                Re: Console fonts Larry Dighera <LDighera@att.net> - 2017-05-02 21:30 +0200
                Re: Console fonts Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2017-05-03 01:00 +0200
                Re: Console fonts David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2017-05-03 01:50 +0200
                Re: Console fonts Larry Dighera <LDighera@att.net> - 2017-05-03 18:40 +0200
                Re: Console fonts David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2017-05-04 02:40 +0200
                Re: Console fonts David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2017-05-03 03:30 +0200
                Re: Console fonts Larry Dighera <LDighera@att.net> - 2017-05-03 19:10 +0200
                Re: Console fonts Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2017-05-03 22:20 +0200
                Re: Console fonts David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2017-05-04 02:40 +0200
                Re: Console fonts, was Re: Jessie for Udoo X86? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2017-05-01 18:30 +0200
          Re: Jessie for Udoo X86? Larry Dighera <LDighera@att.net> - 2017-04-23 21:40 +0200
            Re: Jessie for Udoo X86? GiaThnYgeia <GiaThnYgeia@openmailbox.org> - 2017-04-24 00:20 +0200
            Re: Jessie for Udoo X86? songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2017-04-24 01:50 +0200
            Re: Jessie for Udoo X86? Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2017-04-24 14:40 +0200

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