On 8/14/19 2:51 AM, Ernst Doubt wrote: > > Greetings, > > i've been an avid debian user for more than 2 decades at this point > and just > > bought myself my first laptop. It and buster are new enough that a > quick web > > search didn't show me much. Apologies if questions of this sort have been > > asked before (i subscribed myself to the list instead of doing an > extensive > > search (i did check for 'dell 3785' and none of the results seemed > like they > > were particularly helpful)). > > So i managed to install successfully (the LVM level encryption option > seems > > very excellent -- that's what i chose) but when i restarted, the > machine hung. > > Gnome Display Manager tried to briefly start. No GUI appeared though > -- only a > > momentary flicker of the screen (with no mouse pointer, only a blinking > > underscore at the top left of the display) before reverting to command > line > > output. After dropping back to the command line, no login prompt is > available (nor am i able to access any other consoles via ctrl-alt-Fn > nor alt-Fn key combinations. Fortunately i am able to get a root > prompt in rescue mode, so i'm > > hopeful (that with the help of some of you kind people) that i will be > able to > > succeed in getting my preferred KDE desktop environment to eventually > load. > This sounds a lot like a graphics card bug. (see https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=156341 for a possibly related bug in nvidia cards) > > I have several questions: > > How do i enable networking from the command line? > Try ifconfig and dhclient. Alternatively wicd network manager has a curses interface. > > i assume i can do this in > > rescue mode? > I think so but you may want to try booting into multi-user mode instead > > i was able to connect to my wireless network during the install, > > but if it's easier to plug in an ethernet cable, i'm happy to try that > instead > > (DHCP is enabled (both wireless and ethernet end up in the same > network at my home), though i'm willing to set a static IP also). > > What log files should i be looking for on this newly installed buster > machine? > Two good places to start would probably be /var/log/X* and journalctl, after setting storage to persistent (if you are using systemd). > > My guess is that i may have to install some proprietary non-free firmware > > packages (which i'm OK with). > firmware-amd-graphics (from non-free) may help. > > My quick web search indicated that ubuntu ought > > to work, but i'd rather stick with debian (though it's possible that > at some > > point in the future i'll cry uncle). Would it be helpful for me to > boot from a live DVD (either debian or ubuntu) in order to > troubleshoot this problem? > > thanks so very much for any assistance/insight anyone is able to provide, > > ~e > Sincerely,
Moshe Piekarski -- There's no such thing as a stupid question, But there are plenty of inquisitive idiots.
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