Thanks everyone for your responses. I did not expect such quick and full response. I also really don't believe it has anything to do with partitioning (Debian deleted the partitions and created exactly corresponding partitions with guided partitioning). More info: When I installed initially with LXDE, I had horrible graphics and no touchpad, upon installing the Linux-image from backports (4.9), these problems were resolved. I have tried installing Linux-image 4.9 from backports (using the command line) now again, the problem persists. However, in the debian-laptop users list, I guy who said he has the exact same laptop (Asus X441SA) said he is running Gnome-Classic (Gnome), I have tried asking him if he got this problem but have received no response from him. All commands outputs here are in a new installation (I have installed 3 times now), with the regular kernel (3.16) Outputs: inxi commands say 'command not found' lspci .... : 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:22b1] (rev 35) Subsystem: ASUSTek Computer Inc. Device [1043:1290] 00:0b.0 Signa processing controller [1180]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:22dc] (rev 35) Subsystem: ASUSTek Computer Inc. Device [1043:1290] 00:13.0 SATA Controller [0106]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:22a3] (rev 35)
I have pasted Xorg log at https://paste.debian.net/933539 Should I just try Mate or XFCE?? is it possible that works? thanks a lot, On Sun, May 21, 2017, at 03:57 PM, Jimmy Johnson wrote: > On 05/21/2017 12:52 PM, Michael Milliman wrote: > > > > > > On 05/21/2017 12:23 PM, Jimmy Johnson wrote: > > >>> However, the OP's post does not mention anything of this nature. The OP > >>> deleted the existing Debian partition(s) leaving the existing Windows > >>> partition(s) alone. No mention was made of the ordering of the > >>> partitions on the drive. The OP then re-installed Debian with the > >>> Debian installer, effectively starting from scratch with Debian. > >>> Everything seems to work, except GNOME is crashing on boot. There are > >>> several things that can cause this, and I have caused some of them on my > >>> system before, however the fact that this is a fresh install limits the > >>> possible causes, the most likely of them being a missing (non-free?) > >>> video driver or some such required by GNOME to run properly. The way > >>> the OP went about scrapping and re-installing the Debian system is valid > >>> and should not have caused a problem under normal circumstances. Hence > >>> the suspicion of a missing driver (again probably non-free, and likely > >>> Radeon as well...I've had similar issues with my laptop). > > >> I have a Lenovo laptop with the problem you describe and it's a > >> kernel/video/plasma problem, works fine with the old Sid 4.7 kernel but > >> not with the 4.9, first boot is ok, on restart you will not get the DM > >> or x and may freeze up. Sometimes switching back and forth on the > >> consoles will get you x, alt+ctrl+F2-F1-F3-F7. Jessie back-ports are > >> also 4.9 and don't work right too. The problem here is an > >> Intel-965-mobile, I'm going to install the Jessie kernel and see if that > >> works or maybe a Ubuntu kernel, I think they are 4.4 and 4.8, I know the > >> 4.4 will work, for me anyways, but I have to do something cause the 4.7 > >> kernel is old now and not getting security updates. > > Hey, its better than the 3.16 kernel I was stuck with for a long time up > > until just a couple of months. :) In my case, laptop would boot, but > > the screen would be completely blanked out. If I caught the boot > > process at just the right time with a alt+ctl+F1, I could get it to > > finish booting, if I missed the window, it was power-off, power-on!! :( > > The first-boot on 3.16 would do usually boot into software emulation > > mode, and then I installed the Radeon drivers, and everything was OK. I > > have 4.9 running now and working fine. Video drivers and wifi drivers > > have been my bane for many a year! > > I had to remove all Debian firmware and installed linux-image-generic > and linux-headers-generic and Ubuntu's firmware-linux, but now it's > running 4.4.0-21-generic, it's booting fine and I can get updates too. > So this kernel problem I've had for more than a year is fixed, I was > going to wait for Stretch to go final but I've waited long enough. This > was on two systems Sid/Testing and Stretch. The version I'm using is > Ubuntu 16.04, just in case the OP wants to try it, I used Synaptic to do > the work and pinned the Debian release so not to pickup any other Ubuntu > packages not needed and I was able to rid more than 800Mb of Debian > kernel's on each system. > -- > Jimmy Johnson > > Debian Sid/Testing - Plasma 5.8.6 - EXT4 at sda15 > Registered Linux User #380263 >
