On Mon, 04 Apr 2022 17:50:01 +0200, Felix Miata <mrma...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>Noah Sombrero composed on 2022-04-04 08:09 (UTC-0400): > >> 1024x768 is the highest resolution offered by debian on my laptop. It >> is true that I got better with installations of ms server 2003 and win >> 7. > >When was this discovery first made, Debian 11, or some older release? If older >release, which? Or give an estimated year if you don't remember that far back. Past few days with d 11.3. >> It was a long struggle to get debian bootable at all. Three things >> with my old pentium 4 processor: >> 1) cannot use gnome or kde > >Probably a consequence of being stuck in a fallback graphics mode. > >> 2) must use all_generic_ide. This is suggested as an option by the >> debian installer in the Special Situations section. > >Was this determination made years ago, or only just now with Debian 11? Some >installation options are only appropriate for the installer, and need to be >removed from Grub post-installation. This sounds like one that should be >removed. No, I have not tried to install debian on this laptop previously. >> 3) cannot use pae kernel > >I'm not aware of any gain to be had by using a pae kernel with less than 3GB >RAM. > >>>https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt >>>Consequently, unless you somehow know you need it, I suggest removing it, so >>>that >>>the kernel and IRQ population are not burdened by any possible undesirable >>>effect(s) on I/O. >+1 > >Does or does not ><https://support.dynabook.com/support/staticContentDetail?contentId=638291&isFromTOCLink=false> >correctly describe your laptop model??? -- Noah Sombrero
