Michael wrote: > On Sunday, 23 June 2024 08:53:01 BST Dale wrote: >> Top posting for consistency. >> >> I booted the Gentoo GUI media. I opened a window just in case it >> rebooted or something while I took a little nap. The resolution is >> 1080P which is what I expected the monitor to run at. When I got back >> up a few minutes ago, the same window was there. It ran for hours >> without the monitor powering off. I think this eliminates hardware. > Yes! :-)
I was worried that $100 video card I bought, most I ever spent on a video card, was for nothing. I'd hate for it to be defective somehow. > >> I also found something new. I can go in the BIOS menu and boot a USB >> stick directly from that by just clicking on it. O_O WOW!!! I said >> the new BIOS had improved by a lot. Can that thing wash dishes too??? >> LOL > It is the same as the legacy BIOS in this respect, only the GUI is different. > > With the old BIOS you would press F2 or Delete at POST and then go into the > boot menu to select 'Removable Media' or some such. Well, on this one, I thought I was going to select it for a temporary boot after exiting the BIOS, one time thing, but when I clicked it, the menu screen for Knoppix popped up. I didn't exit the BIOS or anything. Just click and off it went to boot what I clicked. o_O >> Still open to ideas if anyone has any. If not, I may safe key files and >> start over, and fix my partition layout too. > Diff the settings used by the LiveUSB and the settings you have configured on > your installation. Starting over with your installation, only to follow the > same path and without *knowing* what you need to change, will not necessarily > resolve your issue. That's my thinking. The only benefit to reinstalling is correcting the partition boo boo. I also might learn something, maybe. Of course, there is that blind squirrel tho. I think I'll get the config file info from the Gentoo media tho. Since my last message, it's been sitting on a Knoppix screen. It's still sitting there just like I left it for my second nap. So, hardware is certainly in the clear. A config issue is the problem, which means I was right, I missed something. Somewhere. Now to go find it. ;? Dale :-) :-)
