In further testing, I found that I am able to boot into X11/Gnome3 if I
revert to booting Linux kernel 4.9.0-*3*-amd64. I will continue with
4.9.0-3-amd64 until the next amd64-related update.
I am an intermediate user with no programming knowledge, but somewhat
familiar with the command line and file paths. Please feel free to send
instructions for extracting additional diagnostic information as needed.
I'm also willing to install additional debug tools as required. Thanks for
your attention.
Attachment: If helpful, full hardware list for my notebook, an obscure HP
model sold to college engineering schools, probably with older components
than the commercial models.
Roger T. Imai
Franklin (Nashville) TN
rtimai@debian:~$ lshw --help
Hardware Lister (lshw) - B.02.17
usage: lshw [-format] [-options ...]
lshw -version
-versionprint program version (B.02.17)
format can be
-html output hardware tree as HTML
-xmloutput hardware tree as XML
-short output hardware paths
-businfooutput bus information
options can be
-class CLASSonly show a certain class of hardware
-C CLASSsame as '-class CLASS'
-c CLASSsame as '-class CLASS'
-disable TEST disable a test (like pci, isapnp, cpuid, etc. )
-enable TESTenable a test (like pci, isapnp, cpuid, etc. )
-quiet don't display status
-sanitize sanitize output (remove sensitive information like
serial numbers, etc.)
-numericoutput numeric IDs (for PCI, USB, etc.)
rtimai@debian:~$ sudo lshw
[sudo] password for rtimai:
debian
description: Computer
width: 64 bits
capabilities: smbios-2.8 vsyscall32
*-core
description: Motherboard
physical id: 0
*-memory
description: System memory
physical id: 0
size: 3884MiB
*-cpu
product: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-5005U CPU @ 2.00GHz
vendor: Intel Corp.
physical id: 1
bus info: cpu@0
size: 2GHz
capacity: 2GHz
width: 64 bits
capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8
apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht
tm pbe syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp x86-64 constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts
rep_good nopl xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf eagerfpu pni pclmulqdq dtes64
monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 fma cx16 xtpr pdcm pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic
movbe popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx f16c rdrand lahf_lm abm
3dnowprefetch arat epb xsaveopt pln pts dtherm tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept
vpid fsgsbase tsc_adjust bmi1 avx2 smep bmi2 erms invpcid rdseed adx smap
cpufreq
*-pci
description: Host bridge
product: Broadwell-U Host Bridge -OPI
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 100
bus info: pci@:00:00.0
version: 09
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: Broadwell-U Integrated Graphics
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@:00:02.0
version: 09
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
resources: irq:59 memory:c200-c2ff
memory:b000-bfff ioport:6000(size=64)
*-multimedia:0
description: Audio device
product: Broadwell-U Audio Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 3
bus info: pci@:00:03.0
version: 09
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=0
resources: irq:64 memory:c5218000-c521bfff
*-generic:0 UNCLAIMED
description: Signal processing controller
product: Broadwell-U Camarillo Device
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 4
bus info: pci@:00:04.0
version: 09
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: msi pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory:c521-c5217fff
*-usb:0
description: USB controller
product: Wildcat Point-LP USB xHCI Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 14
bus info: pci@:00:14.0
version: 03
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi xhci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=xhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:60
