Re: Two more computers unable to start X with GDM

2021-03-29 Thread Leo Famulari
On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 10:32:49AM -0400, Gary Johnson wrote: > I've always had good luck using linux-libre with Intel integrated > graphics controllers. Agreed, Intel is the way to go for free graphics drivers.

Re: Two more computers unable to start X with GDM

2021-03-29 Thread Joshua Branson
Yasuaki Kudo writes: > I read a little bit about the current state of video cards, etc - man > this seems like an uphill battle😅 Basically no manufacture > sympathizes with the concept of total transparency. > > I was just thinking what the practical end-game of this might be - do > you think at

Re: Two more computers unable to start X with GDM

2021-03-29 Thread Gary Johnson
Yasuaki Kudo writes: > I read a little bit about the current state of video cards, etc - man > this seems like an uphill battle😅 Basically no manufacture > sympathizes with the concept of total transparency. I've always had good luck using linux-libre with Intel integrated graphics controllers.

Re: Two more computers unable to start X with GDM

2021-03-29 Thread Yasuaki Kudo
I read a little bit about the current state of video cards, etc - man this seems like an uphill battle😅 Basically no manufacture sympathizes with the concept of total transparency. I was just thinking what the practical end-game of this might be - do you think at some point there will be an FP

Re: Two more computers unable to start X with GDM

2021-03-27 Thread Leo Famulari
On Sat, Mar 27, 2021 at 10:14:05AM -0400, Bone Baboon wrote: > X server worked fine with this NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 GPU when Debian > was installed on this computer. It also looks like Debian uses a > deblobbed kernal based on this Wikipedia article. > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_blob T

Re: Two more computers unable to start X with GDM

2021-03-27 Thread Joshua Branson
Bone Baboon writes: > Joshua Branson writes: > >> Bone Baboon writes: >> >>> i686 >>> GPU: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 >> >> I'm guessing that the problem is the GPUs...but I would not know how to >> help. > > X server worked fine with this NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 GPU when Debian > was installed on th

Re: Two more computers unable to start X with GDM

2021-03-27 Thread Bone Baboon
Yasuaki Kudo writes: > My apologies if this has been already tried but I personally always > use regular Linux with black magic binary drivers unacceptable to > plain Guix distribution. 😅 > > My AMD (both CPU and Graphics card) computer's visuals will freeze > without the modification of the se

Re: Two more computers unable to start X with GDM

2021-03-27 Thread Bone Baboon
Joshua Branson writes: > Bone Baboon writes: > >> i686 >> GPU: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 > > I'm guessing that the problem is the GPUs...but I would not know how to > help. X server worked fine with this NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 GPU when Debian was installed on this computer. It also looks like De

Re: Two more computers unable to start X with GDM

2021-03-26 Thread Yasuaki Kudo
My apologies if this has been already tried but I personally always use regular Linux with black magic binary drivers unacceptable to plain Guix distribution. 😅 My AMD (both CPU and Graphics card) computer's visuals will freeze without the modification of the settings to avoid LibreLinux that

Re: Two more computers unable to start X with GDM

2021-03-26 Thread Joshua Branson
Bone Baboon writes: > I am trying to get the X server working on a computer that has Guix > installed. > > I was having trouble starting an X server on a computer and asked for > help about it here: > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-guix/2021-03/msg00197.html > > I decided to try to get a

Two more computers unable to start X with GDM

2021-03-26 Thread Bone Baboon
I am trying to get the X server working on a computer that has Guix installed. I was having trouble starting an X server on a computer and asked for help about it here: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-guix/2021-03/msg00197.html I decided to try to get an X server working on two other com