On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 9:02 AM, Jean-François Bilodeau <
jfbilod...@chronogears.com> wrote:
>
> On 13-09-19 08:48 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
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>> On Thu, 19 Sep 2013, Rick wrote:
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>> I always log in at run level 3, usually to start X. (startxfce4)
>>>
>>> On my home puter, I have to recompil
On 13-09-19 08:48 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
On Thu, 19 Sep 2013, Rick wrote:
I always log in at run level 3, usually to start X. (startxfce4)
On my home puter, I have to recompile an nvidea module every time I upgrade the
kernel. It seems
likely that an Ubuntu upgrade would replace your
On Thu, 19 Sep 2013, Rick wrote:
> I always log in at run level 3, usually to start X. (startxfce4)
>
> On my home puter, I have to recompile an nvidea module every time I upgrade
> the kernel. It seems
> likely that an Ubuntu upgrade would replace your kernel.
>
> That might be what your elusi
I always log in at run level 3, usually to start X. (startxfce4)
On my home puter, I have to recompile an nvidea module every time I upgrade
the kernel. It seems likely that an Ubuntu upgrade would replace your
kernel.
That might be what your elusive screen is telling you, and it might not.
Ca
The next thing to do, (and I *always* do this before doing anything else
with a new distro,) is to test it in Live mode. Boot from the USB key or
a CD (if you still burn those things). Can you access all your hardare
devices, networking, and what not ? If so, there is a better chance it
will work a
On Thu, 19 Sep 2013, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Sep 2013, Jean-François Bilodeau wrote:
>
> > I'm running Mint here, which is an Ubuntu derivative, and performed not
> > one, not two but five dist-upgrade of the same installation. Some were
> > smoother than others, but for the most part
On Wed, 18 Sep 2013, Jean-François Bilodeau wrote:
> I'm running Mint here, which is an Ubuntu derivative, and performed not
> one, not two but five dist-upgrade of the same installation. Some were
> smoother than others, but for the most part, they worked.
>
> The same harddisk (and the installat
