Re: Debian 11 installation not working

[Yuri Musachio <yuri.musachio@gmail.com>]

Albert, good morning!

There is a Debian wiki about ThinkPad computers... But, the X240S isn't listed. You can check here: https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Thinkpad

There is a mailing list about ThinkPad too... You can check here: http://mailman.linux-thinkpad.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-thinkpad that can be better for you.

If anyone can help our friend with this specific model, that would be great! :)

Best,

Yuri Musachio Montezuma da Cruz

On Feb 28 2023, at 9:17 am, Anastasios Lisgaras <tasosnumberten@yahoo.gr> wrote:

On 2/28/23 09:51, Albert Cornelius wrote:

> I have a Thinkpad X240s. When I try to install Debian Bullseye, after

> installation the screen remains only black. Is there a way to obtain

> some useful debugging information? I'd really like to get it running.

Hello Albert,

I am running Debian GNU/Linux 11.6 (bullseye) on ThinkPad P1 Gen 3 with

GNOME 3.38.5 and Wayland without any problems.

But I have enabled the `contrib non-free` repositories of course ( cat

/etc/apt/sources.list ).

You can try to login using only the TTY - no graphical interface -.

When your system is up and you see just the black screen, try to press :

ctrl-alt-F1 or ctrl-alt-F2 and login with your user.

After that enable the `contrib non-free` repositories and update your

system. Reboot and check again.

* https://wiki.debian.org/SourcesList

* https://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=112525