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Re: No GUI after install of Debian 8.4.0 PowerPC





On Mon, May 30, 2016 at 4:34 PM, Programmingkid <programmingkidx@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On May 30, 2016, at 2:27 AM, Mathieu Malaterre wrote:
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> > On Mon, May 30, 2016 at 8:25 AM, Mathieu Malaterre <malat@debian.org> wrote:
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> > > Hi,
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> > > On Mon, May 30, 2016 at 2:33 AM, Programmingkid <programmingkidx@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > > I installed Debian 8.4.0 PowerPC onto an iMac G5. When I tried using Debian, I only saw a command-line interface. startx didn't start the GUI. I did see an error message when I tried using startx, but it went away too quickly for me to read. This is the name of the install cd I used: debian-8.4.0-powerpc-kde-CD-1.iso.
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> > > > What I expected was KDE to appear on startup.
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> > > > This is my Mac: http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/imac/specs/imac_g5_2.0_17.html
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> > > Sorry to hear about your troubles. The simplest way to report this kind of issue is to follow one of the last section of the install guide:
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> > > https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/powerpc/ch05s04.html.fr#submit-bug
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> > Hum, meant to copy/paste:
> > https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/powerpc/ch05s04.html.en#submit-bug
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> > > Please do carefully review those steps. Since you have a gmail account, you should be able to follow this simple guide [*] to have 'reportbug' up and running in no time. Once you've reported your bug against 'installation-report', please send us the bug number.
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> > > Thanks
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> > > [*] https://wiki.debian.org/reportbug#Using_GMail.27s_SMTP_Server
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> Here is the bug number: 825835

Hum, sorry :( Looks like this did not do what I expected.

Please run "/usr/share/bug/xorg/script 3>/tmp/script.log" and attached
it to this bug report.

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