Re: No GUI after install of Debian 8.4.0 PowerPC

[Elimar Riesebieter <riesebie@lxtec.de>]

It is terrible to follow those fu..ing gmail formated threads.


* Mathieu Malaterre <malat@debian.org> [2016-05-30 16:45 +0200]:

> On Mon, May 30, 2016 at 4:34 PM, Programmingkid <programmingkidx@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On May 30, 2016, at 2:27 AM, Mathieu Malaterre wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, May 30, 2016 at 8:25 AM, Mathieu Malaterre <malat@debian.org>
> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, May 30, 2016 at 2:33 AM, Programmingkid <
> programmingkidx@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > 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.
> > > > >
> > > > > What I expected was KDE to appear on startup.
> > > > >
> > > > > This is my Mac:
> http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/imac/specs/imac_g5_2.0_17.html
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 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:
> > > >
> > > >
> https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/powerpc/ch05s04.html.fr#submit-bug
> > >
> > > Hum, meant to copy/paste:
> > >
> https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/powerpc/ch05s04.html.en#submit-bug
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 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.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > >
> > > > [*] https://wiki.debian.org/reportbug#Using_GMail.27s_SMTP_Server
> >
> >
> > 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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