Re: After installation, my P2 is still unable to launch Debian
On Fri, Jul 02, 2010 at 10:29:36PM +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote:
> Camaleón wrote:
> > On Fri, 02 Jul 2010 18:53:10 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote:
> >
> >
> >> Camaleón wrote:
> >>
> >
> >
> >>> Have you considered the computer may lack for system resources (such as
> >>> RAM or CPU)? Todays DE (GNOME and KDE) are memory hungry, so couldn't
> >>> be that your machine is very busy? :-?
> >>>
> >>> - What are your PII specs (RAM and CPU)?
> >>>
> >>>
> >> 896 for RAM. For CPU, this is 350 Mhz, but it can do it!
> >>
> >
> > Are you sure? >:-)
> >
> > RAM is okay but CPU is a bit slow, bus limited, non-multithread, single
> > core...
> >
> But it did it some months ago with the same Debian, but with an older
> kernel! How could it be unable to do it now?
> >>> - Try to start the system without X (just console) and check how it
> >>> behaves
> >>>
> >>>
> >> It does nothing. Exactly the same.
> >>
> >
> > The same cannot be :-)
> >
> > Without X you cannot reach the desktop, you should be at console and see
> > nothing more than a black screen and a "login:_" prompt.
> >
> Without X, I cannot reach the desktop, sure, but, anyway, I can't reach
> the desktop. What I wanted to say that it is the same without desktop is
> that, as, when the login prompt ends after having typed my credentials,
> the only background which appears on my screen do not react to my calls
> for having a console (i.e. Ctrl - Alt - Fx). But if you have another way
> to launch without X, especially directly into console, please tell me.
> I'll try it and test its effect.
> >>> - Run "top" to watch for high processes consumption of RAM and CPU
> >>>
> >>>
> >> I can't! I don't have any access to a suitable console!
> >>
> >
> > Then you are still with X loaded. Try to boot in "init 1" (single user
> > mode). I used to boot at "init 3" in openSUSE to get no X environment but
> > dunno how can this be done in Debian :-?
> >
> I tried in single user mode. Then, I can use a console. In this console,
> everything works, but this is still console. I then tried `startx' and I
> encountered exactly the same problem: background with nothing more (but
> I did not receive the splash login screen).
aptitude install sysv-rc-conf. Run this and you can turn off gdm. This
way you'll boot to a console even when not using single user mode.
For lightweight desktops / window managers, I recommend you try either
LXDE or Fluxbox. For Fluxbox, right-click on the desktop to bring up
the system menu. LXDE has a "start" button, like Windows or KDE. Both
are very lightweight.
-Rob
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