Re: After installation, my P2 is still unable to launch Debian
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...
>> - 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.
>> - 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 :-?
>> If non-GUI environment runs just fine and you still need a DE, think
>> about switching into a lightweight GUI desktop.
>>
> It worked previously with another Debian Lenny, coupled with an older
> kernel. No reason for it not to work anymore with a more recent one!
Ok, ok, calm down :-)
Greetings,
--
Camaleón
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