Re: Oh no! Something has gone wrong

[Sergei G <sergeig.public@gmail.com>]

Thank you

You have answered my question perfectly.

Is stretch going to give me trouble?


On 6/4/2017 12:55 AM, Felix Miata wrote:
> Sergei G composed on 2017-06-04 00:31 (UTC-0700):
>
> > I am trying to run Debian 8.8 under current version 5.1.22 of VirtualBox
> > on Windows 10 and I am getting
> >       Oh no! Something has gone wrong
> > error message.  I went down to simplest level of running Debian Gnome
> > Live disk and I am still getting this error.
> > I tried a few display settings (128MB of video memory, enable/disable 3D
> > acceleration) without success.
> > I know had the same issue when I tried to install live Debian on my new
> > hardware directly:
> > Intel Pentium G4560 CPU on Gigabyte B250M-D3H motherboard.  I suspect
> > that CPU built-in video is not supported.  I resolved the issue on the
> > hardware by using a video card that I know works with Linux.
> Do you have a question?
>
> Your suspicion is correct. Kaby Lake (G4560) gfx is not supported on 8.8. It's
> much too new. If you wish to use your Kaby Lake gfx, either install Stretch
> instead of Jessie, or upgrade Jessie's kernel to one that supports Kaby Lake (4.9).
>
> Your subject error message is a standard/common Gnome error that results from
> trying to use gfx that has insufficient Xorg driver and/or hardware support.