Re: toshiba video problem
On Wed, 06 Apr 2022 01:50:01 +0200, Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk>
wrote:
>On Tue 05 Apr 2022 at 15:43:02 -0400, Noah Sombrero wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 05 Apr 2022 21:20:01 +0200, Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >On Tue 05 Apr 2022 at 14:23:48 -0400, Noah Sombrero wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Tue, 05 Apr 2022 20:10:01 +0200, Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org>
>> >> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >I think Arch uses it, and they have an extremely good wiki. Sometimes,
>> >> >searching Google for the answer to a Debian question will turn up a
>> >> >link to the Arch wiki. And pretty often, an answer that works in Arch
>> >> >will also work in Debian. But not always.
>> >> >
>> >> >It's also possible that they turned up an answer involving ~/.xprofile
>> >> >from some random web forum where GNOME users happened to be conversing,
>> >> >if what you say is correct. GNOME is rapidly becoming its own separate
>> >> >sub-operating-system, where nothing works quite the same way as it does
>> >> >on regular Linux-based systems. Recognizing that the answer you're
>> >> >reading only applies to GNOME requires a fair amount of experience.
>> >>
>> >> And often online advice is at least 5 years old, usually more. Time
>> >> enough in the world of debian for things change, change back, invert
>> >> and circle for a landing. I am adventurous to simply try things.
>> >> Eventually, usually, something works.
>> >
>> >You are living in cloud-cuckoo land. Debian X does not use ~/.xprofile.
>> >Got it?
>>
>> Actually it was from a ubuntu support site 7 years ago, and knowing
>> that ubuntu is derived from debian, it was worth a shot.
>
>I deal in what the files in /etc/X11/ tell us.
The perhaps you would have known not to tell me to put anything in
xorg.conf. Or, at least, what to put. Have you read the whole
thread?
>> >The Debian X setup has not changed significantly in the past twenty
>> >years. Fit that into your world view!
>>
>> um hum. Regardless, I did find a way.
>
>Good luck? Good management? :)
Listen carefully, persist. It works nearly every time. If not, you
still end up learning something.
--
Noah Sombrero
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