Anno domini 11:12:15 Thu, 16 Jul 2020 +0200 (CEST) Felmon Davis scripsit: > > On Thu, 16 Jul 2020, Gerhard Zintel wrote: > > > Hi Felmon, > > > > On 16/07/2020 02:17, Felmon Davis wrote: > > > I have a new notebook I want to install Debian/Trinity on. > > > > > > 'Secure Boot' is turned on. maybe this doesn't account for the problems I'm > > > having but my question is about it. > > > > > > in the BIOS I can turn it off but it says doing so "requires platform > > > reset." > > > turning it off within Windows simply reboots to the BIOS. > > > > > > I can't figure out if this is just another word for 'reboot' or does it have > > > other consequences? googling yields no clear (or trustworthy) answer. > > > > > > it's an Asus Zenbook with Windows 10 Home; BIOS is American Megatrends > > > version 300. > > > > No answer about "platform reset" maybe I simply do not remember but - I have > > installed Linux Mint / Mate (including Trinity) on two Asus Zenbooks without a > > problem. The last was a Zenbook Flip of a friend. > > thank you and William and Nikolaus for help. > > I have Debian/Trinity installed on a Zenbook UX330 which is why I thought it > safe to attempt it on this Zenbook UX433FAC-A5348T but my attempts have failed. > > the installer craps out and sends me to the commandline. I have tried with > Debian Live and netinst, 4Q0S live and Devuan ASCII netinst. > > I did disable Secure Boot without disastrous consequences, that is, the native > Windows Home still boots, etc. > > I do not want to do too much 'surgery' since it is fresh bought and I can return > it if it's not too far from default state. > > I wanted to boot up Linux, look around and then determine my install strategy. I > may be plotting my return strategy instead. > > not sure how to diagnose. I see an error as follows: > 'please fix 'fbdev' driver. fbdev didn't call xf86SetGamma to initialise'. no > idea how to fix it. > > Gerhard, Nikolaus, how do you get '|' on a German keyboard? I can't do > a 'dmesg | less' without it. (actually the keyboard is German but I > suppose the key setup is American.) <altgr>+"<" - "altgr"is right of space, "<" is left of "Y" - at least on keyboards. @fbdev: most likely your graphic card is not supported. You might try MX Linux and/or Arch and see how far that'll thke you. Most likely you will not be happy at the end of the day. Nik > > f. > -- Please do not email me anything that you are not comfortable also sharing with the NSA, CIA ... --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting
