Anno domini 2023 Fri, 13 Oct 07:05:04 -0700 William Morder via tde-users scripsit: > > On Friday 13 October 2023 04:49:32 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp via tde-users wrote: > > So I read through your last mail :) > > > > Anno domini 2023 Fri, 13 Oct 02:18:06 -0700 > > > > William Morder via tde-users scripsit: > > > Well, let's wait to see what you have to say after reading the rest of my > > > description. I cannot really login via ssh from another machine, if > > > that's what you mean, because I don't have another machine that I can use > > > at present. However, I can change my sources.list and upgrade to > > > Excalibur like that, if it is really necessary to test the theory. > > > > > > My gut instinct tells me that this is really a graphics issue; such as, a > > > problem with my graphics card not being up to the new installation image > > > of Devuan Daedalus. And if this is so, then it is unlikely that it will > > > be better prepared for the installation image for Excalibur. Am I right? > > > > No images for excalibur yet - I think. > > > > You could try to add this to the kernel parameters inside the grub.cfg - > > but it might be that you have to do it blind: vga=792 > > > > Other option (low chance of success): add an external monitor. I'm not sure > > if your bios let's you define it as primary, but you could try. > > > > Next option (might be needed anyway): BIOS-upgrade. IMO you need to boot > > the original SSD, make a bios upgrade. Last time I checked that only works > > from M$ for the AMD Ideapad. > > > > Another option (best chance of success): Install chimaera minimal (or > > whatever you have runnng right now), upgrade to daedalus (you might skip > > this), upgrade to excalibur. Be prepared that you loose X11 in the process, > > but that does not matter. Remove all packages that don't have an upgrade > > candidate: # apt install apt-show-versions > > # apt-show-versions |grep --invert-match uptodate > > It might be wise not to reboot while upgrading to excalibur before the > > excalibur kernel 6.5.xxx is installed. > > > > Nik > > If I follow something like this plan, then I think I would just do a kind of > extended version of what I am doing already, which is to do a minimal > installation of chimaera; then change sources.list and upgrade to daedalus; > then change sources.list again and upgrade to excalibur. > > I think that, at the moment, this seems the most feasible plan for me to move > ahead and keep a working system. I already have daedalus installed now, of > course, but I wonder if I ought to do a complete reinstallation, or merely to > try upgrading to excalibur now? Try upgrading. > > Bill > > > ____________________________________________________ > tde-users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Web mail archive available at https://mail.trinitydesktop.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > -- Please do not email me anything that you are not comfortable also sharing with the NSA, CIA ... ____________________________________________________ tde-users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Web mail archive available at https://mail.trinitydesktop.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
