[SOLVED] installing debian 10.9 on lenovo thinkpad E15

lin66uxx · 05-27-2021, 03:54 AM

Hello,
After installing debian 10.9 on thinkpad E15 with i7 11th generation and 16GB ram successfully and after activating the intel virtualization technology in the BIOS, when I try to boot the debian, first it show few lines with OK and then I get a black screen with only the curser blinking on the top left corner and it remains like this, any help or advice is appreciated !!

Thanks,

lin66uxx · 05-27-2021, 04:10 AM

I tried to boot in recovery mode and it says that either giving the root password or pressing ctrl d to continue ?!

Could the problem be with the gdm3 and that I need to reinstall it with different one, as I recall while installing there were three options gdm3 and another 2 ??

thanks,

hazel · 05-27-2021, 06:42 AM

If it is only a gdm problem, you should have text consoles available. Press alt+F2 and see if you get a login prompt. If you do, you can log in and examine the Xorg log in /var/log.

lin66uxx · 05-27-2021, 06:45 AM

I can login in as root in text mode , I installed a firmware for realtek and it solved part of the errors I received, now it says :

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IPv6 ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP):enp4s0 link is not ready

hazel · 05-27-2021, 06:51 AM

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Originally Posted by lin66uxx

I can login in as root in text mode

Good. That means it's just a video driver problem. You need to say what video card you are using and someone else can take it on from there. Did you check /var/log/Xorg.0.log? And what happens if you log in as yourself and then type startx?

PS: Start another thread for your ethernet problem. One problem per thread is less confusing.

lin66uxx · 05-27-2021, 07:02 AM

It shows all sort of information which I do not understand all of it, what exactly are you searching for ?
When I run lspci it shows that the graphic card is :VGA compatible controller !
startx while not a super user but my regular user fails, it says that :

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xinit:unable to connect to x server, connection refused
xinit:server error

hazel · 05-27-2021, 07:10 AM

Definitely an X problem. Your basic system is running normally; it's just that you don't have the graphical interface up yet. Don't panic. Xorg logs look horribly complicated but it's actually only the end of the log that matters because it stops printing when it gets to the real problem. The last few lines should tell you what is wrong. If you can post the last 10 lines or so between [code][/code] tags, we'll all know where it broke.

lin66uxx · 05-27-2021, 07:32 AM

Code:

[  1045.512] (EE) Screen 0 deleted because of no matching config section.
[  1045.512] (II) UnloadModule: "modesetting"
[  1045.512] (EE) Screen 0 deleted because of no matching config section.
[  1045.512] (II) UnloadModule: "fbdev"
[  1045.512] (II) UnloadSubModule: "fbdevhw"
[  1045.512] (EE) 
Fatal server error:
[  1045.512] (EE) Cannot run in framebuffer mode. Please specify busIDs        for all framebuffer devices
[  1045.512] (EE) 
[  1045.512] (EE) 
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support 
	 at http://wiki.x.org
 for help. 
[  1045.512] (EE) Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
[  1045.512] (EE) 
[  1045.516] (EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.

hazel · 05-27-2021, 08:27 AM

Definitely a video card problem. I ask again, what video chip do you have? The output from lspci should show more than just "VGA compatible controller". For example, mine shows:

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00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Atom Processor Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series Graphics & Display (rev 0e) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])

Intel graphics normally work in Linux out of the box, but if you have an nvidia chip, that needs a separate driver.

lin66uxx · 05-27-2021, 08:41 AM

Code:

#lspci

Shows that it is :

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VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Device 9a03 (rev 01)

hazel · 05-27-2021, 08:44 AM

So it's Intel. Which is odd because Intel chips normally don't cause any problems. I think someone who knows more about video graphics needs to take this up.

Timothy Miller · 05-27-2021, 09:04 AM

XE graphics require newer drivers. Try installing the backports kernel. I'm not sure WHEN exactly XE support made it into the kernel, but there's a good chance the backports kernel has it.

lin66uxx · 05-27-2021, 09:14 AM

Thanks for the answers.

Can you give more details? will I need to download the kernel source ans compile it and if so does that mean I will need to upgrade the other software on the distro ??

Thanks,

hazel · 05-27-2021, 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by lin66uxx

Thanks for the answers.

Can you give more details? will I need to download the kernel source ans compile it and if so does that mean I will need to upgrade the other software on the distro ??

Thanks,

It shouldn't be necessary to compile the kernel yourself. Just install the precompiled kernel for your architecture (I assume amd64).

Using a different runtime kernel shouldn't affect any of your other software.

People do sometimes run into trouble when they use the very latest hardware!

lin66uxx · 05-27-2021, 09:35 AM

Is it the linux-image-5.10...... that I need to install ??
sorry if I ask simple questions for you but never installed a kernel before ?
the problem is that I do not have internet connection for the new laptop I have to download it from the old one and using a usb disk copy it to the new one and then install manually !!!

Thanks so much,