Hanging after install
by Idelone from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5FJAQ)
Hi All,
I've installed Debian, using the gnome desktop, and have come up against a brick wall. Any action after logging-in returns me to the initial activities screen whereby I have to log-in again. Thinking that there could have been a problem with the install, I carried out a second clean install, with identical results. The desktop shows eight icons on the left side and something that appears to be a scroll bar on the right side ; a black bar appears along the top showing activities, time, and internet bars, speaker, power switch. There isn't any sign of a mouse pointer although I'm able to use the mouse buttons to highlight the icons. I have no previous experience of Linux or Debian so don't know what to expect. I have dabbled with the Windows command line in the past and am expecting a pretty sharp learning curve but to be stalled this early on does give me cause for concern.
I have an old Cybercom tower running a Pentium 4 processor which was given to me a long time ago, so I popped in a four sticks of ram I had lying about, giving me a total of 1 Gb, connected a clean 300Gb serial drive, and fitted a wireless card. I tested the system prior to installing Debian by installing Win7 ; everything worked fine. This is meant to be an experimental system to see if I can get on with Linux/Debian with plans to move on to another system in the future.
Although I was anticipating issues after migrating from Windows I wasn't expecting to have them this early, so I would be grateful for any advice that might assist me in solving what I hope is a basic issue.
Regards.
Ian
I've installed Debian, using the gnome desktop, and have come up against a brick wall. Any action after logging-in returns me to the initial activities screen whereby I have to log-in again. Thinking that there could have been a problem with the install, I carried out a second clean install, with identical results. The desktop shows eight icons on the left side and something that appears to be a scroll bar on the right side ; a black bar appears along the top showing activities, time, and internet bars, speaker, power switch. There isn't any sign of a mouse pointer although I'm able to use the mouse buttons to highlight the icons. I have no previous experience of Linux or Debian so don't know what to expect. I have dabbled with the Windows command line in the past and am expecting a pretty sharp learning curve but to be stalled this early on does give me cause for concern.
I have an old Cybercom tower running a Pentium 4 processor which was given to me a long time ago, so I popped in a four sticks of ram I had lying about, giving me a total of 1 Gb, connected a clean 300Gb serial drive, and fitted a wireless card. I tested the system prior to installing Debian by installing Win7 ; everything worked fine. This is meant to be an experimental system to see if I can get on with Linux/Debian with plans to move on to another system in the future.
Although I was anticipating issues after migrating from Windows I wasn't expecting to have them this early, so I would be grateful for any advice that might assist me in solving what I hope is a basic issue.
Regards.
Ian