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GUI with Dell XPS 15 (9550)
Posted: 08 May 2016, 22:45
by cyrus104
I've used two different porteus version 3.1 and the new 3.2 which has fixed some other issues.
The issue that I'm having is that everything is fine when I use text mode but when I go to GUI mode it dies on me with a black screen and _ once it launches the gui. It also freezes the machine so I can't switch consoles and see what the error code is.
Any thoughts would be great.
Thanks
Re: GUI with Dell XPS 15 (9550)
Posted: 08 May 2016, 23:43
by Bogomips
Welcome to Porteus. It would help to know which desktop the GUI is on, for a start.
Re: GUI with Dell XPS 15 (9550)
Posted: 08 May 2016, 23:54
by cyrus104
Sorry about that, I've tried with kde5 from 3.2rc2-x64 and with XFCE from 3.1.
Re: GUI with Dell XPS 15 (9550)
Posted: 09 May 2016, 00:55
by donald
Re: GUI with Dell XPS 15 (9550)
Posted: 09 May 2016, 01:05
by cyrus104
I have, I've been putting it in my modules section. Should I move it up to base or keep it in modules?
Re: GUI with Dell XPS 15 (9550)
Posted: 09 May 2016, 01:09
by donald
The modules folder is OK --- except when booting into always fresh
Re: GUI with Dell XPS 15 (9550)
Posted: 09 May 2016, 19:00
by cyrus104
I have now tracked it down a little farther. When I use 3.2 XFCE and it works just fine. The error only happens when I use KDE from the 3.2 iso.
I tested it a few more times and when it switches from the boot sequence to the KDE gui it runs the loading page and then when it should go to the desktop /login screen. If I press control+alt+backspace, it resets KDE and then it comes up with a login prompt but it doesn't log me it, it goes back to the blackscreen.
Thanks
Re: GUI with Dell XPS 15 (9550)
Posted: 09 May 2016, 19:24
by Bogomips
^ KDE is rather ponderous. Do you have enough ram for it available?
Re: GUI with Dell XPS 15 (9550)
Posted: 09 May 2016, 19:46
by cyrus104
32GB of ram.