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Re: [LUG] Debian stable desktop not so stable



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Couple of questions...

A) Define takes nose dive
B) What graphics card ya got
C) Why unstable.. why not testing.. or even the stuff from backports ?
D) The errors may prove usefull

TTFN

Simon Waters wrote:
| When I hit "ctrl-alt-F1" to get a text screen, sometimes the desktop
| (KDE) takes a nose dive on my new PC.
|
| This is obviously very frustrating, both because I lose KDE, and second
| when KDE restarts it drags me back to the GUI login.
|
| A handful of errors in .xsession-errors (not very useful errors) is all
| I've found so far.
|
| I may whip it up to unstable - as stable seems rather "old" having been
| at unstable oin the laptop for ages......
|
| But has anyone seen this, and more importantly what is the best term to
| google for regarding switching to a text only console? As I dare say
| others have seen it before, but getting away from other Xfree86 problems
| is proving fun.
|
| Bit of a boo-boo with the wireless network card not the model I thought
| it was (whats a "1" in the model number between friends?) - but
| allegedly supported(?) under ndiswrapper - we'll see if I can ever stop
| myself pressing "ctrl-alt-F1" out of habit.

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