Re: [gentoo-user] Can't get the GUI to stay up for more than a minute or so before crashing

[Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>]

Michael wrote:
> On Sunday, 23 June 2024 08:53:01 BST Dale wrote:
>> Top posting for consistency.
>>
>> I booted the Gentoo GUI media.  I opened a window just in case it
>> rebooted or something while I took a little nap.  The resolution is
>> 1080P which is what I expected the monitor to run at.  When I got back
>> up a few minutes ago, the same window was there.  It ran for hours
>> without the monitor powering off.  I think this eliminates hardware. 
> Yes!  :-)

I was worried that $100 video card I bought, most I ever spent on a
video card, was for nothing.  I'd hate for it to be defective somehow. 

>
>> I also found something new.  I can go in the BIOS menu and boot a USB
>> stick directly from that by just clicking on it.  O_O  WOW!!!  I said
>> the new BIOS had improved by a lot.  Can that thing wash dishes too??? 
>> LOL 
> It is the same as the legacy BIOS in this respect, only the GUI is different.  
> With the old BIOS you would press F2 or Delete at POST and then go into the 
> boot menu to select 'Removable Media' or some such.

Well, on this one, I thought I was going to select it for a temporary
boot after exiting the BIOS, one time thing, but when I clicked it, the
menu screen for Knoppix popped up.  I didn't exit the BIOS or anything. 
Just click and off it went to boot what I clicked.  o_O 


>> Still open to ideas if anyone has any.  If not, I may safe key files and
>> start over, and fix my partition layout too. 
> Diff the settings used by the LiveUSB and the settings you have configured on 
> your installation.  Starting over with your installation, only to follow the 
> same path and without *knowing* what you need to change, will not necessarily 
> resolve your issue.

That's my thinking.  The only benefit to reinstalling is correcting the
partition boo boo.  I also might learn something, maybe.  Of course,
there is that blind squirrel tho.  I think I'll get the config file info
from the Gentoo media tho. 

Since my last message, it's been sitting on a Knoppix screen.  It's
still sitting there just like I left it for my second nap.  So, hardware
is certainly in the clear.  A config issue is the problem, which means I
was right, I missed something.  Somewhere. 

Now to go find it.  ;?

Dale

:-)  :-)