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

[Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>]

Hi Mark,

I think you have a good point.  I think I missed something.  Gentoo can
be complicated to get going the first time with all the config options. 
Once it is going tho, it goes.  I feel I missed either a config option
in the guide or maybe some package is missing that isn't pulled in as a
dependency.  I could have a wrong USE flag too. 

Along your lines of thinking, I'll boot the Gentoo GUI image which has a
GUI.  I tend not to use it but I can let it run and see what resolution
it runs at.  If it fails to, then it may be hardware.  If it runs fine,
something on my install in wonky.  I may test with Knoppix as well.  I'm
pretty sure I have a EFI version lurking about here somewhere. 

Those are good ideas.  No problem with top posting.  I top posted to
make it easier for you to read my reply.  ;-) 

Dale

:-)  :-)



Mark Knecht wrote:
> Dale,
>    Sorry for top posting but I'm travelling and responding on my phone.
>
>    I don't think this is you hardware and probably not KDE. It's
> possibly some Gentoo-ish issue.
>
>    To test and get a KDE config I would boot a Kubuntu flash drive and
> choose the 'Try it's option which installs nothing. If the GUI stays
> up then look at drivers and general config. I run Kubuntu on 5
> machines, all with different hardware, and I've never had a failure
> that I did cause. I've installed Kubuntu on at least 20 machines over
> the last 6 or 7 machines and every one has booted first time.
>
>    Give it a try. If it does fail then it's possibly something about
> your hardware but if the machine works as well as you say then I would
> buy you a cup of coffee if it's not Gentoo-bssed.
>
> Good luck,
> Mark