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

[Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com>]

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On Fri, Jun 28, 2024 at 2:41 PM Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Doing that was actually not much trouble.  I booted, changed something
just in case it rebooted and went back for some reason but would change
something on the screen.  Usually, I change the page on the KDE welcome
screen to like page 4 or something.  If it were to restart the GUI or
anything, it would go back to page 1.  Anyway, once booted, I'd go do
something else for a while.  Then when I came back, shutdown, change port
and repeat.
>
> To Micheal's point tho, I suspect the boot media I'm using is slow
enough, loading from a USB stick instead of a m.2 drive, that it also is
able to get the info needed, most likely from the monitor, and work like it
should.  This could literally be a system that is just going to fast.  By
the time the monitor gets the request, the computer has already moved on
except for those rare occasions where it works.
>
> I have a 2.5" SSD drive.  I actually mounted it in the system already
just not hooked up to power or data cables.  I could install Kubuntu on
that easily.  If I get the steam up, I just may do that.  Between working
on this new build, my sis-n-law being sick, I just had to much going on for
to long.  Just a bit ago I walked up a very steep hill to take watermelons
in the house for her.  I can walk up faster than I can drive up.  No other
powered vehicle I can use.  Car and feet is all I got.  Still, that walk up
the hill and carrying watermelons up the steps took my energy level down a
few more notches.  Thank goodness for my meds.  At least my back isn't so
angry at me.
>
> I just hope this new monitor works out of the box, and doesn't get
damaged in shipping.  ;-)
>
> Dale
>
> :-)  :-)
>
> P. S.  I'm pretty sure the recent upgrade put my main rig on KDE6.  I had
some clashes with lxqt or something to the point I uninstalled it, did the
KDE update and then added lxqt? back.  I still had to work out some
issues.  So far, it is working OK.  No problems or anything except for
losing my weather thingy on the bottom panel.  I'm sure that will be
updated soon.  May do the same on the new rig if I get time.  Not that I
can test it or anything tho.  LOL

My point about putting KDE on a drive and really running it is that you can
install all the non-standard drivers, which NVidia is part of, which I'm
not sure is totally supported when running in the Try It mode from boot
media. Once installed and booted from the SSD then really use the system
and figure out what's going on with these ports. There is still a small
possibility in my mind that this is something about Quadro cards which were
designed for a different market and that possibly haven't been as well
tested in the consumer or Gentoo arena.

You have a lot going on so ask questions if you need me. I'm always lurking
around somewhere.

Cheers,
Mark

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