I am trying to install Debian Stable (Bookworm) on an i386 Dell Latitude E6430 laptop. After an unproblematic installation from debian-12.9.0-i386-netinst.iso, I removed USB disc and rebooted. GRUB did its thing and the boot started. On trying to go into graphical, the screen goes black with a flashing cursor and that's it. This very similar to viewtopic.php?p=785410#p785410
By adding 3 at the end of linux line in GRUB, I can successfully get in.
The graphic driver info:
I suspect this may be a Wayland problem, but have no clue on how to enforce X11. Guidance would be appreciated and I am more than happy to provide any other info that would be useful.
By adding 3 at the end of linux line in GRUB, I can successfully get in.
The graphic driver info:
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root@creative:~# inxi -AgxGraphics: Device-1: 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics vendor: Dell driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-3 bus-ID: 00:02.0 Display: server: X.org v: 1.21.1.7 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.9 driver: X: loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: crocus gpu: i915 tty: 170x48 resolution: 1366x768 API: OpenGL Message: GL data unavailable in console for root.Statistics: Posted by elmussol — 2025-01-24 11:17 — Replies 4 — Views 88