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From: Joshua Branson <jbranso@dismail.de>
To: Bone Baboon <bone.baboon@disroot.org>
Cc: help-guix@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Two more computers unable to start X with GDM
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2021 22:42:57 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <8735whl3ke.fsf@dismail.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87blb5toir.fsf@disroot.org> (Bone Baboon's message of "Fri, 26 Mar 2021 20:43:08 -0400")

Bone Baboon <bone.baboon@disroot.org> writes:

> I am trying to get the X server working on a computer that has Guix
> installed.
>
> I was having trouble starting an X server on a computer and asked for
> help about it here:
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-guix/2021-03/msg00197.html
>
> I decided to try to get an X server working on two other computers an
> x86_64 and a i686.  I was not able to get an X server working on either
> of them.  Below are the detail.
>
> i686
> GPU: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200

I'm guessing that the problem is the GPUs...but I would not know how to
help.  Sorry for being so unhelpful.

> x86_64
> GPU: Intel Mobile 946GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express

I feel like the Intel GPUs should work though...


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  reply	other threads:[~2021-03-27  2:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-03-27  0:43 Two more computers unable to start X with GDM Bone Baboon
2021-03-27  2:42 ` Joshua Branson [this message]
2021-03-27  6:13   ` Yasuaki Kudo
2021-03-27 14:39     ` Bone Baboon
2021-03-27 14:14   ` Bone Baboon
2021-03-27 15:29     ` Joshua Branson
2021-03-27 18:24     ` Leo Famulari
2021-03-29  8:06       ` Yasuaki Kudo
2021-03-29 14:32         ` Gary Johnson
2021-03-29 16:24           ` Leo Famulari
2021-03-29 15:13         ` Joshua Branson

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