On 06/20/2018 11:42 AM, Mike Bird wrote:
> On Wed June 20 2018 11:26:13 Jimmy Johnson wrote:
>> Mike while ASCII has been released, on my systems and I have many, it's
>> not usable as a stable system.  The reason is my external HDMI screen
>> video and audio go blank/black-out and then it comes back and then it
>> goes blank again, over and over, not doable while using the system.
>> This I have produced over and over.  Also reported on Debian User list
>> by me and others.  Until fixed ASCII is not usable.
>>
>> And why do you not recommend Jessie, LTS or not?
> 
> Jessie is usable but LTS means Long Term Support means less security
> support.
> 
> That said, if Ascii does not work for you then I would recommend Devuan
> Jessie at least in the short term.  You need to get a solid base that
> works for you and then upgrade by simple stages.


Do you mean like if I do a Jessie base install and then upgrade to ASCII 
and then install my desktop or something else?  Just so you know Trinity 
for Jessie will not install on ASCII/Stretch, I wish it would.

> Can you give me a Debian bug number for the HDMI problem for reference?
> 
> --Mike

In more than 20 years I've never filed a bug report, but there have been 
Dev's who have shown a interest and have been able to reproduce the 
problems I have found and have filed bug reports, so I don't know if 
there has been a bug report filed or not.

Cheers,
-- 
Jimmy Johnson

Devuan Jessie - TDE Trinity R14.0.4 - AMD A8-7600 - EXT4 at sda2
Registered Linux User #380263