On Thu, 16 Jul 2020, Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote: > Anno domini 11:12:15 Thu, 16 Jul 2020 +0200 (CEST) > Felmon Davis scripsit: >> >> On Thu, 16 Jul 2020, Gerhard Zintel wrote: >> >>> Hi Felmon, >>> >>> On 16/07/2020 02:17, Felmon Davis wrote: >>>> I have a new notebook I want to install Debian/Trinity on. >>>> >>>> 'Secure Boot' is turned on. maybe this doesn't account for the problems I'm >>>> having but my question is about it. >>>> >>>> in the BIOS I can turn it off but it says doing so "requires platform >>>> reset." >>>> turning it off within Windows simply reboots to the BIOS. >>>> >>>> I can't figure out if this is just another word for 'reboot' or does it have >>>> other consequences? googling yields no clear (or trustworthy) answer. >>>> >>>> it's an Asus Zenbook with Windows 10 Home; BIOS is American Megatrends >>>> version 300. >>> >>> No answer about "platform reset" maybe I simply do not remember but - I have >>> installed Linux Mint / Mate (including Trinity) on two Asus Zenbooks without a >>> problem. The last was a Zenbook Flip of a friend. >> >> thank you and William and Nikolaus for help. >> >> I have Debian/Trinity installed on a Zenbook UX330 which is why I thought it >> safe to attempt it on this Zenbook UX433FAC-A5348T but my attempts have failed. >> >> the installer craps out and sends me to the commandline. I have tried with >> Debian Live and netinst, 4Q0S live and Devuan ASCII netinst. >> >> I did disable Secure Boot without disastrous consequences, that is, the native >> Windows Home still boots, etc. >> >> I do not want to do too much 'surgery' since it is fresh bought and I can return >> it if it's not too far from default state. >> >> I wanted to boot up Linux, look around and then determine my install strategy. I >> may be plotting my return strategy instead. >> >> not sure how to diagnose. I see an error as follows: >> 'please fix 'fbdev' driver. fbdev didn't call xf86SetGamma to initialise'. no >> idea how to fix it. >> >> Gerhard, Nikolaus, how do you get '|' on a German keyboard? I can't do >> a 'dmesg | less' without it. (actually the keyboard is German but I >> suppose the key setup is American.) > > <altgr>+"<" - "altgr"is right of space, "<" is left of "Y" - at least on keyboards. > > > @fbdev: most likely your graphic card is not supported. You might try MX Linux and/or Arch and see how far that'll thke you. Most likely you will not be happy at the end of the day. I gave Linux Mint a try and that got me a bit further. I got a nice Mint logo, in brilliant green, before it crashed to the command line. at the command line I have use of all utilities, for instance I do a 'dmesg' and get a ton of information. I can't do the '|' thing because I think the keyboard mapping is American. I need to switch to German mapping. it doesn't see wifi though it caught the wifi in my wifi-dongle, a usb device with an antenna, TP-link TL-WN722N. so essentially Mint boots to the command line but can't do the DE. it provides nice clear fonts (in color) and even showed the Mint logo. how do I get keyboard layout to match up? I did sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales and chose one of the German locales. using the following provides no guidance; I need a generic German keyboard. sudo dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration I'm a bit encouraged by Mint but likely the machine goes back to the store. I couldn't get Deepin. I'll try MX. f. -- Felmon Davis Verbum sat sapienti.