You can always retrograde to Wheezy, or use one of the Ubuntu 14.04 variants. Personally I lean towards Lubuntu when I need a Linux desktop. But I do not use a Linux desktop all that often. I like Lubuntu because its LXDE that is highly configurable, and fast due to the desktop being accelerated.
On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 10:03 AM, mzimmers <[email protected]> wrote: > On Friday, February 17, 2017 at 9:50:16 AM UTC-7, RobertCNelson wrote: >> >> >> this looks to be either a kernel, cable or hub problem.. >> > > Well, that's not good news. There is no hub, the cable works fine under > Windows, so that leaves the kernel. And, this neophyte isn't ready to start > mucking around in the kernel. > > So...what's a good fallback idea here? I don't want to make this a big > project, but it would be nice if I could get the BBB console output while > my desktop is booted to Debian. I tried the "screen" command that William > suggested, and that failed as well (gave a "[screen is terminating]" error > and stopped). > > Is this worthy of reporting as a bug to the keepers of Debian? > > -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > msgid/beagleboard/7dc33938-ae20-4a9f-a9d3-1e853da91596%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/7dc33938-ae20-4a9f-a9d3-1e853da91596%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/CALHSORrLcKeeH2rDYnLJrgRU6jy64e7B3CU%3DxOdo1U2foH%2BANw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
