Re: i8042 controller not found

2016-08-12 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Thu, Aug 11, 2016 at 07:29:33PM -0400, Maureen L Thomas wrote: > The computer is the acer the screen I use with it is the hp w2007 In any discussion about video drivers, or X failing to start, the primary piece of information you need in order to make any progress on the problem at all is "whic

Re: i8042 controller not found

2016-08-11 Thread Maureen L Thomas
The computer is the acer the screen I use with it is the hp w2007 On 08/11/2016 06:52 PM, deloptes wrote: Maureen L Thomas wrote: It is an HP w2007 model. It says it has intel hd graphics on the mother board. Is there something else I can try? you first mentioned it is acer aspire xc-704g n

Re: i8042 controller not found

2016-08-11 Thread deloptes
Maureen L Thomas wrote: > It is an HP w2007 model.  It says it has intel hd > graphics on the mother board.  Is there something else I can try? you first mentioned it is acer aspire xc-704g now it became HP w2007 model. I'm getting confused get the latest ubuntu live CD or USB and try with it.

Re: i8042 controller not found

2016-08-11 Thread Maureen L Thomas
OK so I did the nomodeset and still nothing. Obviously there is a problem with the video and nothing else but I can't find a driver for the screen I have. It is an HP w2007 model. It says it has intel hd graphics on the mother board. Is there something else I can try? On 08/09/2016 04:21

Re: i8042 controller not found

2016-08-11 Thread Maureen L Thomas
OK so I did the startx and the first time got nothing and the machine froze. So to make sure that my disks were not missing anything I downloaded a new set and re-burned them. I did the startx and this time I got a page full of blue with ( across the page. I had to use an adapter from DVI to

Re: i8042 controller not found

2016-08-10 Thread Pascal Hambourg
[Please reply on list. Also, when replying on list, consider using interleaved style as I do instead of top posting.] Le 10/08/2016 à 01:03, Maureen L Thomas a écrit : When I boot in rescue mode it asks for the admin password or Ctrl D. Good. You must type the root password to start a shell.

Re: i8042 controller not found

2016-08-09 Thread Pascal Hambourg
Le 09/08/2016 à 22:21, Maureen L Thomas a écrit : I have an acer aspire xc-704g 64 bit machine. I installed debian 8.5 on it and it went through the whole install with no problems once I had the rtl driver on a separate usb drive. So I booted it up and it went through the whole process to the f