bruce wrote:Also, Jesus, before yanking the power cord, did you consider hitting ctrl-alt-F[2-6] to see if you popped into text mode and got one of the virtual ttys?
Yes. That was actually the first thing I tried, getting a virtual terminal. No visible change. When the computer sits too long, I'll start trying to get a virtual terminal, sometimes this will tell me what happened. In this case, no soap.
Did you consider ctrl-alt-backspace to kill the X server and get back to a text interface?
Also didn't work. I've actually done this in a few stores that ran a desktop application for taking applications, it's cute that they're running Linux because it provides better armoring against the users getting into the system.
From which you could have looked at the X server logs and seen what video mode it wanted that your feces-smeared computer can't support?
Again with the insults, eh? Your incompetence just reeks. The fact remains that
it didn't matter, the system is running in live CD mode; it means it does not create any disc files, it creates a ramdisk-based system, thus even puling the plug doesn't matter.
It should also be noted it is neither my responsibility nor my problem if their installation of the operating system is so bad that they can't set it up without it failing.
No, you didn't, because shucks howdy this thing ain't like Windows, sheeee-it Virgil.
Bruce
Your example quote again shows your obvious inability to understand things. Linux is - or claims to be - a competitor to Windows and usable for desktop use. When the system fails in such a manner that you have to know arcane keyboard strokes, shell commands and other such things. it says that the system is razor sharp and dangerous and is as unready for normal ordinary people's use as it was 10 years ago.
Windows may have problems but at least when you install it it will at least run in SVGA mode and doesn't have to push to maximum hardware capacity, and, under regular operation you can choose to change video modes, and if it goes bad, in 15 seconds it will reset back to a known-good state.
And all you can do is throw insults at me, because you immediately go to "blame the victim mode" and then, instead of acting as a professional, you immediately show your stupidity and incompetence by going right for the
ad-hominem insults. If someone points out that they have a problem, the
professional answer is to respond with a potential solution. The incompetent and/or insolent response is what you did: to insult them because you lack the capacity to act with civil discourse or to refrain from responding.
And to top it all off, your incompetence shows in your choice of insults, which were on the level of a mosquito assaulting a bug zapper. I've had people use insults on me that would discolor the brick in a blast furnace. Your lame and inconsequential attempts at invective just confirm "beyond a shadow of a doubt and to an absolute certainty" that you're incapable of rational thought.
[quote="bruce"]Also, Jesus, before yanking the power cord, did you consider hitting ctrl-alt-F[2-6] to see if you popped into text mode and got one of the virtual ttys?[/quote]
Yes. That was actually the first thing I tried, getting a virtual terminal. No visible change. When the computer sits too long, I'll start trying to get a virtual terminal, sometimes this will tell me what happened. In this case, no soap.
[quote]Did you consider ctrl-alt-backspace to kill the X server and get back to a text interface?[/quote]
Also didn't work. I've actually done this in a few stores that ran a desktop application for taking applications, it's cute that they're running Linux because it provides better armoring against the users getting into the system.
[quote]From which you could have looked at the X server logs and seen what video mode it wanted that your feces-smeared computer can't support?[/quote]
Again with the insults, eh? Your incompetence just reeks. The fact remains that [i]it didn't matter[/i], the system is running in live CD mode; it means it does not create any disc files, it creates a ramdisk-based system, thus even puling the plug doesn't matter.
It should also be noted it is neither my responsibility nor my problem if their installation of the operating system is so bad that they can't set it up without it failing.
[quote]No, you didn't, because shucks howdy this thing ain't like Windows, sheeee-it Virgil.
Bruce[/quote]
Your example quote again shows your obvious inability to understand things. Linux is - or claims to be - a competitor to Windows and usable for desktop use. When the system fails in such a manner that you have to know arcane keyboard strokes, shell commands and other such things. it says that the system is razor sharp and dangerous and is as unready for normal ordinary people's use as it was 10 years ago.
Windows may have problems but at least when you install it it will at least run in SVGA mode and doesn't have to push to maximum hardware capacity, and, under regular operation you can choose to change video modes, and if it goes bad, in 15 seconds it will reset back to a known-good state.
And all you can do is throw insults at me, because you immediately go to "blame the victim mode" and then, instead of acting as a professional, you immediately show your stupidity and incompetence by going right for the [i]ad-hominem[/i] insults. If someone points out that they have a problem, the [i]professional[/i] answer is to respond with a potential solution. The incompetent and/or insolent response is what you did: to insult them because you lack the capacity to act with civil discourse or to refrain from responding.
And to top it all off, your incompetence shows in your choice of insults, which were on the level of a mosquito assaulting a bug zapper. I've had people use insults on me that would discolor the brick in a blast furnace. Your lame and inconsequential attempts at invective just confirm "beyond a shadow of a doubt and to an absolute certainty" that you're incapable of rational thought.