emacs window a solid black block after a distribution upgrade

[Ian Bruntlett]

Hi Liam,

On Mon, 23 Jan 2023 at 18:28, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:

> > I'm not knowledgeable about these things. If you need me to try further
> things, can you point me to a web page that gives info on how to do that?
>
> Easy way to try:
>
> * Download Ventoy, extract it
> * Run it, format a USB key with it
> * Download the Xubuntu ISO
> * Drop the Xubuntu ISO file on the key
> * Reboot and try it.
>
Interestingly enough, I do use Ventoy. and hope to summon the strength to
try Xubuntu sometime soon.

>
> It may have both. If so, you may get better performance with the AMD
> GPU and with only 4GB of RAM you probably want as much as you can get.
>
> Look at the back: does the monitor plug into the motherboard, or into
> a card in an expansion slot?
>
The monitor plugs directly into the motherboard.


> You may be able to go into the BIOS settings page and change the preferred
> GPU.
>
> It should be F2 or F12:
>
> https://www.dell.com/community/Desktops-General-Read-Only/How-to-enter-BIOS-setup-on-Inspiron-530/td-p/3331629
>
> It would be a good idea to also check it's the latest BIOS and update it
> if not.
>
> It looks like 1.0.18 is the latest:
>
>
> https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-eu/drivers/driversdetails?driverid=n73yw&lwp=rt

When I upgraded its RAM from 2GiB to 4GiB, I had to temporarily install
Windows and run the update. It looks like I have the latest update:-
BIOS Version 1.0.18 02/24/2009

>> What does the Ubuntu drivers tool say? If it offers anything, install
> >> it, reboot and try again.
> >
> > ubiuntu-drivers list  # displays no output
> > ubiuntu-drivers list-orm  # displays no output
>
> Just the GUI app will tell you.
>
> Some instructions and screenshots here:
> https://linuxhint.com/install-nvidia-drivers-on-ubuntu/
>
> Merely for illustrative purposes. DO NOT *follow* the instructions
> there and install nVidia drivers unless you have an nVidia card.
>
Well, I pressed the Windows/Super key, typed in Drivers. It ran Software &
Updates and it reports "No additional drivers available" and
"No proprietary drivers are in use"/


> > Chromium gives 27 lines of output on standard error (stderr). Would you
> like me to email them here?
>
> It's not so much, but if X11 gets Firefox working, then just use X11.
>
Yes, I will do that, thank you.

BW,


Ian

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