So Out of My Depth - Fatal server error: (EE) Cannot run in?framebuffer mode. Please specify bus IDs for all framebuffer devices

[gene heskett]

On 8/20/25 10:08, Robert Heller wrote:
> At Mon, 18 Aug 2025 13:41:02 -0700 wstein25<wstein25 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I have been trying to install Raspberry Pi OS for desktop, intended to run
>> on Intel machines, Macs included.  I have a very old GE Industrial computer
>> with VIA processor.
plz identify the processor by name etc, probably of the top of it after 
cleaning off the heat sink compound, which you'll have to replace before 
re-attaching the heat sink. And there are better heat sink compounds 
today that what came on that as OEM. W/o that info, most of us will be 
confused by the attempted cross breeding of architectures.

 >I don't know too much about it, it shipped with
>> Windows 7, which was quite a stretch, using about 80% of the available
>> memory on the m-Sata drive.  Attached is the log file. I have been testing
>> installation on a flash drive.  Thru key combinations I could briefly see a
>> login prompt.  I moved the flash drive to a pc and using the
>> raspberry-config, changed it to boot to a command line instead of the GUI.
>> By doing this I could get to the log file, which is attached.  Thanks all.
>>
>> P.S.  I was able to successfully run AntiX on this machine, but I really
>> prefer the Rpi environment.
>>
> I am somewhat confused.  Raspberry Pi's are ARM processor based, not
> x86/x86_64 based.  I *think* you want the LXDE desktop environment, which is
> the default desktop environment that ships with Raspberry Pi OS.
>
>> Attachment saved: /usr/tmp/1755697872/Email/2/Attachments/Xorg.0.log (application/octet-stream)
>>

Cheers, Gene Heskett, CET.
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