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

[Vladimir Dergachev]

Seems like Linux is running enough to start XOrg, so one can identify CPU 
with "cat /proc/cpuinfo". lspci output can be useful as well, and lshw if 
that is available.

Looking at the log, it looks like the RPI OS does not have support for the 
graphics card in your system. If AntiX works, you should look up in the 
XOrg logs what driver(s) is/are used.

best

Vladimir Dergachev

On Wed, 20 Aug 2025, gene heskett wrote:

> 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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