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

[wstein25]

Hi Robert,

Thanks for reaching out.  Actually, the Raspberry Pi Foundation did in fact
make a version of Raspberry Pi OS desktop version for PC and Mac.  (
https://downloads.raspberrypi.com/rpd_x86/images/) I believe it was made
available in 2022, and it was based on Debian 11.  Generally it works quite
well, I was able to install it on an ancient, underpowered Intel Atom
tablet that had terribly limited resources, I.e. 1 GB of ram.  So, once
again, I am trying to install RPi OS on a similarly old and underpowered by
today's standards, a GE Industrial PC.  There is probably an
incompatibility with the VIA processor, but I was able to get AntiX to run
on it, and also Debian 11 i386.  But I am looking to get RPi running on
this as a backup for a PC that is monitoring and controlling solar
generation at my home.

Thanks

Bill

On Wed, Aug 20, 2025 at 7:42 AM <wstein25 at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Sent from my iPhone
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> > On Aug 20, 2025, at 7:02 AM, Robert Heller <heller at deepsoft.com> 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.  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)
> >>
> >
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