Thanks. Here's a short video that shows what happens when I turn on the laptop. I hope it's clear enough to be helpful. https://www.dropbox.com/s/zsss7a5pnu0emwu/IMG_1210.MOV?dl=0 Attivato lun, ago 3, 2020 alle 16:55, Howard Gibson <hgibson@eol.ca> ha scritto:
On Mon, 03 Aug 2020 20:43:40 +0000 Astrid R via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
Thanks for your replies. Before I go on I should say I discovered that I no longer have the password to change the date and time, so it might not be possible to change anything else either.
But in case there might be a way, I hope the following is useful.
I'm using a Dell laptop.
Not sure if this is the distribution and release...GNU Grub 1.99-27 +deb 7u2...
Astrid,
When your GNI login window comes up, does it say Debian, or Ubuntu? Next to the username and password box, you should see a menu that selects your desktop. If you pull this down, you should see Gnome, Unity, XFCE, LXDM, or possibly FVWM. I, and a bunch of other people here, love FVWM, but I highly do not recommend it for beginners.
When you log into Gnome or Unity, you pull the menu down at the top right-hand side of your screen, and networking is one of the options. You need to know what your wireless device is called, and you need the password.
-- Howard Gibson hgibson@eol.ca jhowardgibson@gmail.com http://home.eol.ca/~hgibson