Alright. Not having a very fun time trying to get going. Just a little background:  Not a confident Unix user. Background is almost entirely DOS/Windows. (Although experience with Home Assistant) The sooner I can get into a GUI, the better.

 

New system with a 12900k + ASUS z690-i motherboard. First problem is that the system will not boot into the UI. A bunch of bootup configuration text scrolls down and then I am dumped to a blank screen with a flashing cursor. OK. This seems to be a common problem. Maybe something to do with running on an Intel integrated graphics chip. Alright, I guess I will run the thing headless straight out of the gate. Seems like I should be able to connect to the machine via my Windows machine and configure it through the web client. But, I am having no luck connecting to the machine. Any tips on how to get going? The guide says connect via the web client. But, it also says "works on version 6.10 onwards." How do I get version 6.10? Seems like 6.9 needs to be running in order to download a prerelease. I'm stumped.

Edited January 23, 20224 yr by Jlarimore
Comic relief

When you boot it headless do you drop to a login prompt or does it also black screen?

 

Also when booting do you get the blue menu to select an option?

 

6.9 has a web UI 

Yes. I get to a login prompt and I believe I just typed "root" and it seemed happy.

 

I did get to the blue screen and tried both safe mode and normal boot. Both GUI options demonstrated identical behavior.

 

Good to know that I don't need 6.10 to be able to use the web interface. Now I just need to figure out how to access it from my other machines. http://tower.local just brings me to a blank web page that says. "not secure." Should I learn enough Unix to figure out what its IP address is?

Ah ok, 

 

Yes thats great, If you hit advanced and continue it will take you to the page of the Webui its ever since Chrome and others all went to https as standerd

Hmm. I tried dropping all pretense of security in Chrome and I still get nothing but a blank, white, empty webpage. Is there any way I can verify this thing is actually on my network? (like figure out its IP address)

 

Update: Ooh did get it to change the error message. Now says "This site can't be reached. DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN" 

Edited January 23, 20224 yr by Jlarimore

On the screen where it shows you the login promt and you enter root just before it should show you an IP Adress also could check the DHCP listings on the router / switch or simply see if any lights are blinking showing it can see a network

Ooh got it! Pinging it made me realize my blunder. The two computers were on different networks.

Doh....

 

I know that feelin, That was my first mistake 😃