On Monday 25 September 2006 14:54, Stephen Yorke wrote: > Guess it is not just me having this issue...I was going to dual boot my > Laptop but after testing with Microsoft Virtual Server & VMWare and seeing > this error...think I will wait. > > If you want to reproduce it...debootstrap sid, change root to the sid > directory and 'apt-get install xserver-xorg-core xorg' > > It will blowup on you terribly...and yes...it is hard to break out of it > but you will finally hit CTRL-C at the proper time to kill it. The only > think I have traced it to thus far is my Locale issues...but I can't see > that causing this issue. Well it might be relevant (the Locale bit that is) as I too get endless messages about locale not being set so using default C locale.
I have set LC_ALL to "en_GB" and locale -a lists en_GB as an available locale, but the problem persists. David > > -Stephen > > ________________________________ > > From: David Goodenough [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Mon 9/25/2006 9:36 AM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Problem installing xserver-xorg > > > > I am trying to install xorg on an HP 9010 laptop. It was installed but the > hard drive died and so I took an old 2.5" drive I had which had linux on it > with XFree86 (and a SIS screen configured) and I am trying to upgrade it to > work on this new machine. I got rid of the old XFree86 code (I think I got > rid of all of it) and then I asked it to install xorg. When configuring > xserver-xorg it asks if the PCI address for the video card is right (it > is), asks if I want to use a FrameBuffer device (I have tried both yes and > no) and then is comes up with a panel which says:- > > > Configuring xserver-org > > Empty value > > A null entry is not permitted for this value. > > > This is repeated in what appears to be quite a tight look ad-infinitum > and it is quite difficult to break out of (but I did eventually). > > There is nothing to say which value is null and I am at a loss to see > how to progress from here. > > Anyone got any ideas? > > David > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
