Stefano Stabilini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > --------------D78322D6E3F8F4EE1691F9D4 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > I am a brand newbie to Linux. > > I followed Debian's slink 2.1 standard installation and used dselect > afterwards to add X server and clients. Linux sits on my first hd in > partitions hda3 (linux) and hda4 (swap), the first two partitions are > Dos16-big and host win 95. I successfully configured LILO so as to > choose starting OS at booting time (that i am quite proud of...). > > My problems came with the installation of the X server: i tried first to > get it from XFree86.org, and XF86Setup'd it, but it would only start the > VGA16 server. Then i realized that i could download and install X via > dselect, which i did overwriting previous installation. > > I have a Cirrus Logic GD5465 AGP chipset with 4MB RAM and a HP D2817A > Ultra VGA monitor, so i am using the SVGA X server, which gets started > directly on boot. I configured it with XF86Setup again, leaving RAMDAC, > VRAM and clockchip to be probed and i chose an 800x600 16bpp resolution > for the monitor. > > The server and client started smoothly, i am able to change video mode, > but after a few minutes' work everything freezes and i am no more able > to even Ctrl-Alt-Bksp or Ctrl-Alt-Del. Actually the only means i found > to get unstuck without powering-off is rebooting via telnet from another > machine.
Are you running xdm? If so: /etc/init.d/xdm stop followed by: /etc/init.d/xdm start should restart X without rebooting the machine. Why the lockups -- I do not know, but would suspect that something from your previous installation of X is lingering around and causing problems. -- /*********************** Running Debian Linux *********************** * For God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten Son, * * that whoever believes in Him should not perish... John 3:16 * * W. Paul Mills * Topeka, Kansas, U.S.A. * * EMAIL= [EMAIL PROTECTED] * WWW= http://Mills-USA.com/ * * Bill, I was there several years ago, why would I want to go back? * ************* pgp public key on keyservers everywhere? *************/
