Chad Scott wrote: > > Let me preface this by admitting that I hadn't seen a lick of Linux or Unix > until I installed the Potato a couple of days ago. So I basically have no > idea what I'm doing. I successfully installed Linux, but I can't get X > Windows to work.
Well, you're past the first hurdle, so keep at it! > My first problem is that my mouse doesn't work. It's a Logitech serial > mouse, and I've tried the Logitech, Microsoft and Auto options in XF86Setup, > but none work. Maybe you have gpm installed? Try removing it from your system: # apt-get remove gpm Gpm is a console mouse utility. It could be using the mouse device, causing X to not be able to use it. > My second problem is that XF86Setup tells me I need to have > the SVGA server installed. I don't know how to do that. You have to install the xserver-svga package: # apt-get install xserver-svga > Understand that referring me to XF86Config means nothing to me. > I don't even > know how to open the file. I'm sure this type of help request is common and > annoying, but I'd certainly appreciate it if somebody could at least point > me in the right direction. Thanks. I usually recommend the editor 'pico' to new users, but licensing issues prevent it from being included in Debian. Try 'nano' instead, which is a free clone of pico. # apt-get install nano When using pico/nano, the "^X" etc commands mean "control-X" etc. HTH, Matthew
