OK, purged all traces of X and tried again (by select task-x-window-system-core)...
This time I discovered that the install seems to be hanging on mdetect -x. It apparently is in a loop that keeps resubmitting the process. I looked at xserver-xfree86.config and found where it was calling mdetect with MDETECT_OUTPUT=$(mdetect -x). Of course I'm a novice, but I tried doing the same thing manually and then echo $MDETECT_OUTPUT. It displayed a blank line and a man mdetect revealed that a successful detection should have returned a 0. I've pretty much exhausted my newbie capabilities and gpm is working fine, so I'm not sure where to go next. -- Charles Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] 817-556-4720 > From: Jimmy Richards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 16 Mar 2001 14:02:55 -0700 > To: Charles Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: xserver-xfree86 (4.0.2-7) freezing during install > > Hello Charles, > > You can do the command 'XFree86 --config' to get it to probe hardware > and create a generic XF86Config-4 file. > I do not know why the command 'dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86' does > not seem to be creating an XF86Config-4 > file. I think that command should normally be the way to create your X > files for debian, but it seems to be broken, at least for me. > I looked on the http://bugs.debian.org/ and could not tell from the > descriptions if someone had entered a bug report on > that specific problem or not, so I may look them over again and perhaps > submit a bug on it. I even created an /etc/X11/X file > and and XF86Config-4 file in there. When I ran that command it asked me > if I wanted them to be overwritten. I said yes. It did > not make/overwrite the X and XF86Config files. I think it is definitely > a bug. I had to do the XFree86 --config and manually > edit it the XF86Config-4 file it made to make it that worked for my > Voodoo3 2000. > > Anyone else having this problem? Just curious.... > > > Jimmy Richards > > > > On 16 Mar 2001 12:41:41 -0800, Charles Lewis wrote: >> Trying to install X on a brand new sid box. Selected >> task-x-window-system-core (and all its dependencies >> and it freezes at: >> >> Setting up xserver-xfree86 (4.0.27)... >> >> I have a Rage 128 card...the non-free xserver-rage128 installs successfully, >> except that I can't figure out how to generate XF86Config-4 since none of >> the usual utilities seem to be present or have dependencies on >> xserver-xfree86. >> >> Any ideas? >> >> -- >> Charles Lewis >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> 817-556-4720 >> >> >> >> -- >> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > >
