Thanks Kent > > I am new to Linux (especially Debian), please help me out. > > > > 1. Does anyone can tell me how to extract *.deb files? And where can I find > > Debian's special commands? > > > > 2. I have just installed Debian 2.2 r0 (potato), but XF86 did not work (don't > > have SVGA driver - returned message at first time). So, I used VGA16 driver > > during XF86Setup (second time), the setup program told me successfully > > installed XF86 but it failed after I press ok to continue. > > > > If you could set your mailer to wrap to 72 characters it would be much > appreciated.
How? At the moment, I have MS Outlook Express. > There is some good documentation at the debian site. A good starting > point - > http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ > For your first question take a look at - > http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-pkg_basics.html > > Take a look at the apt packages - > $ man apt.conf > $ man apt-get Sure. > As to your second question what video card are you using? I have used ASUS's CUSI-M with SiS 630E chipset (all in one mother board) on board VGA card with SiS 300 integrates a 2xAGP controller on board LAN card with SiS 7016/7014 (10/100Mb) ethernet controller on board SOUND card with Cmedia CMI 8738/PCI audio controller > If you don't know - $ xviddetect will sometimes work in telling you which > xserver you need to run. You could also pop the cover and look on the > card to see which card you have. XF86Setup does a nice job telling you > which xserver you need but VGA16 is fairly generic so there may be a > better xserver suited for your card. Last night I "dpkg" xserver-svga driver, and then run XF86Setup, and eventually I got my X server running on 1024x768 mode. It seems ok apart from on board SOUND card does not work and LAN card have not tested yet. But this morning I turned on computer, it automatically used xdm to start X windows system (and with runlevel 2, I read some book - runlevel must set to 5 for using xdm). Furthermore, mouse did not work anymore (X windows system was still working). > Once you're reasonably sure you have the right xserver and X still won't > start for you, at the command line run - > $ startx > X.log 2>&1 > This will create a log file named X.log. Take a look at that file. > There will be clues to what is going wrong. Ok, I will try this but how I can stop it from running xdm. Which file contains information to control whether start X via standard way "startx" or via xdm. > If you still have problems post back to the list with a little more detail > on the steps you have taken and any error messages within X.log. > hth, Sure, thanks a lot!! Kind regards -- Stephen Jiang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
