Sunday, October 14, 2001, 2:01:26 PM, dman wrote: d> On Sun, Oct 14, 2001 at 01:09:25PM +0200, Søren Neigaard wrote: d> ... d> | Oh... Found out that xserver-xfree86 wasn't installed at all!? Strange d> | huh? I have had X running, so something must have gone badly wrong d> | during my apt-get dist-install, I wonder what else is missing.
d> Yeah, that could be a problem ;-). To see what you have installed, d> dpkg -l \* | grep "^ii" | less d> | Ok I installed it, and run X -configure. I do not get any options, it d> | seems to autodetect everything... At boot gdm trys to start, and the d> | screen flickers 4-5 times, and I get my normal text login (no X). d> | Can't I get this good old graphic setup menu I got during install, the d> | one where I can chose my mouse, keyboard, card and screen (I really d> | miss it)? d> I think that graphical config was XF86Setup, or some other similar d> program. Those only work with X3, AFAIK. d> The new (X4) xserver should autodetect everything, but it looks as if d> it did just as well with your card as with mine. Try d> $EDITOR /etc/X11/XF86Config d> $EDITOR /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 d> and make the mode lines, etc, match the original (working) setup. I don't have nearly as much in XF86Config-4 as I have in XF86Config!? My XF86Config-4 doesn't have anything about resolution as an example, nor do I have anything about default depth!? What to do? d> | If I do a XFree86 -configure I lose my keyboard, and I have to pull d> | the plug. d> Odd. What sort of keyboard? PS2 or USB? It's a laptop, and I sometimes also loose it when doing a X -configure, and sometimes when I lose it, it doesn't help just to reboot I also have to unplug my mouse and then reboot??? d> | Oh year, and if I try to run startx, I get this: "Fatal server error: d> | could not open default font 'fixed'" d> dpkg -l xfonts\* | less d> See what font packages you have installed. You want at least d> xfonts-base and probably also xfonts-100dpi. Also check the FontPath d> lines in the config file and make sure they are correct. If you are d> running xfs then you only need the connection to xfs, not any of the d> others. Yeah that helped, now I can start X and even login, but my screen is black and filled with strange pixel dots scattered around!? Any idea of this? -- Med venlig hilsen/Best regards, Søren Neigaard mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
