Hi Mark, I re-ran
#dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 There was a notice at start "This is a pre-release version of XFree86, and is not supported in any way.........." This time I configure PS/2 wheel mouse which was connected to replace the USB optical mouse. I left following items blank without entry 1) Please enter the video card's bus identifier 2) Please select you keyboard variant 3) Please select your keyboard options # startx Failed. Ran # apt-get update # apt-get upgrade XFree86 from "ftp://ftp.hk.debian.org" where I downloaded packages to install Debian 3.0 nothing downloaded On Fri, 2003-12-19 at 22:41, Mark Schouten wrote: > On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 07:35:57PM +0800, Stephen Liu wrote: > > Perhaps it's wise to stay on the mailinglist, so that other's can give > advises too. > > > I suspect whether I have correctly configured Debian. > > > > This PC has another mobile hard drive running RH8.0. The screen runs on > > 1024 x 768 resolution and 24 bit (32bit) colour depth without problem. > > The video card has 32MB RAM. > > Try mailing your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 to the mailinglist. Maybe we can > find something alltogether. /etc/X11/XFree86config-4 is attached to this email B.R. Stephen
# XF86Config-4 (XFree86 X server configuration file) generated by dexconf, the # Debian X Configuration tool, using values from the debconf database. # # Edit this file with caution, and see the XF86Config-4 manual page. # (Type "man XF86Config-4" at the shell prompt.) # # This file is automatically updated on xserver-xfree86 package upgrades *only* # if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xfree86 # package. # # If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated # again, run the following commands as root: # # cp /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.custom # md5sum /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 > /var/lib/xfree86/XF86Config-4.md5sum # dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 Section "Files" FontPath "unix/:7100" # local font server # if the local font server has problems, we can fall back on these FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1" FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/CID" FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo" FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc" FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic" FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi" FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi" EndSection Section "Module" Load "GLcore" Load "bitmap" Load "dbe" Load "ddc" Load "dri" Load "extmod" Load "freetype" Load "glx" Load "int10" Load "record" Load "speedo" Load "type1" Load "vbe" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Generic Keyboard" Driver "keyboard" Option "CoreKeyboard" Option "XkbRules" "xfree86" Option "XkbModel" "pc104" Option "XkbLayout" "us" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Configured Mouse" Driver "mouse" Option "CorePointer" Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Generic Mouse" Driver "mouse" Option "SendCoreEvents" "true" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation GeForce [NV11]" Driver "nv" VideoRam 32 EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "AcerView 34T uvga" HorizSync 28-48 VertRefresh 43-72 Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Default Screen" Device "NVIDIA Corporation GeForce [NV11]" Monitor "AcerView 34T" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Depth 1 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 4 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 8 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 15 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" EndSubSection EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Default Layout" Screen "Default Screen" InputDevice "Generic Keyboard" InputDevice "Configured Mouse" InputDevice "Generic Mouse" EndSection Section "DRI" Mode 0666 EndSection