Re: Problem starting x server

2004-12-27 Thread John Smith
On Mon, 2004-12-27 at 17:08 +, Adrian S. Glover wrote: > Hello! > Adrian > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Adrian, in case of a misconfigured xserver you can do a couple of things that all come to basically the same thing: modifying your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 This is your central xserver config

Re: Problem starting x server

2004-12-27 Thread Kent West
Adrian S. Glover wrote: Hello! I'm new to Debian and this GNU/linux. I've installed from CD but the machine returns an error saying "I cannot start x server, it is likely that it is not set up correctly etc etc". Setting up X is one of the most common difficulties newbies have, especially if

Problem starting x server

2004-12-27 Thread Adrian S. Glover
Hello!   I'm new to Debian and this GNU/linux. I've installed from CD but the machine returns an error saying "I cannot start x server,  it is likely that it is not set up correctly etc etc". Then next screen says "warning process set to nice value 0 instead of -10 as requested etc". Next

Re: problem starting x

2004-02-23 Thread Kent West
Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: What you told us you have . . . display adapter - rage 128 pro gl What you've told X you have . . . Section "Device" Identifier "Generic Video Card" Driver "i810" VideoRam 8192 Option "UseFBDev" "true" EndSection What does "lspci" say you have? You might try

Re: problem starting x

2004-02-23 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Sandip P Deshmukh (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > firstly, i am not a member of the group. so, may i request you to send > your replies to my e-mail address also? > > [XFree does not start with ATI rage 128 pr GL] > >(II) I810: Driver for Intel i810 chipset: i810, i810-dc100, i810e, i815 >

problem starting x

2004-02-23 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
hello all firstly, i am not a member of the group. so, may i request you to send your replies to my e-mail address also? i have a hp pc running win xp. it has an hp72 monitor. from control panel - device managers following information is available. monitor - hp d 8904 display adapter - rage 1

Re: another problem starting X with sarge-install

2003-11-19 Thread tallison
> Tom Allison wrote: > Do you perhaps have two video cards in the system? Or is the G400 > dual-headed? > No... Just one G400, single head. >> After this completed, I rebooted (new kernel) and was able to start up >> xdm (did not start automatically). > > Odd that it did not start automatically

Re: another problem starting X with sarge-install

2003-11-19 Thread Kent West
Tom Allison wrote: I did an install using the sarge install cd last night. I installed the minimum software necessary. This went fine. Then I ran TaskSel and selected only the X-Window-Server. Initially there was an autodetect made of my hardware, including my video card, all of which went fine.

another problem starting X with sarge-install

2003-11-19 Thread Tom Allison
I did an install using the sarge install cd last night. Initially I was working on a very small installation because of my plans on setting up LVM. I installed the minimum software necessary. installed lvm10 using 'apt-get install lvm10' set up lvm disks. This went fine. Then I ran TaskSel and s

Re: Problem starting x

2003-01-13 Thread Rob Weir
[Create a new thread for a new question, PLEASE!] On Sun, Jan 12, 2003 at 08:32:33PM +0100, Alex wrote: > I've got a banshee card compiled into the kernel, a logitech mousewheel > and a standard swedish keyboard. > I've run xf86configure, are there any more tools to help us mortals get x > runnin

Problem starting x

2003-01-12 Thread Alex
I've got a banshee card compiled into the kernel, a logitech mousewheel and a standard swedish keyboard. I've run xf86configure, are there any more tools to help us mortals get x running? :) HERE IS WHERE THE PROBLEMS SHOW: (II) TDFX: Driver for 3dfx Banshee/Voodoo3 chipsets: 3dfx Banshee,

Re: problem starting X

2002-09-21 Thread Marcio Roberto Teixeira
Hi, If gpm is installed, try: (root)$ /etc/init.d/gpm stop (user)$ startx On Sat, 21 Sep 2002 17:02:16 +0200 Hans Steinraht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > I'm trying to install a Debian unstable version on my new computer with a > Geforce4 TI4200 card in it. > > I installed the NVIDIA dr

problem starting X

2002-09-21 Thread Hans Steinraht
Hi, I'm trying to install a Debian unstable version on my new computer with a Geforce4 TI4200 card in it. I installed the NVIDIA drivers for my card from the NVIDIA-website. When I do "startx", X is starting up and the NVIDIA-logo is appearing on my screen, but then shuts down after a few second

Problem starting X

2002-01-30 Thread Stuart_Luscombe
Hi all, I thought I would mail in while I am at work seeing as it's not that busy here at the moment. At home, I have just installed X from sid and when I try to run it, it is coming up with an error to the effect that it cannot find module 'dbe' and that the 'extmod' subsection is invalid.

Re: Problem starting X-Windows !!!

1999-01-14 Thread Mike Nachlinger
On Wed, 13 Jan 1999, Andrew Ivanov wrote: > On Thu, 14 Jan 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I have configured Xfree with XF86Setup ans all seems to be all right. > > After configuration, the X-Server starts, and i am able to save my > > configuration. > > Graphic card: Matrox Mystique 1064SG r

Re: Problem starting X-Windows !!!

1999-01-14 Thread Andrew Ivanov
On Thu, 14 Jan 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have configured Xfree with XF86Setup ans all seems to be all right. > After configuration, the X-Server starts, and i am able to save my > configuration. > Graphic card: Matrox Mystique 1064SG rev. 3 2 MB Video Ram. > The only things is that SVGA X-

Problem starting X-Windows !!!

1999-01-14 Thread Franz . Skale
I have configured Xfree with XF86Setup ans all seems to be all right. After configuration, the X-Server starts, and i am able to save my configuration. Graphic card: Matrox Mystique 1064SG rev. 3 2 MB Video Ram. The only things is that SVGA X-Server is used, because there is no Matrox based x-Serve

Re: Problem starting X for first time

1998-11-21 Thread Rainer Clasen
Hi! Amanda Shuler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > did you run xf86config? maybe he has ;-) IIRC there are situations where some parameters aren't set as chosen. edit /etc/X11/XF86Config (it has a manpage :-) and go to Section "monitor". set HorizSync and VertRefresh according to your monitors manual.

Re: Problem starting X for first time

1998-11-20 Thread Carey Evans
Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [snip] > But to answer your question: I've found that you can generally do a > Shift-PgUp to recall the last 2 or 3 screens of info. It's a really handy > feature. But it stops working when X starts, because the VGA memory the scrollback buffer uses gets use

RE: Problem starting X for first time

1998-11-20 Thread Kent West
At 10:09 AM 11/20/98 -0600, Kent West wrote: >At 07:50 AM 11/20/98 -0800, you wrote: >>I have been able to get it working in VGA mode, but am still unsuccessful in >>getting any more color depth. How do I get to the information above what I >>printed? My screen blanks out and then I see the last

RE: Problem starting X for first time

1998-11-20 Thread Kent West
> Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org >> Subject: Re: Problem starting X for first time >> >> On Thu, 19 Nov 1998, Bret Craw wrote: >> >> > I am new to Linux and was installing Debian 2.0 last night. It seemed >> to go >> > well. Dselect gave

Re: Problem starting X for first time

1998-11-20 Thread Kent West
On Thu, 19 Nov 1998, Bret Craw wrote: > I am new to Linux and was installing Debian 2.0 last night. It seemed to go > well. Dselect gave me some problems, but with the help on this list, I was > able to get that working. Once I log in as root and get the prompt, I type > "startx" and it blanks

Re: Problem starting X for first time

1998-11-19 Thread Amanda Shuler
did you run xf86config? - Amanda Shuler | I don't want to start any [EMAIL PROTECTED] | blasphemous rumours, but... - On Thu, 19 Nov 1998, Bret Craw wrote: > I am new to Linux

Problem starting X for first time

1998-11-19 Thread Bret Craw
I am new to Linux and was installing Debian 2.0 last night. It seemed to go well. Dselect gave me some problems, but with the help on this list, I was able to get that working. Once I log in as root and get the prompt, I type "startx" and it blanks the screen, then comes back with