Re: Xfree86 problems, sarge/woody

2007-03-02 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Fri, 2007-03-02 at 08:56 -0800, Arlie Stephens wrote: > (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" > (EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/input/mice > No such device. > (EE) Generic Mouse: cannot open input device > (EE) PreInit failed for input device "Generic Mouse" > (II) UnloadModu

Re: Xfree86 problems, sarge/woody

2007-03-02 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Fri, 2007-03-02 at 13:47 -0800, Arlie Stephens wrote: > > These errors (and the warnings above) indicate that you need to load the > > framebuffer driver for nvidia cards, "modprobe nvidiafb". > > Hmm, looks like it's time to really display my ignorance. Is this a > driver in the sense of kern

Re: Xfree86 problems, sarge/woody

2007-03-02 Thread Arlie Stephens
On Mar 02 2007, Sven Arvidsson wrote: > > On Fri, 2007-03-02 at 07:56 -0800, Arlie Stephens wrote: > > The complaint is that it fails to find a framebuffer, regardless of > > which answer I give to the question of whether or not to use the > > kernel's framebuffer. I (stupidly) failed to save the

Re: Xfree86 problems, sarge/woody

2007-03-02 Thread Arlie Stephens
On Mar 02 2007, Wackojacko wrote: > > Arlie Stephens wrote: > > >The complaint is that it fails to find a framebuffer, regardless of > >which answer I give to the question of whether or not to use the > >kernel's framebuffer. > > Have you tried manually editing the file? Comment out the UseFBD

Re: Xfree86 problems, sarge/woody

2007-03-02 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Fri, 2007-03-02 at 07:56 -0800, Arlie Stephens wrote: > The complaint is that it fails to find a framebuffer, regardless of > which answer I give to the question of whether or not to use the > kernel's framebuffer. I (stupidly) failed to save the XF86Config file > before starting, but the curren

Re: Xfree86 problems, sarge/woody

2007-03-02 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Fri, Mar 02, 2007 at 07:56:27AM -0800, Arlie Stephens wrote: > Hi All, HI [...] > > X was running after that first stage of the upgrade (to latest woody) > but would not restart once I rebooted the system. I went ahead and > upgraded to sarge anyway, figuring I might get lucky, and could just

Re: Xfree86 problems, sarge/woody

2007-03-02 Thread Wackojacko
Arlie Stephens wrote: The complaint is that it fails to find a framebuffer, regardless of which answer I give to the question of whether or not to use the kernel's framebuffer. Have you tried manually editing the file? Comment out the UseFBDev option below. There are two other modules not

Xfree86 problems, sarge/woody

2007-03-02 Thread Arlie Stephens
Hi All, You folks were so helpful with my last problem, I thought I'd impose on your patience once again with the next one downstream. Two nights ago I (finally) upgraded an elderly system from woody to sarge. X stopped working. Moreover, it seems to have stopped working not during the upgrade to

Re: Fatal server error: no screens found - Xfree86 Problems

2004-10-06 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Scott Barlow (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > I am a reasonable newbie to Debian and have been trying unsucceffully > to get X (specifically kde) working on my box. I have modified the > XF86Config-4 file through the dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 command > but am having no luck. > [...]

Re: Fatal server error: no screens found - Xfree86 Problems

2004-10-05 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Wed, 06 Oct 2004 16:01:06 +1000, Scott Barlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I am a reasonable newbie to Debian and have been trying unsucceffully to get > X > (specifically kde) working on my box. I have modified the XF86Config-4 file > through the dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 comman

Fatal server error: no screens found - Xfree86 Problems

2004-10-05 Thread Scott Barlow
Hi, I am a reasonable newbie to Debian and have been trying unsucceffully to get X (specifically kde) working on my box. I have modified the XF86Config-4 file through the dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 command but am having no luck. My machine boots ok under knoppix so I know its not an incompati

Re: XFree86 problems trying to load module 'sis'

2003-06-18 Thread John Hedge
try http://www.winischhofer.net/linuxsis630.shtml John On Thu, 2003-06-19 at 08:35, Charles Roberts wrote: > David Goodenough wrote: > > On Wednesday 18 June 2003 18:59, Charles Roberts wrote: > > > >>Hello all: > >>I am trying to get Debian running. The sequence of events: > >>1. installed '

Re: XFree86 problems trying to load module 'sis'

2003-06-18 Thread Charles Roberts
David Goodenough wrote: On Wednesday 18 June 2003 18:59, Charles Roberts wrote: Hello all: I am trying to get Debian running. The sequence of events: 1. installed 'woody' from floppy disks with the bf2.4 (what ever that stands for) images (I wanted to use reiserfs). The install when OK. Got a basi

Re: XFree86 problems trying to load module 'sis'

2003-06-18 Thread David Goodenough
On Wednesday 18 June 2003 18:59, Charles Roberts wrote: > Hello all: > I am trying to get Debian running. The sequence of events: > 1. installed 'woody' from floppy disks with the bf2.4 (what ever that > stands for) images (I wanted to use reiserfs). The install when OK. Got > a basic 'cli' Debian

XFree86 problems trying to load module 'sis'

2003-06-18 Thread Charles Roberts
Hello all: I am trying to get Debian running. The sequence of events: 1. installed 'woody' from floppy disks with the bf2.4 (what ever that stands for) images (I wanted to use reiserfs). The install when OK. Got a basic 'cli' Debian system. 2. Did an 'apt-get dist-upgrade' to 'sarge'. All when OK

Re: Xfree86 problems

2002-10-15 Thread Russell
"Price, Erik" wrote: > > > The problem > > > > > is that the entire top half of the screen shows up as black, > > whereas the > > bottom half of the screen looks cartoonishly big. The resolution must > > somehow be getting set to some abominably low amount (the mouse cursor > > itself is about an

RE: Xfree86 problems

2002-10-15 Thread Price, Erik
> The problem > > > is that the entire top half of the screen shows up as black, > whereas the > bottom half of the screen looks cartoonishly big. The resolution must > somehow be getting set to some abominably low amount (the mouse cursor > itself is about an inch long in this mode). But KDE is

Re: Xfree86 problems

2002-10-14 Thread Russell
"Price, Erik" wrote: > > ... So I thought I would write to the mailing list, but I can't attach the log >because > Windows can't see the ext2 file system! mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /floppy copy to floppy then umount /floppy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsu

Re: Xfree86 problems

2002-10-14 Thread Stephen Gran
This one time, at band camp, Price, Erik said: > Under the advice of a fellow subscriber, I realized that I hadn't > renamed the file "XF86Config" (generated by the xf86config utility) to > the more-appropriate "XF86Config-4". I did this, and this time X11 > did attempt to start up (the monitor f

RE: Xfree86 problems

2002-10-14 Thread Price, Erik
Under the advice of a fellow subscriber, I realized that I hadn't renamed the file "XF86Config" (generated by the xf86config utility) to the more-appropriate "XF86Config-4". I did this, and this time X11 did attempt to start up (the monitor flickered a bit), but failed. I read the error messa

Xfree86 problems

2002-10-14 Thread Price, Erik
Hi, Last week I installed Debian on the spare [SCSI] hard drive in my Dell Precision 610. I had some network troubles, which folks on this list kindly helped me with, but X11 kept bombing. It would try to run, maybe three times, then ask me if I wanted to view the output of the error log. L

Re: XFree86 Problems [continues Woody Installation Problems II]

2002-09-30 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
On Mon, 2002-09-30 at 10:11, Jaye Inabnit ke6sls wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Monday 30 September 2002 12:06 am, Daniel Fabian wrote: > > > I replaced that with the xserver-svga driver. Yes it is 3.3.6 not 4.x, > > > but with this driver, I find the video to be

Re: XFree86 Problems [continues Woody Installation Problems II]

2002-09-30 Thread Jaye Inabnit ke6sls
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 30 September 2002 12:06 am, Daniel Fabian wrote: > > I replaced that with the xserver-svga driver. Yes it is 3.3.6 not 4.x, > > but with this driver, I find the video to be quite satisfactory > > (although I haven't tried anything really de

RE: XFree86 Problems [continues Woody Installation Problems II]

2002-09-29 Thread Daniel Fabian
> I replaced that with the xserver-svga driver. Yes it is 3.3.6 not 4.x, > but with this driver, I find the video to be quite satisfactory > (although I haven't tried anything really demanding.) This version of > the older driver works with the other components of X 4.x. My fscking laptop is dri

Re: XFree86 Problems [continues Woody Installation Problems II]

2002-09-29 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Sun, Sep 29, 2002 at 11:45:43PM +0200, Daniel Fabian wrote: > Hi List, > > Sorry to bother you all again. As some of you told me, I setup a minimal > system, and installed xfree86 and kde with apt-get. Now that the installed > completed correctly, I'm experiencing my next problem: startx sets

Re: XFree86 Problems [continues Woody Installation Problems II]

2002-09-29 Thread Jaye Inabnit ke6sls
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 29 September 2002 02:45 pm, Daniel Fabian wrote: > Hi List, > > Sorry to bother you all again. As some of you told me, I setup a minimal > system, and installed xfree86 and kde with apt-get. Now that the installed > completed correctly, I'm

XFree86 Problems [continues Woody Installation Problems II]

2002-09-29 Thread Daniel Fabian
Hi List, Sorry to bother you all again. As some of you told me, I setup a minimal system, and installed xfree86 and kde with apt-get. Now that the installed completed correctly, I'm experiencing my next problem: startx sets my screen into graphic mode and I see two stripes in gray (looks somehow

RE: Xfree86 problems with woody (MORE INFO)

2002-09-03 Thread Sheldon E. Auerbach
I had the same problem with a similar NVIDIA GeForce video card. XFree86 failed with the "(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration." log message. The problem seemed to be frame buffering. Try setting UseFBDev to false in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4. That worked in my case. I hope

Re: Xfree86 problems with woody

2002-09-02 Thread Oliver Fuchs
Hi, first of all install the relevant XFree86 packages ... then/or run dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 to set up your system. Oliver -- ... don't touch the bang-bang fruit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Xfree86 problems with woody (MORE INFO)

2002-09-01 Thread Travis Troyer
>From the message I received back from the list, I guess my attachment was stripped from the message, so I'm including my log file in this message. Sorry for any inconvenience. XFree86.0.log: This is a pre-release version of XFree86, and is not supported in any way. Bugs may be reported to

Xfree86 problems with woody

2002-09-01 Thread Travis Troyer
I have recently installed Debian 3.0r0, along with xfree86.  I have run startx, specifying all the correct information, yet still cannot get it to run.  I have tried going back and using various different settings, like lower resolutions and such, but with no luck. Though I have enough

Re: XFree86 problems

2002-04-04 Thread Bob Underwood
On Thursday 04 April 2002 15:04, Fañch wrote: > On Wed, 3 Apr 2002, Bob Underwood wrote: > > On Wednesday 03 April 2002 16:53, Fanch wrote: > > > I have now tried to install Debian 3 times without succes on an i586 > > > which has run RedHat6.2 until I began my Debian experiments... > > > > What ve

where do answers go [was Re: XFree86 problems]

2002-04-04 Thread Hans Ekbrand
On Thu, Apr 04, 2002 at 10:04:28PM +0200, Fañch wrote: > Another question by the way: I'm not used to this list and I'm a > bit confused about where my answers go to, do they get sendt to > the list or to your personal address? That is up to you, your MUA and (if you have a decent MUA) the Mail

Re: XFree86 problems

2002-04-04 Thread Fañch
On Wed, 3 Apr 2002, Bob Underwood wrote: > On Wednesday 03 April 2002 16:53, Fanch wrote: > > I have now tried to install Debian 3 times without succes on an i586 > > which has run RedHat6.2 until I began my Debian experiments... > > What version of debian were you trying to install? i.e., stabl

Re: XFree86 problems

2002-04-03 Thread Bob Underwood
On Wednesday 03 April 2002 16:53, Fanch wrote: > I have now tried to install Debian 3 times without succes on an i586 > which has run RedHat6.2 until I began my Debian experiments... > > I have 2 good years experience with Linux through RedHat and have no > problems with the course of the install.

XFree86 problems

2002-04-03 Thread Fanch
I have now tried to install Debian 3 times without succes on an i586 which has run RedHat6.2 until I began my Debian experiments... I have 2 good years experience with Linux through RedHat and have no problems with the course of the install. Every thing seems to be running as expected until I reac

RE: XFree86 problems

1999-02-19 Thread Hogland, Thomas E.
> Tom Anzalone wrote: > > > > After I setup Xfree using the configurator I saved the config file and > > the machine rebooted. When the machine gets to the login prompt > > after the reboot, the Monitor starts to blink and I can't log in. It > > looks like X windows is trying to start as I see a

Re: XFree86 problems

1999-02-19 Thread Evan Van Dyke
Tom Anzalone wrote: > > After I setup Xfree using the configurator I saved the config file and > the machine rebooted. When the machine gets to the login prompt > after the reboot, the Monitor starts to blink and I can't log in. It > looks like X windows is trying to start as I see a line before

XFree86 problems

1999-02-19 Thread Tom Anzalone
After I setup Xfree using the configurator I saved the config file and the machine rebooted. When the machine gets to the login prompt after the reboot, the Monitor starts to blink and I can't log in. It looks like X windows is trying to start as I see a line before the login saying that xdm

Re: XFree86 problems

1998-06-15 Thread joost
On Sun, 14 Jun 1998, Matt Kopishke wrote: > dselect told me I needed), but after runinng XFree86Config, when it goes > to graphic mode, my screen goes crazy, it has many moving, blue lines, > and it even messes up the other terminals. That sounds like your setup is making your card do thing

XFree86 problems

1998-06-14 Thread Matt Kopishke
I have been having problems with X, the last time I installed Linux, I installed the XFree86 packages that as far as I can see are required to run X (the Standard Fonts, FVWM, the svga server, and what ever eles dselect told me I needed), but after runinng XFree86Config, when it goes to graphic

Re: XFree86 problems

1997-06-12 Thread Robert Kerr
Thanks, that was just the ticket. It's going beautifully now. * Robert Kerr * * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * * http://www.et.byu.edu/~kerrr * * Adam fell that men might be, * * and men are that they might * * have joy. 2

Re: XFree86 problems

1997-06-12 Thread Rick Morrison
Robert, Had that EXACT same problem. There's a fix on the XFree86 web site. Anyway, get to /dev (?) and do a ./MAKEDEV tty0. Rick Morrison >>> Robert Kerr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 6/12/97 2:46:53 AM >>> I'm trying to install XFree86 using the unstable 3.3 distribution, since I mave a Matrox My

Re: XFree86 problems

1997-06-12 Thread Jason M. Daniels
>I'm trying to install XFree86 using the unstable 3.3 distribution, since >I mave a Matrox Mystique. Everything was going well, until I ran startx, >whereupon I received the following error message: > >fatal server error: >xf86OpenConsole: Cannot open /dev/tty0 (No such file or directory) T

XFree86 problems

1997-06-12 Thread Robert Kerr
I'm trying to install XFree86 using the unstable 3.3 distribution, since I mave a Matrox Mystique. Everything was going well, until I ran startx, whereupon I received the following error message: fatal server error: xf86OpenConsole: Cannot open /dev/tty0 (No such file or directory) When repo