Monitor Blanking When Starting X; atombios stuck

2016-04-27 Thread Stephen R Guglielmo
Hello, I have a system running Debian Testing. It was freshly installed from the stable net-installer image then immediately upgraded to testing. I then installed xfce4 and configured it to start from console as per these[1] instructions. However, when I run `startx`, I get some output from it (th

Re: /etc/inittab not executed upon starting X with startx command

2011-08-15 Thread Tech Geek
Ivan, >        I guess that the inittab(5) entry in question is only started >        after rc.local finishes.  Therefore, starting startx(1) in the >        background may help. That was it. Adding "&" at the end of the command in rc.local did the trick! Thanks! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debia

Re: /etc/inittab not executed upon starting X with startx command

2011-08-15 Thread Bob Proulx
Ivan Shmakov wrote: > > Tech Geek writes: > > However, I want to do a auto login into my fluxbox (instead of user > > typing in username and password in xdm) and I still want the basic > > login console on Serial Port 1. So I removed xdm package (apt-get > > purge xdm) and added the following l

Re: /etc/inittab not executed upon starting X with startx command

2011-08-15 Thread Ivan Shmakov
> Tech Geek writes: […] > However, I want to do a auto login into my fluxbox (instead of user > typing in username and password in xdm) and I still want the basic > login console on Serial Port 1. So I removed xdm package (apt-get > purge xdm) and added the following line to my /etc/rc.l

Re: /etc/inittab not executed upon starting X with startx command

2011-08-15 Thread Tech Geek
> suspicious that I am compelled to ask if you are really sure that is > the correlation?  Please double check. Yes, I double checked that. As soon as I revert back to installing xdm, the login console appears on Serial Port 1. > Are there any messaged logged to /var/log/syslog concerning failure

Re: /etc/inittab not executed upon starting X with startx command

2011-08-15 Thread Bob Proulx
Tech Geek wrote: > I have uncommented the following line in the /etc/inittab file on > Debian Squeeze: > > T0:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS0 9600 vt100 Seems reasonable. I do that on server systems too. > This works if my system starts up normally i.e. via xdm->fluxbox. Sure. > However, I wa

/etc/inittab not executed upon starting X with startx command

2011-08-15 Thread Tech Geek
I have uncommented the following line in the /etc/inittab file on Debian Squeeze: T0:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS0 9600 vt100 Basically, I am trying to output a login console on Serial Port 1 also. This works if my system starts up normally i.e. via xdm->fluxbox. However, I want to do a auto lo

Re: sid: Console problems after starting X

2010-09-09 Thread John W Foster
On Fri, 2010-09-03 at 00:58 -1000, Joel Roth wrote: > Hello all, > > Here's what happening. > > After boot: normal console font (about 80 characters wide) > > After startx: small console font (maybe 132 characters?) > > A little later: no display in console at all (Alt-F7 > still gets me back t

Re: sid: Console problems after starting X

2010-09-06 Thread Joel Roth
On Mon, Sep 06, 2010 at 10:14:56AM +0300, Rares Aioanei wrote: > On Fri, 3 Sep 2010 00:58:21 -1000 > Joel Roth wrote: > > [...] > What video card/driver are you using? > -- > Rares Aioanei The card is: lspci | grep -i radeon 01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS780MC [Ra

Re: sid: Console problems after starting X

2010-09-06 Thread Rares Aioanei
On Fri, 3 Sep 2010 00:58:21 -1000 Joel Roth wrote: [...] What video card/driver are you using? -- Rares Aioanei -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20

Re: sid: Console problems after starting X

2010-09-04 Thread Joel Roth
On Sat, Sep 04, 2010 at 08:37:55PM +0100, Angus Hedger wrote: > Hey, > > On Sat, 4 Sep 2010 01:20:51 -1000 > Joel Roth wrote: > > Thanks for checking this out! > > > > Console *does* VT switching correctly under a stock 2.6.31-1-amd64 > > kernel. (But for some reason suspend doesn't work... wil

Re: sid: Console problems after starting X

2010-09-04 Thread Angus Hedger
Hey, On Sat, 4 Sep 2010 01:20:51 -1000 Joel Roth wrote: > Thanks for checking this out! > > Console *does* VT switching correctly under a stock 2.6.31-1-amd64 > kernel. (But for some reason suspend doesn't work... will try a later > kernel.) > > Why didn't I think of this? Probably because the

Re: sid: Console problems after starting X

2010-09-04 Thread Joel Roth
On Sat, Sep 04, 2010 at 07:04:58PM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Sb, 04 sep 10, 09:06:23, Stephen Powell wrote: > > > > Nice work, Andrei! > > Not fair, you did the heavy lifting :) Both deserving of a beer, if not a pizza as well, to be collectible at some future FTF. -j > Regards, > Andr

Re: sid: Console problems after starting X

2010-09-04 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sb, 04 sep 10, 09:06:23, Stephen Powell wrote: > > Nice work, Andrei! Not fair, you did the heavy lifting :) Regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic signature.asc Description: Digital si

Re: sid: Console problems after starting X

2010-09-04 Thread Stephen Powell
le version of 1.17.0, >> [dri] but the kernel reports a version of 2.0.0.[dri] If using legacy >> modesetting, upgrade your kernel. >> [dri] If using kernel modesetting, make sure your module is >> [dri] loaded prior to starting X, and that this driver was built >> [

Re: sid: Console problems after starting X

2010-09-04 Thread Joel Roth
l module version of 1.17.0, > > [dri] but the kernel reports a version of 2.0.0.[dri] If using legacy > > modesetting, upgrade your kernel. > > [dri] If using kernel modesetting, make sure your module is > > [dri] loaded prior to starting X, and that this driver was built &

Re: sid: Console problems after starting X

2010-09-04 Thread Andrei Popescu
, upgrade your kernel. > [dri] If using kernel modesetting, make sure your module is > [dri] loaded prior to starting X, and that this driver was built > [dri] with support for KMS. > [dri] Disabling DRI. This, combined with the fact that you are running a self-compiled kernel would

Re: sid: Console problems after starting X

2010-09-03 Thread Joel Roth
el ClockPLL Frequency Input: 13500 (II) RADEON(0): Minimum Pixel ClockPLL Frequency Input: 1000 (II) RADEON(0): Maximum Pixel Clock: 40 (II) RADEON(0): Reference Clock: 14320 drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0 drmOpenByBusid: Searching for BusID pci::01:05.0 drmOpenDevice: node name is

Re: sid: Console problems after starting X

2010-09-03 Thread Stephen Powell
On Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:32:12 -0400 (EDT), Joel Roth wrote: > On Fri, Sep 03, 2010 at 05:11:29PM -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: >> Aha! failed to load firmware! That may be your problem. You should >> always follow up on such messages. Do you have package >> firmware-linux-nonfree >> installed?

Re: sid: Console problems after starting X

2010-09-03 Thread Joel Roth
On Fri, Sep 03, 2010 at 05:11:29PM -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: > On Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:57:59 -0400 (EDT), Joel Roth wrote: > > > > FWIW, here is my dmesg output regarding my ATI Radeon 3100 chip (RS780MC). > > I wonder about the 'loading firmware' bit, which seems to fail. > > > > [ 1478.948761

Re: sid: Console problems after starting X

2010-09-03 Thread Stephen Powell
On Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:57:59 -0400 (EDT), Joel Roth wrote: > > FWIW, here is my dmesg output regarding my ATI Radeon 3100 chip (RS780MC). > I wonder about the 'loading firmware' bit, which seems to fail. > > [ 1478.833236] [drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810 > [ 1478.934354] [drm] radeon kernel

Re: sid: Console problems after starting X

2010-09-03 Thread Joel Roth
On Fri, Sep 03, 2010 at 04:22:17PM -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: > On Fri, Sep 03, 2010 at 12:58:21AM -1000, Joel Roth wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > Here's what happening. > > > > After boot: normal console font (about 80 characters wide) > > > > After startx: small console font (maybe 132 charac

Re: sid: Console problems after starting X

2010-09-03 Thread Stephen Powell
On Fri, Sep 03, 2010 at 12:58:21AM -1000, Joel Roth wrote: > Hello all, > > Here's what happening. > > After boot: normal console font (about 80 characters wide) > > After startx: small console font (maybe 132 characters?) > > A little later: no display in console at all (Alt-F7 > still gets me

Re: sid: Console problems after starting X

2010-09-03 Thread Joel Roth
On Fri, Sep 03, 2010 at 12:58:21AM -1000, Joel Roth wrote: > Hello all, > > Here's what happening. > > After boot: normal console font (about 80 characters wide) > > After startx: small console font (maybe 132 characters?) > > A little later: no display in console at all (Alt-F7 > still gets me

sid: Console problems after starting X

2010-09-03 Thread Joel Roth
Hello all, Here's what happening. After boot: normal console font (about 80 characters wide) After startx: small console font (maybe 132 characters?) A little later: no display in console at all (Alt-F7 still gets me back to X) This problem appeared soon after converting to dependency-based b

black screen when starting X on radeon HD4850 with xserver-xorg-video-radeon 1:6.13

2010-04-16 Thread Cédric Boutillier
Hi everybody, Please, CC: me, as I am not subscribed to the list. I am running Debian sid on an Apple iMac 27", with a Mobility Radeon HD 4850 video card (ATI Technologies Inc M98L). The kernel I use is 2.6.33-2 from experimental, and I have disable KMS. Depending on the version of the radeon dr

lcd brightness goes up when starting X

2009-12-19 Thread Arun G Nair
Hi, I installed Lenny on my ThinkPad R51. It has an Intel 82852/855GM graphics card. After executing startx the LCD goes 100% bright. Same thing happens if I wake up the LCD from sleep (xset +dpms). My Fn + Home/End keys work fine and i can adjust the brightness. But its annoying to do it ever

Re: Lenny upgrade: Failed to load modules "ati" and "typ1" when starting X. No drivers available

2009-02-17 Thread S D
--- On Tue, 2/17/09, Pavlos Parissis wrote: > [pparis...@spartacos][~]$ > id -a > uid=1000(pparissis) gid=1000(pparissis) > groups=4(adm),20(dialout),24(cdrom),25(floppy),29(audio),34(backup),40(src),44(video),46(plugdev),1000(pparissis) > [pparis...@spartacos][~]$ which xvidtune > /usr/bin/xvidt

Re: Lenny upgrade: Failed to load modules "ati" and "typ1" when starting X. No drivers available

2009-02-17 Thread Pavlos Parissis
On Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:06:48 -0800 (PST) S D wrote: > --- On Tue, 2/17/09, Pavlos Parissis wrote: > > > You don't need root access in order to run that > > command. > > True, but if I run it as a regular user, it gets even funnier: > > $ which xvidtune > /usr/bin/xvidtune > $ `which xvidtune`

Re: Lenny upgrade: Failed to load modules "ati" and "typ1" when starting X. No drivers available

2009-02-17 Thread S D
--- On Tue, 2/17/09, Pavlos Parissis wrote: > You don't need root access in order to run that > command. True, but if I run it as a regular user, it gets even funnier: $ which xvidtune /usr/bin/xvidtune $ `which xvidtune` Please install the program before using $ /usr/bin/xvidtune Please instal

Re: Lenny upgrade: Failed to load modules "ati" and "typ1" when starting X. No drivers available

2009-02-17 Thread Pavlos Parissis
On Tue, 17 Feb 2009 12:08:26 -0800 (PST) S D wrote: > > > > --- On Tue, 2/17/09, pavlos.paris wrote: > > > Try the following > > 1) inside GNOME/KDE open a terminal and run > > xvidtune and tune the settings > > as you wish. Then click on show button, this will > > print on the terminal th

Re: Lenny upgrade: Failed to load modules "ati" and "typ1" when starting X. No drivers available

2009-02-17 Thread S D
--- On Tue, 2/17/09, pavlos.paris wrote: > Try the following > 1) inside GNOME/KDE open a terminal and run > xvidtune and tune the settings > as you wish. Then click on show button, this will > print on the terminal the setting to be used in > xorg.conf. Weird, when I try to run (as root)

Re: Lenny upgrade: Failed to load modules "ati" and "typ1" when starting X. No drivers available

2009-02-17 Thread Pavlos Parissis
2009/2/17 S D > > --- On Tue, 2/17/09, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > > > For the "ati" module, you need the package: > > p xserver-xorg-video-ati - X.Org X server -- > > ATI display driver > > Installed the xserver-xorg-video-ati package and it did resolve the issue > somewhat. I w

Re: Lenny upgrade: Failed to load modules "ati" and "typ1" when starting X. No drivers available

2009-02-17 Thread Norman Bird
I recall seeing something along that line in the , known issues after installing Lenny , in the install notes. about the display not using all the screen, they had a fix for it also. thanks Norm On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 1:13 AM, S D wrote: > > > > --- On Tue, 2/17/09, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wr

Re: Lenny upgrade: Failed to load modules "ati" and "typ1" when starting X. No drivers available

2009-02-16 Thread S D
--- On Tue, 2/17/09, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > Probably need to add some modes or modelines to your > xorg.conf. Might try > dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg (or sth like that) to get the > resolution you > want. I checked xorg.conf, it already has 1600x1200 line entries. Besides, the K

Re: Lenny upgrade: Failed to load modules "ati" and "typ1" when starting X. No drivers available

2009-02-16 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Monday 16 February 2009 21:58:13 S D wrote: > The picture now, for some reason, doesn't use the whole available screen > space but leave unused areas about 3-5 cm from the left, right, top and > bottom monitor edges. It looks something like this: > > I usually run my monitor in 1600x1200 mode an

Re: Lenny upgrade: Failed to load modules "ati" and "typ1" when starting X. No drivers available

2009-02-16 Thread S D
--- On Tue, 2/17/09, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > For the "ati" module, you need the package: > p xserver-xorg-video-ati - X.Org X server -- > ATI display driver Installed the xserver-xorg-video-ati package and it did resolve the issue somewhat. I was able to start X and KDE, KD

Re: Lenny upgrade: Failed to load modules "ati" and "typ1" when starting X. No drivers available

2009-02-16 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Monday 16 February 2009 16:13:29 S D wrote: > (EE) Failed to load module "ait" (module doesn't exist, 0) For the "ati" module, you need the package: p xserver-xorg-video-ati - X.Org X server -- ATI display driver -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasu

Lenny upgrade: Failed to load modules "ati" and "typ1" when starting X. No drivers available

2009-02-16 Thread S D
After dist-upgrade from etch to lenny, I'm trying to run lenny using 2.6.18 kernel that I have left over from etch, as I'm having issues assembling mdadm RAID drives under the new 2.6.28 lenny kernel (For more info see http://groups.google.com/group/linux.debian.user/browse_thread/thread/b97fd9

Re: Small "package" on console after starting X

2007-10-09 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Mon, Oct 08, 2007 at 11:41:41PM -0400, Patrick Wiseman wrote: > On 10/8/07, Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 08, 2007 at 05:15:55PM -0400, Patrick Wiseman wrote: > > > I have this odd phenomenon, which I suspect indicates some sort of attack. > > > > > > After I start

Re: Small "package" on console after starting X

2007-10-08 Thread Patrick Wiseman
On 10/8/07, Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Oct 08, 2007 at 05:15:55PM -0400, Patrick Wiseman wrote: > > I have this odd phenomenon, which I suspect indicates some sort of attack. > > > > After I start X, when I return to a console (with Ctl-Alt-Fx) there's > > what looks like

Re: Small "package" on console after starting X

2007-10-08 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Mon, Oct 08, 2007 at 05:15:55PM -0400, Patrick Wiseman wrote: > I have this odd phenomenon, which I suspect indicates some sort of attack. > > After I start X, when I return to a console (with Ctl-Alt-Fx) there's > what looks like a little package sitting in the bottom, right-hand > quarter of

Small "package" on console after starting X

2007-10-08 Thread Patrick Wiseman
Hello: I have this odd phenomenon, which I suspect indicates some sort of attack. After I start X, when I return to a console (with Ctl-Alt-Fx) there's what looks like a little package sitting in the bottom, right-hand quarter of my screen. After I Alt-7 back to X, and then Ctl-Alt-Fx back to a

Re: starting X fails: out of scan range

2006-10-04 Thread José Alburquerque
libre fan wrote: libre fan wrote: Last Friday I updated Debian (lot of xorg stuff was updated) and when I rebooted I got this message on the screen: out of scan range I reconfigured several times trying to correct errors, and I compared the original Xfree config file with the present

Re: starting X fails: out of scan range

2006-10-03 Thread libre fan
errors in the log file still the message out of scan range is displayed after I type startx. Your help would be much appreciated! cheers, libre fan -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/starting-X-fails%3A-out-of-scan-range-tf2330274.html#a6633861 Sent from the Debian User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: starting X fails: out of scan range

2006-09-25 Thread libre fan
screen. Cheers -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/starting-X-fails%3A-out-of-scan-range-tf2330274.html#a6499854 Sent from the Debian User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: starting X fails: out of scan range

2006-09-25 Thread José Alburquerque
libre fan wrote: Hello, I have a Debian Etch+Sid and Xubuntu Dapper dual-boot. Last Friday I updated Debian (lot of xorg stuff was updated) and when I rebooted I got this message on the screen: out of scan range Though X is started (I typed startx on a terminal) Wdm (my display manager)

starting X fails: out of scan range

2006-09-25 Thread libre fan
stall x.org, reinstall it from the Etch repositories? There must be a simpler way. Run xorg config? Many thanks in advance! -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/starting-X-fails%3A-out-of-scan-range-tf2330274.html#a6482623 Sent from the Debian User mailing list archi

Re: starting X makes the screen go white (newb - new install)

2005-09-06 Thread jeroen
continuing blog i installed the x-server from woody, x starts up fine now, jeej! i guess this issue is closed, unless this was a bad idea. Thx for reading my ramblings, Jeroen On 06 Sep 2005, at 21:06, jeroen wrote: This is starting to look like a blog ;) I installed the kernel found on the

Re: starting X makes the screen go white (newb - new install)

2005-09-06 Thread jeroen
This is starting to look like a blog ;) I installed the kernel found on the previously mentioned page (http:// gefechtsdienst.de/uman/c1ve-general.html). It doesn't look really nice. Full screen console is built in but is shifted (not placed correctly, with white band down the screen). Start

Re: starting X makes the screen go white (newb - new install)

2005-09-06 Thread jeroen
Could have found what's causing the issue. I have no idea what he's talking about though... Looking in to it now, but any help is appreciated. Jeroen --- start quote --- Framebuffer/X notes New - I managed to replace the atyfb code of 2.4.27 with the one of 2.4.16. This means there

Re: starting X makes the screen go white (newb - new install)

2005-09-05 Thread jeroen
Sorry if this came in double, the resend i did might have tricked your mail rules (it did trick mine) Jeroen On 05 Sep 2005, at 22:19, Oliver Lupton wrote: I'm a newbie too, but try running 'gdm' (GNOME Display Manager, I think) instead of 'startx' and see how that works. #gdm returns

Re: starting X makes the screen go white (newb - new install)

2005-09-05 Thread jeroen
On 05 Sep 2005, at 22:19, Oliver Lupton wrote: I'm a newbie too, but try running 'gdm' (GNOME Display Manager, I think) instead of 'startx' and see how that works. #gdm returns a "command not found" On 05 Sep 2005, at 22:25, Kent West wrote: jeroen wrote: I used apt to get me the fil

Re: starting X makes the screen go white (newb - new install)

2005-09-05 Thread Kent West
Kent West wrote: >jeroen wrote: > > >>With my limited knowledge i though i could have forgotten to add a >>window manager >> >> > >I don't think so; this looks like a video sync -type issue. > > You can double-check this possibility by installing another wm ("aptitude install icewm", etc

Re: starting X makes the screen go white (newb - new install)

2005-09-05 Thread Kent West
jeroen wrote: > I used apt to get me the files i needed during the installation (i > did have to do an 'ifup -a' to get the network up - and still have to > after every reboot - but that's slightly OT here). Take a look at "/etc/network/interfaces" (also "man interfaces" for examples). Once con

Re: starting X makes the screen go white (newb - new install)

2005-09-05 Thread Oliver Lupton
jeroen wrote: Hello all, --intro I'm trying (finally) to get debian to work on my Vaio PCG-C1VE. Using the latest version of the installer (floppy images) i succeeded in installing 3.1 on the little b*st*rd. Previous versions didn't support USB disks (at least not on a noob level) so t

starting X makes the screen go white (newb - new install)

2005-09-05 Thread jeroen
Hello all, --intro I'm trying (finally) to get debian to work on my Vaio PCG-C1VE. Using the latest version of the installer (floppy images) i succeeded in installing 3.1 on the little b*st*rd. Previous versions didn't support USB disks (at least not on a noob level) so thx debian! I u

Re: Trouble starting X [Was:Re: more info]

2005-08-01 Thread Hans-Peter Sulzer
On 27 July 2005, Kent West wrote: > > > [EE] xf860 penserial: cannot open device /dev/input/miceno such > > device > > [EE] configured mouse: cannot open input device > > [EE] PreInit failed for input device "Configured Mouse" > > > > I have a 5$ optical mouse that is made by MicroInnovation

Trouble starting X [Was:Re: more info]

2005-06-27 Thread Kent West
Dylan Evans wrote: > when I typed "startx" at the command prompt, it made the same error > messages it did initially, > [EE] xf860 penserial: cannot open device /dev/input/miceno such > device > [EE] configured mouse: cannot open input device > [EE] PreInit failed for input device "Configur

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
ndicating that this box has two video cards (yours probably (almost certainly) only has one); one is an S3 86c325; the other is an ATI Rage 128. Now that you know what video chipset you have, run "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86", and select the corresponding driver for your chipset

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: beyond starting x

2004-12-19 Thread Kent West
cfk wrote: I admit that my experience is with RedHat, so I dont know yet how to change back and forth between a text logon, a kde logon or a gnome logon in Debian. So, I cannot get back to the startx prompt at this time to experiment. You can search the Debian archives; this has been covered man

beyond starting x

2004-12-19 Thread cfk
> tasksel helps a lot with this. You're probably still missing a display > manager from your Red Hat experience. Since you're into KDE, I suggest > kdm. Though, being a GNOME geek, I also have to point out that GDM is > much better ;-) > > -- > Best Regards, | This signature is currently under

Re: starting x

2004-12-19 Thread Sam Watkins
On Sun, Dec 19, 2004 at 12:18:14PM +0100, Sebastian Kapfer wrote: > Since you're into KDE, I suggest kdm. Though, being a GNOME geek, I > also have to point out that GDM is much better ;-) maybe we need an uber-display manager that lets the user choose what display manager they want to use before

Re: starting x

2004-12-19 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Sat, Dec 18, 2004 at 06:59:01PM -0800, cfk wrote: > On Saturday 18 December 2004 18:14, Sam Watkins wrote: > Dear Sam: > Thank you very much for the tip. I did do a 'apt-get install > x-window-system', and a number of good things happened. I can now do a startx > and get twm. I can also

Re: starting x

2004-12-19 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 04:00:12 +0100, cfk wrote: > after a search of archives and it seems to be working. After that, I wonder > what the incantation is to start kde and perhaps more importantly, where I > can go to figure out a few steps after that, other then googling. tasksel helps a lot with

Re: starting x

2004-12-19 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello cfk (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > Thank you very much for the tip. I did do a 'apt-get install > x-window-system', and a number of good things happened. I can now do a > startx and get twm. I can also right-click and get a tclsh8.4. > > Thats the good news. Unfortunately, being unfamiliar

Re: starting x

2004-12-18 Thread cfk
On Saturday 18 December 2004 18:14, Sam Watkins wrote: > startx is not part of the X server, it is in the package x-base-clients. > > You should: > > apt-get install x-window-system-core > > or probably: > > apt-get install x-window-system > > > you can look at what each of these "meta packages

Re: starting x

2004-12-18 Thread Robert Vangel
Sam Watkins wrote: startx is not part of the X server, it is in the package x-base-clients. You should: apt-get install x-window-system-core or probably: apt-get install x-window-system you can look at what each of these "meta packages" depends on with: apt-cache show x-window-system-core you

Re: starting x

2004-12-18 Thread Sam Watkins
startx is not part of the X server, it is in the package x-base-clients. You should: apt-get install x-window-system-core or probably: apt-get install x-window-system you can look at what each of these "meta packages" depends on with: apt-cache show x-window-system-core you can see re

Re: starting x

2004-12-18 Thread cfk
On Saturday 18 December 2004 17:42, Robert Vangel wrote: > cfk wrote: > > Gentlemen: > > Its my turn to be a newbie to Debian, although I have used Red Hat for a > > few years. Please bear with me and suggest how I may get my newly > > installed "Sarge" to start X. > > > > I try the incanta

Re: starting x

2004-12-18 Thread Robert Vangel
cfk wrote: Gentlemen: Its my turn to be a newbie to Debian, although I have used Red Hat for a few years. Please bear with me and suggest how I may get my newly installed "Sarge" to start X. I try the incantation "startx" from either a user or root command prompt and get "command not found".

Re: starting x

2004-12-18 Thread Paul Johnson
On Saturday 18 December 2004 5:44 pm, cfk wrote: > Gentlemen: > Its my turn to be a newbie to Debian, although I have used Red Hat for a few > years. Please bear with me and suggest how I may get my newly installed > "Sarge" to start X. Searching through the archives would have told you you n

starting x

2004-12-18 Thread cfk
Gentlemen: Its my turn to be a newbie to Debian, although I have used Red Hat for a few years. Please bear with me and suggest how I may get my newly installed "Sarge" to start X. I try the incantation "startx" from either a user or root command prompt and get "command not fou

Extra commands when starting X

2004-09-12 Thread Jan Willem Stumpel
Some sites tell me to do things like Please add the following line to the ~/.xsession or ~/.xinitrc. export [EMAIL PROTECTED] exec uim-xim& But in Debian, neither ~/.xsession nor ~/.xinitrc exist by default. And if you create them, you cannot use them for *adding* things to the X start-

Re: starting X hangs on network timeout (hosts file ignored)

2004-07-15 Thread Micha Feigin
On Wed, Jul 14, 2004 at 12:08:39AM +0100, Steven Satelle wrote: > On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 20:28:56 +0300, Micha Feigin wrote: > > > Same behavior (I am using wdm and no xdmcp and the no listen on tcp > > switch). It seems like /usr/X11R6/bin/X is whats causing the trouble, > > running tcpdump when X s

Re: starting X hangs on network timeout (hosts file ignored)

2004-07-13 Thread Steven Satelle
On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 20:28:56 +0300, Micha Feigin wrote: > Same behavior (I am using wdm and no xdmcp and the no listen on tcp > switch). It seems like /usr/X11R6/bin/X is whats causing the trouble, > running tcpdump when X startx shows the name lookup BTW: > you know, I think we're barking up the

Re: starting X hangs on network timeout (hosts file ignored)

2004-07-13 Thread Micha Feigin
On Tue, Jul 13, 2004 at 01:49:29AM +0100, Steven Satelle wrote: > On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 17:58:40 +0300, Micha Feigin wrote: > > > > > BTW I got the following reply after I tried reporting a bug on netbase > > on this: > > > > [...] this is how it's supposed to work. host(1) is an > > interface to

Re: starting X hangs on network timeout (hosts file ignored)

2004-07-12 Thread s. keeling
Incoming from Steven Satelle: > On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 17:58:40 +0300, Micha Feigin wrote: > > > > [...] this is how it's supposed to work. host(1) is an > > interface to the resolver library, which does not use /etc/hosts by design. > > > > The problem is that it seems that a few other things seem

Re: starting X hangs on network timeout (hosts file ignored)

2004-07-12 Thread Steven Satelle
On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 17:58:40 +0300, Micha Feigin wrote: > > BTW I got the following reply after I tried reporting a bug on netbase > on this: > > [...] this is how it's supposed to work. host(1) is an > interface to the resolver library, which does not use /etc/hosts by design. > > The problem

Re: starting X hangs on network timeout (hosts file ignored)

2004-07-12 Thread Micha Feigin
On Mon, Jul 12, 2004 at 12:06:41AM +0100, Steven Satelle wrote: > > Ping uses the hosts file but host seems to ignore it. So if the > > nameserver is not reachable then ping works but > > host returns > > 192.168.0.1 connect: Network is unreachable > > Nameserver not reachable > > litshi.luna.loc

Re: starting X hangs on network timeout (hosts file ignored)

2004-07-11 Thread Steven Satelle
> Ping uses the hosts file but host seems to ignore it. So if the > nameserver is not reachable then ping works but > host returns > 192.168.0.1 connect: Network is unreachable > Nameserver not reachable > litshi.luna.local A record not found, try again > my /etc/hosts has the following lines: >

Re: starting X hangs on network timeout

2004-07-11 Thread Steven Satelle
On Sun, 11 Jul 2004 22:53:09 +0200, Otto Wyss wrote: >> On Sun, 11 Jul 2004 20:18:19 +0100, Thomas Adam wrote: >> >> no, its caused by the machine trying to resolve its name over eth0 >> AFAIR. If the network is up. If you've configured the network, you've >> set a hostname, so it is trying to re

Re: starting X hangs on network timeout (hosts file ignored)

2004-07-11 Thread Micha Feigin
On Sun, Jul 11, 2004 at 08:33:15PM +0100, Steven Satelle wrote: > On Sun, 11 Jul 2004 20:18:19 +0100, Thomas Adam wrote: > > > --- Micha Feigin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > >> I'm not sure yet on what package to report this bug, but was wondering > >> if anyone else experiences it too. > >

Re: starting X hangs on network timeout

2004-07-11 Thread Steven Satelle
On Sun, 11 Jul 2004 20:18:19 +0100, Thomas Adam wrote: > --- Micha Feigin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> I'm not sure yet on what package to report this bug, but was wondering >> if anyone else experiences it too. > > Have a look at the bugpage for 'xserver-xfree86'. If it isn't listed > ther

Re: starting X hangs on network timeout

2004-07-11 Thread Thomas Adam
--- Micha Feigin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm not sure yet on what package to report this bug, but was wondering > if anyone else experiences it too. Have a look at the bugpage for 'xserver-xfree86'. If it isn't listed there, then maybe consider filing one. -- Thomas Adam = "The Linux

starting X hangs on network timeout

2004-07-11 Thread Micha Feigin
I'm not sure yet on what package to report this bug, but was wondering if anyone else experiences it too. When starting X with a configured network and no cable, it hangs for about 30 seconds until it starts (which is consistent with network timeouts). If I disable the network or not conf

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: problems starting x

2003-11-19 Thread navaja
Which XF86config file? When dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 is run, it writes to /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 You'll also notice that in /etc/X11/XF86Config there is only one entry, regarding naming the input device, but in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 there exists all t

Re: problems starting x

2003-11-17 Thread shawn
On Sun, Nov 16, 2003 at 09:53:42PM +, navaja wrote: > navaja wrote: > i noticed that dpkg-reconfigure didnt seem to update > the XF86config file, even though i ran it several times, thats why this > error > kept showing up. Which XF86config file? When dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86

Re: virtual terminals become unusable when starting x on sid

2003-11-17 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 12:38:16PM +, navaja ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > hi, > > i boot up, and get command prompt login. can use all vitual termninals. > then i start x, with "startx" (with login manager i get the same > problem). x starts, then i try to go back to a virtual terminal, and

Re: virtual terminals become unusable when starting x on sid

2003-11-17 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
navaja wrote: hi, i boot up, and get command prompt login. can use all vitual termninals. then i start x, with "startx" (with login manager i get the same problem). x starts, then i try to go back to a virtual terminal, and all i see is messed up lines going down my screen. thanks And what

Re: virtual terminals become unusable when starting x on sid

2003-11-17 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 12:38:16PM +, navaja wrote: > hi, > > i boot up, and get command prompt login. can use all vitual termninals. > then i start x, with "startx" (with login manager i get the same > problem). x starts, then i try to go back to a virtual terminal, and all > i see is mess

virtual terminals become unusable when starting x on sid

2003-11-17 Thread navaja
hi, i boot up, and get command prompt login. can use all vitual termninals. then i start x, with "startx" (with login manager i get the same problem). x starts, then i try to go back to a virtual terminal, and all i see is messed up lines going down my screen. thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, emai

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