Re: xserver-xfree86 (4.0.2-7) freezing during install (SOLVED)

2001-03-19 Thread Charles Lewis
TECTED]> > Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 11:14:05 -0800 > To: debian-user > Subject: Re: xserver-xfree86 (4.0.2-7) freezing during install > Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Resent-Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 11:21:46 -0600 > > OK, purged all traces of X and tried again (by sele

Re: xserver-xfree86 (4.0.2-7) freezing during install

2001-03-19 Thread Charles Lewis
es and gpm is working fine, so I'm not sure where to go next. -- Charles Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] 817-556-4720 > From: Jimmy Richards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 16 Mar 2001 14:02:55 -0700 > To: Charles Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org

Re: xserver-xfree86 (4.0.2-7) freezing during install

2001-03-16 Thread Jimmy Richards
Hello Charles, You can do the command 'XFree86 --config' to get it to probe hardware and create a generic XF86Config-4 file. I do not know why the command 'dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86' does not seem to be creating an XF86Config-4 file. I think that command should normally be the way to create

Re: xserver-xfree86 (4.0.2-7) freezing during install

2001-03-16 Thread Terry Warner
It might be helpful to go to http://dri.sourceforge.net. They have a resources page which has a generic X config file for the Rage card (and I believe it is an X4 config file). If you download that, it will prolly just need some minor changes, but its a good place to start. Hope this helps

xserver-xfree86 (4.0.2-7) freezing during install

2001-03-16 Thread Charles Lewis
Trying to install X on a brand new sid box. Selected task-x-window-system-core (and all its dependencies and it freezes at: Setting up xserver-xfree86 (4.0.27)... I have a Rage 128 card...the non-free xserver-rage128 installs successfully, except that I can't figure out how to generate XF86Config