Hi, 2009/9/1 sergio sevillano <sergiosevillano.m...@gmail.com>: > >> >> sergio sevillano wrote: >>> >>> i have tried many live cd distros un-successfuly >>> >>> i gess im having trouble with the graphic card: >>> (ATI Mobility Radeon (4X AGP) graphics with 16 MB of DDR SDRAM; screen >>> size is 1152x768 ) >>> so all previous installations where ok but after final reboot >>> i could not visualize the desktop. >>> >>> finally i have installed debian502 but with no desktop. >>> plain console that looks ok to me. >>> >>> can someone give me a hint of what should be next step? >>> >>> i gess is finding a driver for the card, >>> then installing KDE? >>> >>> thanks >>> sergio >>> >>> >>> > Peter Rooney escribió: >> >> sergio, >> >> you minght not have installed any Xserver or desktop environment packages >> - you can try running >> apt-get install kde >> which installs everything needed. can you post the contents of file >> /etc/X11/xorg.conf >> please? >> >> peter > > i have finally installed xorg with "apt-get install xorg" > and then kde "apt-get install kde" > > seems to install it ok > > then i have run "startx" and ... blank page > > now i can not get back to the console > i have shut down the machine > but now allways starts directly to the blank page after yaboot
You can test the the graphics with the X (capital X) command to get back to the console type Ctrl+Alt+Backspace. > > sorry now i dont know how to take a look at > /etc/X11/xorg.conf > in the console you could run $ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf But I think it would result blank. The ugly way to solve this is to find a LiveCD to copy a working /etc/X11/xorg.conf from or if someone on the list has a working /etc/X11/xorg.conf for your machine. An old ubuntu live cd should work > besides the blank page i have to tell you ive been using linux for a couple > of days so im not familiar with any syntax (commands) > > sergio > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > > cheers, -- Gunther Furtado Curitiba - Paraná - Brasil gunfurt...@gmail.com "...agora, só nos sobrou o futuro...", visto em www.manuchao.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
