Hi, I just finished installing Debian 1.2 and after downloading all the necessary packages for X Windows I decided install X too. I've never worked with Linux/Unix before btw so everything is new to me.
Considering the horror stories I read on the net I was prepared for the worst but within the hour I had everything up and running (kind of at least). X Windows gave me some problems which I can't seem to solve. If I configure X everything goes fine until I have to use Xvidtune at the end to select my display mode. I use the S3V Server because I have a Diamond 3D 2000 (not my fault, it's a temporay replacement). The problem is that if I change the display to anything else but the standard 1284*1024 the Xconfig file won't be created. I immediately get the question if I want to setup X again after Save & Quit Installation. If I don't try to change the display setting and leave it to the current one (which my monitor can handle but has a bad refreshrate) the Xconfig file is written and configuration ends as normal. But everytime I start X I'm stuck with the 1284 mode and I want to use the 1024*768 mode. The other problem is not very important (I think/hope) but I can't start X with the XDM command (which is recommended by the setup prg). It runs fine (apart from the display problem) if I use STARTX. I want to setup X right before installing window managers (I heard Afterstep is a good one?) or other programs. Excuse my ignorance if I missed something obvious but hey, I'm new to all this! [g] Thanks, Marco -- Dit bericht is via een mailling list verstuurd. Mocht je verwijderd willen worden van deze list reply dan even met 'REMOVE' als subject. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
