Still trying to find a solution. I did get the computer to stop locking up though, which is good :) I found some error messages that perhaps might make sense to you guys. They don't make too much sense to me, other than telling me something is wrong!
Using XFree86 ATI driver version 4.3 Unknown graphics controller detected Unknown chip descriptor in BIOS: 0x3F3F0000 Unknown video adapter detected Brocktree 476 or similar RAMDAC detected Support for this video adapter is highly experimental! giving up. xinit: Address family not supported by protocol (errno 97): unable to connect to X server xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error. I don't know if anyone can relate to these or not, but I figured it was worth a shot. Thanks! Patrick -----Original Message----- From: Patrick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2001 3:00 AM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: X Windows Problems Hi all. I am having a very difficult time setting up my X-Windows system. I am VERY new to the Debian (and linux in general), and can't get my X-Windows working correctly. What happens is that after I configure my X-Windows in the xf86config executable and type startx, the screen goes black, and does not come back. My ATI Radeon 32DDR video card is not on the list, and I'm not sure what kind of default to use for this. Are there any suggestions on how I can get my video card configured correctly? Is there a generic I should use, or should I download a driver for it (If so, could someone please tell me where I should get it, and how to properly install it? Just with dselect I'm assuming?). Also, I believe I am configuring xdm (or something like it) to manage my windows. I'm not sure if it has something to do with this or not, but everytime I boot up (even with an emergency backup floppy), the X-Windows tries to start up and the screen goes black again. I have reinstalled Debian 3 times to try and figure out what's going on, and haven't seemed to make any progress. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated! Thanks! Patrick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
