On Fri, 12 Jan 2007 10:24:30 -0500 macondo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Your main problem is the configuration of xserver-xorg but you don't > offer any of the errors that you should be getting (EE) Actually he did in the first post. > Get rid of gdm and do not install any dm, it's a waste of resources, > a user with an old box cannot afford, use startx. > > # dpkg -P gdm dpkg? why not 'apt-get --purge gdm'? > As for your xorg problems, install the following packages: > > xserver-xorg-core > xserver-xorg-input-all > xserver-xorg-video-all Why the -all packages? xserver-xorg-input-kbd and xserver-xorg-input-mouse should be enough for the input part and for video the xserver-xorg-video-vesa (to try Mirco Piccin's suggestion) and the coresponding driver for his video card. > Install icewm or fluxbox, or whatever you fancy, forget about Gnome > or KDE, not with that kind of box. > > Edit your .xinitrc: > > $ nano .xinitrc (it will be blank) > > and leave it looking like this: > > #!/bin/sh > > numlockx & > icewm You don't need to have a .xinitrc (I don't). startx will use x-window-manager (or x-session-manager) which can be configured with update-alternatives. If icewm is the only wm than it will be that one anyway. Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
