Re: RE: startx goes to black screen with mouse pointer

2015-07-01 Thread Peter Saisanas
Hi Luigi, The pagesize issue does not affect the radeon driver, only the nouveau driver. Your issue is different, let me guess, you are using the gdm3 login manager? You should use xfce desktop and lightdm login manager. I install lightdm. Disable gdm3 by performing the following command. ser

Re: Re: startx goes to black screen with mouse pointer

2015-07-01 Thread Peter Saisanas
Hi Jonny The click on the each, the kernel image and kernel headers deb package files to download. The Google Drive link is listed below again. https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8pqd5Ots1vffmY5ZnpGUDg4UGNnVFk2M05tQUtEUUkwUmhmQWdLMWpfZGVraDIxSFltb1k Cheers, Peter

RE: startx goes to black screen with mouse pointer

2015-07-01 Thread luigi burdo
onhd the X continue crashing.im thinking probably is the pagesize of the kernel reported by an user some days a go can be the key. Letz hope Luigi From: herminio.hernande...@gmail.com Subject: Fwd: startx goes to black screen with mouse pointer Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2015 16:14:45 -0500 CC: debi

Re: startx goes to black screen with mouse pointer

2015-07-01 Thread Jonni O'Gorman
Hi Rick, I tried that link but it doesn't go anywhere informative - can you provide a link to the kernal build you are referring to i.e. "Peter Saisanas has build a fixed kernel for us G5 users that he wants us to try. In that thread, he gives very complete instructions for how to install it."

Fwd: startx goes to black screen with mouse pointer

2015-06-30 Thread Herminio Hernandez Jr.
Luigi Take a look at this thread. This may help you. Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: > Resent-From: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org > From: Rick Thomas > Date: June 30, 2015 at 2:55:51 PM CDT > To: Jonni O'Gorman > Cc: PowerPC List Debian > Subject: R

Re: startx goes to black screen with mouse pointer

2015-06-30 Thread Rick Thomas
On Jun 30, 2015, at 5:24 AM, Jonni O'Gorman wrote: > mate gives the same result - don’t have a lot of time to fiddle around with > it - but IO will try again at some stage and report back on any success - its > very interesting that yellowdoglinux 6.2 runs to graphics display no problem > but

Re: startx goes to black screen with mouse pointer

2015-06-26 Thread Rick Thomas
On Jun 26, 2015, at 3:16 AM, Rick Thomas wrote: > > On Jun 26, 2015, at 12:25 AM, Dan DeVoto wrote: > >> About the messed up colors with "nomodeset", what happens when you try it >> with "video=offb:off"? Can you at least get 8 bit colors? > > When I try that, the rolling boot messages fre

Re: startx goes to black screen with mouse pointer

2015-06-26 Thread Rick Thomas
On Jun 26, 2015, at 12:25 AM, Dan DeVoto wrote: > I got the nouveau.noaccel=1 from this blog post on G5s: > > http://powerpcliberation.blogspot.ca/2015/05/jessie-meets-bigmac.html Thanks! This will make for interesting reading… -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debia

Re: startx goes to black screen with mouse pointer

2015-06-26 Thread Rick Thomas
On Jun 26, 2015, at 12:25 AM, Dan DeVoto wrote: > About the messed up colors with "nomodeset", what happens when you try it > with "video=offb:off"? Can you at least get 8 bit colors? When I try that, the rolling boot messages freeze after a couple of screens-full. I can login with ssh and

Re: startx goes to black screen with mouse pointer

2015-06-26 Thread Dan DeVoto
ast get 8 bit colors? On Tue, 6/23/15, Rick Thomas wrote: Subject: Re: startx goes to black screen with mouse pointer To: "Jonni O'Gorman" Cc: "PowerPC List Debian" Date: Tuesday, June 23, 2015, 11:28 PM On Jun 22, 2015, at 7:15 AM, Jonni O'Gorman

Re: startx goes to black screen with mouse pointer

2015-06-24 Thread Rick Thomas
On Jun 24, 2015, at 1:20 PM, Rick Thomas wrote: > On Jun 24, 2015, at 1:07 PM, Dan DeVoto wrote: > >> Rick, >> >> Did you try the boot parameter "nouveau.noaccel=1"? I've read other G5 >> users report success with that. >> >> Regards, >> >> Dan > > Thanks, Dan! I'll give it a try and re

Re: startx goes to black screen with mouse pointer

2015-06-24 Thread luigi burdo
Hi guys it start black screen to me too. i have a quad g5 with 7800gtx pcie and radeonhd too with nouveau.noaccel=1 nothing change. with radeonhd i have the same issue.if i make a xorg.conf the system freeze with a black screen the problem affect xorg it crashing with core dump. luigi Inviato d

Re: startx goes to black screen with mouse pointer

2015-06-24 Thread Rick Thomas
Thanks, Dan! I'll give it a try and report back. Where did you read about this? I'd be interested in seeing what other G5 users have to say. We're a bit thin on the ground here in Debian-user land! Enjoy! Rick On Jun 24, 2015, at 1:07 PM, Dan DeVoto wrote: > Rick, > > Did you try the boo

Re: startx goes to black screen with mouse pointer

2015-06-24 Thread Dan DeVoto
Rick, Did you try the boot parameter "nouveau.noaccel=1"? I've read other G5 users report success with that. Regards, Dan On Tue, 6/23/15, Rick Thomas wrote: Subject: Re: startx goes to black screen with mouse pointer To: "

Re: startx goes to black screen with mouse pointer

2015-06-23 Thread Rick Thomas
> I also ran the command > systemctl set-default multi-user:target > > to force login to command line > and then typed startx but only get a black screen with mouse pointer > > any ideas? > > uninstalling all then software now any trying MATE instead... Did mate work f

startx goes to black screen with mouse pointer

2015-06-22 Thread Jonni O'Gorman
then typed startx but only get a black screen with mouse pointer any ideas? uninstalling all then software now any trying MATE instead...

power pc (IBM 7248) error in startx (Xorg)

2008-12-31 Thread dale
errors in starting Xorg console output hvx05:~# startx xauth: creating new authority file /root/.serverauth.3163 X: warning; process set to priority -1 instead of requested priority 0 X Window System Version 7.1.1 Release Date: 12 May 2006 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.1.1 Build

Re: Further XF86 trouble: startx -> no screens found

2005-05-25 Thread Nathan Thrower
But now I have no more use for Ubuntu, as I was trying to rid myself of it because I found it slightly unstable, but still wanted to use a Debian distribution.  I'm just running Debian now, as I was trying to do, and only using Ubuntu to screw around.  I achieved my goal of setting up the X Window

Re: Further XF86 trouble: startx -> no screens found

2005-05-25 Thread Mauro
> > > > I don't know why I didn't think of this before, as it was suggested to > > me personally just a few months ago. If you have a livecd that you can > > boot and get an xorg session in, do that, then copy the > > /etc/X11/xorg.conf to your hard drive. Reboot into debian, and use the > >

Re: Further XF86 trouble: startx -> no screens found

2005-05-25 Thread Mike S
Nathan Thrower wrote: Mike S, your solution worked! I've successfully loaded XF86 with my ATI Rage Mobility 128 AGP, and I'm running Debian/sarge with KDE 3.3.2. Thanks a lot! Now I just have to wipe my harddrive and install only Debian (as Ubuntu takes up a huge partition, but is now useless

Re: Further XF86 trouble: startx -> no screens found

2005-05-25 Thread Nathan Thrower
Mike S, your solution worked! I've successfully loaded XF86 with my ATI Rage Mobility 128 AGP, and I'm running Debian/sarge with KDE 3.3.2. Thanks a lot! Now I just have to wipe my harddrive and install only Debian (as Ubuntu takes up a huge partition, but is now useless). Thanks!! On 5/25/05,

Re: Further XF86 trouble: startx -> no screens found

2005-05-25 Thread Mike S
Mike S wrote: Mauro wrote: On Tue, 2005-05-24 at 05:39 +, Nathan Thrower wrote: Would I be able to run Xorg instead of XF86 with Debian Sarge? I can use Ubuntu fine, and I know that runs Xorg. When using "apt-get install x-window-system", could I concievably use "apt-get install xorg

Re: Further XF86 trouble: startx -> no screens found

2005-05-24 Thread Mike S
Mauro wrote: On Tue, 2005-05-24 at 05:39 +, Nathan Thrower wrote: Would I be able to run Xorg instead of XF86 with Debian Sarge? I can use Ubuntu fine, and I know that runs Xorg. When using "apt-get install x-window-system", could I concievably use "apt-get install xorg" or something

Re: Further XF86 trouble: startx -> no screens found

2005-05-24 Thread Mauro
On Tue, 2005-05-24 at 05:39 +, Nathan Thrower wrote: > Would I be able to run Xorg instead of XF86 with Debian Sarge? I can > use > Ubuntu fine, and I know that runs Xorg. When using "apt-get install > x-window-system", could I concievably use "apt-get install xorg" or > something instead? I

Re: Further XF86 trouble: startx -> no screens found

2005-05-23 Thread Nathan Thrower
On 5/24/05, Nathan Thrower <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Would I be able to run Xorg instead of XF86 with Debian Sarge?  I can use Ubuntu fine, and I know that runs Xorg.  When using "apt-get install x-window-system", could I concievably use "apt-get install xorg" or something instead?  If so, this co

Re: Further XF86 trouble: startx -> no screens found

2005-05-23 Thread Mike S
Mauro wrote: On Sun, 2005-05-22 at 23:13 -0700, Mike S wrote: Indeed UseFBDev is what finally got me into X so that is a definite good start point. Good to hear. But I have read in older posts between Mr. Danzer and someone having a similar problem to mine, which isn't that much

Re: Further XF86 trouble: startx -> no screens found

2005-05-22 Thread Mauro
On Sun, 2005-05-22 at 23:13 -0700, Mike S wrote: > Indeed UseFBDev is what finally got me into X so that is a definite > good > start point. Good to hear. > But I have read in older posts between Mr. Danzer and > someone having a similar problem to mine, which isn't that much > different than

Re: Further XF86 trouble: startx -> no screens found

2005-05-22 Thread Mike S
Mauro wrote: On Sun, 2005-05-22 at 22:47 -0400, Nathan Thrower wrote: Here's the XF86Config-4 File: Section "Files" FontPath"unix/:7100"# local font server # if the local font server has problems, we can fall back on these FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc" Fo

Re: Further XF86 trouble: startx -> no screens found

2005-05-22 Thread Mauro
On Sun, 2005-05-22 at 22:47 -0400, Nathan Thrower wrote: > Here's the XF86Config-4 File: > > Section "Files" > FontPath"unix/:7100"# local font server > # if the local font server has problems, we can fall back on these > FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc" > Font

Re: Further XF86 trouble: startx -> no screens found

2005-05-22 Thread Mauro
> Fatal server error: > no screens found > Can someone help me out? What is the X config file like? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Further XF86 trouble: startx -> no screens found

2005-05-22 Thread Nathan Thrower
I just netinstalled Debian Sarge on an Apple PowerBook G3 500 with an ATI Rage Mobility M3 AGP 2x (8MB) graphics card on PC:0:10:0. When I enter startx, I'm met with this output: * (==) Log file: "var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Sun May 22 02:42:17 2005 (=

Re: Permission denied on startx after suspend resume

2004-10-15 Thread Barry Hawkins
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Carsten Milling wrote: | On Wed, Oct 13, 2004 at 10:34:42AM -0400, Barry Hawkins wrote: | [...] | |>The state of /dev/null turned out to be this: |> |>~# ls -l /dev/null |>- -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2004-10-13 14:11 /dev/null |> | | [...] | | Jus

Re: Permission denied on startx after suspend resume

2004-10-15 Thread Carsten Milling
On Wed, Oct 13, 2004 at 10:34:42AM -0400, Barry Hawkins wrote: [...] > The state of /dev/null turned out to be this: > > ~# ls -l /dev/null > - -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2004-10-13 14:11 /dev/null > [...] Just a guess, did you compile/install a vanilla 2.6.8 kernel as root? This kernel had a

Re: Permission denied on startx after suspend resume

2004-10-13 Thread Barry Hawkins
would enter my credentials, the screen would go black, then show the default X background, then reload the KDM login prompt. I went to a console login via Alt + N, and was able to login there. When trying to run startx, the following errors are encountered among the XFree86 output: Writing

Re: Permission denied on startx after suspend resume

2004-10-13 Thread Ken Moffat
edentials, the screen would go black, then > show the default X background, then reload the KDM login prompt. I > went to a console login via Alt + N, and was able to login there. When > trying to run startx, the following errors are encountered among the > XFree86 output: > &

Permission denied on startx after suspend resume

2004-10-12 Thread Barry Hawkins
reload the KDM login prompt. I went to a console login via Alt + N, and was able to login there. When trying to run startx, the following errors are encountered among the XFree86 output: Writing authority file /home/barryh/.Xauthority /usr/bin/X11/startx: line 131: /dev/null: Permission denies

Re: Re: startx segfaults on latest powerbook 12", sid

2004-09-20 Thread Georg C. Kaindl
> Here is mine, on the same powerbook, works fine. thanks, it seems that the "VideoRam" option was the culprit, after removing it X started up fine... it's strange, however, that there weren't any warnings or errors in my logfile. well, nevermind. regards, Georg Kaindl

Re: startx segfaults on latest powerbook 12", sid

2004-09-18 Thread Djoumé SALVETTI
Le vendredi 09/17/04 Georg C. Kaindl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > i'm trying to setup xfree86 on my powerbook 12" (the latest one with the 64MB > nvidia card). However, startx stops with sig 11 (segfault). I've tried it > with the stock debian 2.6.7-powerpc kern

startx segfaults on latest powerbook 12", sid

2004-09-17 Thread Georg C. Kaindl
hi, i'm trying to setup xfree86 on my powerbook 12" (the latest one with the 64MB nvidia card). However, startx stops with sig 11 (segfault). I've tried it with the stock debian 2.6.7-powerpc kernel as well as a 2.6.8.1 kernel that I've compiled myself. My XFree86 config

Re: No 'startx' or 'xinit' command!

2004-07-01 Thread Systems administrator
bmesa-glu Everything seemed to go fine (apt-get returned no errors), and I have an /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file. However, I don't know how to start X-Windows, because the commands "startx" and "xinit" do not exist! Does anything know what is wrong? Am I missing somethi

Re: No 'startx' or 'xinit' command!

2004-07-01 Thread Alain Perry
Le ven 02/07/2004 à 00:37, David Ramsey a écrit : [snip] > However, I don't know how to start X-Windows, because > the commands "startx" and "xinit" do not exist! Does > anything know what is wrong? Am I missing something > obvious? Going there: http://p

No 'startx' or 'xinit' command!

2004-07-01 Thread David Ramsey
nd I have an /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file. However, I don't know how to start X-Windows, because the commands "startx" and "xinit" do not exist! Does anything know what is wrong? Am I missing something obvious? __ Do

Re: ibook 900 startx failure

2004-06-30 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Wed, 2004-06-30 at 13:03 +0100, Adrian Lester wrote: > On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 11:25:29 +0200 > Michel Dänzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On some iBooks, the DRI only works with AGP 4x for some reason. Try > > disabling it by not loading the "dri" X server; if that helps, you'll > > have to fi

Re: ibook 900 startx failure

2004-06-30 Thread Adrian Lester
On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 11:25:29 +0200 Michel Dänzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On some iBooks, the DRI only works with AGP 4x for some reason. Try > disabling it by not loading the "dri" X server; if that helps, you'll > have to fix your AGP setup if you want it. > Sorry to be ignorant but what e

Re: ibook 900 startx failure

2004-06-30 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Tue, 2004-06-29 at 13:42 +0100, Adrian Lester wrote: > > Following execution of the startx command the screen goes blank (as > expected), gives a momentary flick of light (as expected) and then reverts to > blankness. > > My network is up and running. I have tried

Re: ibook 900 startx failure

2004-06-30 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Tue, 2004-06-29 at 08:48 +0200, SteX wrote: > > My own problem instead is the face that when the session is started and > the system started to launch all the gnome-desktop componets, at a moment > (maybe when launching one of them, which I haven't had the chance to > recognize) > it seemed to

Re: ibook 900 startx failure

2004-06-29 Thread Adrian Lester
t the BusID line altogether or by using the example XF86Config-4 from: http://mij.oltrelinux.com/ibook/step_step/#xfree Following execution of the startx command the screen goes blank (as expected), gives a momentary flick of light (as expected) and then reverts to blankness. My netwo

Re: ibook 900 startx failure

2004-06-29 Thread Ivo Marino
On Tue, 2004-06-29 at 09:40, Javier de la Cueva wrote: > El Martes, 29 de Junio de 2004 09:16, Ivo Marino escribió: > > Have you verified local loopback is up? It seems gnome needs a > connected lo. I had that same problem and after configuring lo > everything went fine. > Affirmative, loopbac

Re: ibook 900 startx failure

2004-06-29 Thread Javier de la Cueva
El Martes, 29 de Junio de 2004 09:16, Ivo Marino escribió: > > I have noticed that my GNOME session (2.6) seems to hang when my > iBook (2001) is not connected to any network. This is quite > strange. As far as I'm most time connected, either via wireless or > ethernet, to a network I had not yet a

Re: ibook 900 startx failure

2004-06-29 Thread Ivo Marino
On Tue, 2004-06-29 at 08:48, SteX wrote: > > [snip] > > My own problem instead is the face that when the session is started and > the system started to launch all the gnome-desktop componets, at a moment > (maybe when launching one of them, which I haven't had the chance to > recognize) > it seem

Re: ibook 900 startx failure

2004-06-29 Thread SteX
Hi all, the same for me! but what I did was to comment this entry out in the XF86Config-4 file and the startx command seemed to work. >Adrian Lester wrote: >> lspci gives: 00:10:0 VGA Compatible Controller: ATI Technologies >> >> So in the XF86Config-4 file I set PC

Re: ibook 900 startx failure

2004-06-28 Thread Sam Halliday
Adrian Lester wrote: > Where the heck's 0:16:0 coming from? Well, it occurred to me that it might > just be the other output so I changed XF86Config-4 accordingly and this time > got no errors in the log files but, after a quick flick of the display and a > gurgle from the HDD, a blank black screen

Re: ibook 900 startx failure

2004-06-28 Thread Sam Halliday
Adrian Lester wrote: > lspci gives: 00:10:0 VGA Compatible Controller: ATI Technologies > > So in the XF86Config-4 file I set PCI to 00:10:0 lspci gives HEX output... 0x10 is actually decimal 16, so try 00:16:0 :-)

ibook 900 startx failure

2004-06-28 Thread Adrian Lester
been unable to get X up and running, however, I have reset this in an attempt to ease things along. lspci gives: 00:10:0 VGA Compatible Controller: ATI Technologies So in the XF86Config-4 file I set PCI to 00:10:0, and implement the other apparently sensible settings. An attempt to startx then

Re: startx problems on Umax S900

2004-05-25 Thread Paul Mullen
On Fri, May 21, 2004 at 09:36:32PM -0700, dylan wrote: > on 04.5.21 8:10 PM, Paul Mullen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] was reported to have > writen: > > > FWIW, I gave up on trying to get X to play nice with the Twin Turbo > > card. My S900 has the 8 MB version, and I could never get the display to > > st

Re: startx problems on Umax S900

2004-05-21 Thread dylan
-window-system. The startx > > FWIW, I gave up on trying to get X to play nice with the Twin Turbo > card. My S900 has the 8 MB version, and I could never get the display to > start up without looking screwball. The best I could do was a useable > desktop, but a completely messed up c

Re: startx problems on Umax S900

2004-05-21 Thread Paul Mullen
On Fri, May 21, 2004 at 10:08:32AM -0700, Eric D. Hedekar wrote: > On about the last seven installs of woody that I've done on my Umax S900 I > have been unsuccsessfull in starting the x-window-system. The startx FWIW, I gave up on trying to get X to play nice with the Twin Turbo ca

startx problems on Umax S900

2004-05-21 Thread Eric D. Hedekar
On about the last seven installs of woody that I've done on my Umax S900 I have been unsuccsessfull in starting the x-window-system. The startx command consistently returns the error (the following is just the last few lines of text given to me, not the whole log file): (II) Module xaa: v

startx difficulties

2004-05-20 Thread Richard Jenkins
About a week ago I sent a plea for help because I could not get a working xwindow on this G3 350MHz iMac. Well, thanks to one member who suggested that I choose the fb device rather than the ati128 which is fitted to this machine ... I can now access xwindows ... with an 800 by 600 display wh

Re: Auth problem while running X DRI trunk thru startx.

2003-09-12 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Fri, 2003-09-12 at 14:20, Mathieu Segaud wrote: > Michel Dänzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Maybe it's just a matter of dpkg-reconfigure xserver-common ? > > oh yeah, the question about who's authorized to run the X server ? :) > Maybe but the fact is that with his previous kernel, he co

Re: Auth problem while running X DRI trunk thru startx.

2003-09-12 Thread Mathieu Segaud
t;> On Fri, 2003-09-12 at 17:38, Mathieu Segaud wrote: >> > Adam Hewitt posted earlier on this list about problems to run latest >> > dri X packages with a fresh 2.4.22-ben2 kernel. >> > He can log as root into X with startx but not as any unprivileged >> >

Re: Auth problem while running X DRI trunk thru startx.

2003-09-12 Thread Michel Dänzer
earlier on this list about problems to run latest > > dri X packages with a fresh 2.4.22-ben2 kernel. > > He can log as root into X with startx but not as any unprivileged > > user: > > so my question is :) > > is this related to XdmAuth missing and is there a hack li

Re: Auth problem while running X DRI trunk thru startx.

2003-09-12 Thread Guido Guenther
On Fri, Sep 12, 2003 at 11:38:01AM +0200, Mathieu Segaud wrote: > is this related to XdmAuth missing and is there a hack like the one > with xdm ? Could this be related to: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=196090 Cheers, -- Guido pgpuh1PRaryX3.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Auth problem while running X DRI trunk thru startx.

2003-09-12 Thread Adam Hewitt
Or if this is the problem, does anyone know how to get around this with gdm? Adam. On Fri, 2003-09-12 at 17:38, Mathieu Segaud wrote: > Adam Hewitt posted earlier on this list about problems to run latest > dri X packages with a fresh 2.4.22-ben2 kernel. > He can log as root into X wi

Auth problem while running X DRI trunk thru startx.

2003-09-12 Thread Mathieu Segaud
Adam Hewitt posted earlier on this list about problems to run latest dri X packages with a fresh 2.4.22-ben2 kernel. He can log as root into X with startx but not as any unprivileged user: so my question is :) is this related to XdmAuth missing and is there a hack like the one with xdm ? Cheers

Re: startx, continued

2003-08-26 Thread simon raven
Le Tue, Aug 26, 2003 at 10:49:31 +, simon raven a écrit: > well, i've done an strace of starts, and xinit. see attached. > seems to have been PEBKAC error.. /me slaps head. it wasn't finding a wm to start up with, so it was exiting. need to check the xinitrc files for the wm/de i'm using. sor

startx, continued

2003-08-26 Thread simon raven
\20\36\0\0\0\0\2W\0\2\"\340\177"..., 32) = 32 read(3, "\"\33\0\6\1=\1\0\20\36\0\0\20\36\0\0\0\0\2W\0\2\"\340\177"..., 32) = 32 read(3, "\"\33\0\6\1>\1\0\20\36\0\0\20\36\0\0\0\0\2W\0\2\"\340\177"..., 32) = 32 read(3, "\"\33\0\6\1b\1\0\20\36\0\0\20\3

found Segmentation fault source on "startx"

2003-08-25 Thread simon raven
hm, seems it's not xset or whatever, but the XKB stuff. i ran setxkbmap and guess what i see in console? a nice little signal 11 error. *sigh*. great, no XKB -- ##-## | ,''`. http://www.debian.org/ | http://www.nuit.ca/

Re: Debian on iBook startx problem

2002-11-20 Thread Curtis Vaughan
Well, I installed wmaker and then went through your xserver installation instructions all over again, but it's still not working. HOWEVER! Here's a work around I figured out, but I do wish to get this working right. What I do is I issue the command "startx -lf /etc/altern

Re: Debian on iBook startx problem

2002-11-19 Thread Mij
> >>>> > >>>> > >>>you do have a winmanager installed, don't you? > >>>in this case, try removing ~/.xsession and ~/.xinit files. > >>> > >>>bye > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> >

Re: Debian on iBook startx problem

2002-11-19 Thread christophe barbe
On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 05:42:35PM -0800, Curtis Vaughan wrote: > Ok, i followed your instructions, but nonetheless, I get a grey screen > with the mouse. Nothing else. > > Curtis Looks like your X is working but nothing is launched. What do you want to run on X? gnome2, kde, ... ? You can try

Re: Debian on iBook startx problem

2002-11-19 Thread Curtis Vaughan
Debian on an iBook at the site http://cattlegrid.net/~christophe/titanium, but after doing the part concerning X, I run startx and get an errors stating among other things that the modules pex5 and xie don't exist. Anyone have any advise on this? Curtis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PR

Re: Debian on iBook startx problem

2002-11-19 Thread Curtis Vaughan
tis Mij wrote: On Tue, 19 Nov 2002 15:29:06 -0800 Curtis Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: http://mij.oltrelinux.com/ibook/ Basically, I followed the instructions for installing Debian on an iBook at the site http://cattlegrid.net/~christophe/titanium

Re: Debian on iBook startx problem

2002-11-19 Thread Curtis Vaughan
itanium, but after doing the part concerning X, I run startx and get an errors stating among other things that the modules pex5 and xie don't exist. Anyone have any advise on this? Curtis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Debian on iBook startx problem

2002-11-19 Thread Mij
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Re: Debian on iBook startx problem

2002-11-19 Thread Curtis Vaughan
-0800 Curtis Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: http://mij.oltrelinux.com/ibook/ Basically, I followed the instructions for installing Debian on an iBook at the site http://cattlegrid.net/~christophe/titanium, but after doing the part concerning X, I run startx and get an errors

Re: Debian on iBook startx problem

2002-11-19 Thread Mij
> > >http://mij.oltrelinux.com/ibook/ > > > > > > > >>Basically, I followed the instructions for installing Debian on an iBook at > >>the site http://cattlegrid.net/~christophe/titanium, but after doing the > >>part concerning X, I run startx

Re: Debian on iBook startx problem

2002-11-19 Thread Curtis Vaughan
an <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: http://mij.oltrelinux.com/ibook/ Basically, I followed the instructions for installing Debian on an iBook at the site http://cattlegrid.net/~christophe/titanium, but after doing the part concerning X, I run startx and get an errors stating among other things

Re: Debian on iBook startx problem

2002-11-19 Thread Mij
> concerning X, I run startx and get an > errors stating among other things that the modules pex5 and xie don't exist. > > Anyone have any advise on this? > > Curtis > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "

Debian on iBook startx problem

2002-11-19 Thread Curtis Vaughan
Basically, I followed the instructions for installing Debian on an iBook at the site http://cattlegrid.net/~christophe/titanium, but after doing the part concerning X, I run startx and get an errors stating among other things that the modules pex5 and xie don't exist. Anyone have any a

Re: GNOME won't start with startx

2002-09-17 Thread Michel Dänzer
ing is working fine, except that > startx still won't launch GNOME (even after adding 'gnome-session' to > my ~/.session file). Does xinit /usr/bin/gnome-session work? You may find error output in ~/.{xsession,gnome}-errors . -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ D

Re: GNOME won't start with startx

2002-09-17 Thread Will Cicola
'm back to testing now, and everything is working fine, except that startx still won't launch GNOME (even after adding 'gnome-session' to my ~/.session file). This confuses me, as I thought I had purged most of the relevant configs. Did GNOME 2 mess with something in nas

Re: GNOME won't start with startx

2002-09-16 Thread Georg Koss
Hi Will, On Mon, Sep 16, 2002 at 10:16:22AM -0400, Will Cicola wrote: > Before, 'startx' would load up a nice GNOME desktop for me; now that > command simply loads the "grey screen with x cursor" without seeming > to actually load anything GNOME-related. (ps confi

Re: GNOME won't start with startx

2002-09-16 Thread Chris Tillman
managed to get > GNOME working again, but now the only way to get into it is through gdm. > Before, 'startx' would load up a nice GNOME desktop for me; now that command > simply loads the "grey screen with x cursor" without seeming to actually load > anything GNOME

GNOME won't start with startx

2002-09-16 Thread Will Cicola
rough gdm. Before, 'startx' would load up a nice GNOME desktop for me; now that command simply loads the "grey screen with x cursor" without seeming to actually load anything GNOME-related. (ps confirms this.) How can I fix my setup so that 'startx' will load GNOME

Re: Fwd: Re: startx on NuBus Mac gives Fatal server error

2002-08-13 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Tue, 2002-08-13 at 01:15, Clive Menzies wrote: > Some further information: I managed to find a way to log out of x > using function and arrow keys and the log still refers to Cannot open > device /dev/input/mice and the protocol is ImPS/2 although I had > selected "Auto" - seemed like a goo

Re: startx on NuBus Mac gives Fatal server error

2002-08-12 Thread Chris Tillman
On Tue, Aug 13, 2002 at 12:01:50AM +0100, Clive Menzies wrote: > At 11:11 pm +0200 12/8/02, Michel D?nzer wrote: > >'No such device' means there's no driver for it. I don't know if > >/dev/input/mice is supported on Nubus Macs, maybe you need something like > >/dev/adbmouse with the BusMouse protoc

Fwd: Re: startx on NuBus Mac gives Fatal server error

2002-08-12 Thread Clive Menzies
Some further information: I managed to find a way to log out of x using function and arrow keys and the log still refers to Cannot open device /dev/input/mice and the protocol is ImPS/2 although I had selected "Auto" - seemed like a good idea at the time ;-) At 11:11 pm +0200 12/8/02, Michel Dän

Re: startx on NuBus Mac gives Fatal server error

2002-08-12 Thread Clive Menzies
At 11:11 pm +0200 12/8/02, Michel Dänzer wrote: 'No such device' means there's no driver for it. I don't know if /dev/input/mice is supported on Nubus Macs, maybe you need something like /dev/adbmouse with the BusMouse protocol? Thanks Michel - I've made some progress ;-) In dpkg-reconfigure xs

Re: startx on NuBus Mac gives Fatal server error

2002-08-12 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Mon, 2002-08-12 at 00:53, Clive Menzies wrote: > I've got woody installed on a Mac8100/80 but can't get x started. > Having read through the list I've done the following: > > dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 and set: > fbdev > /dev/input/mice > > I've no way of sending the whole log file at

startx on NuBus Mac gives Fatal server error

2002-08-11 Thread Clive Menzies
I've got woody installed on a Mac8100/80 but can't get x started. Having read through the list I've done the following: dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 and set: fbdev /dev/input/mice I've no way of sending the whole log file at present but here's what seem to be the relevant details: (EE) xf

Re: Startx - almost home!

2001-11-09 Thread Matt Brubeck
> > 1. I installed Gnome, why am I not getting kicked into Gnome when I > > do 'startx'? I think I am in just WindowMaker. I have the Main icon > > in upper left, and three on the right. How do I do the Gnome thing? > > There are many ways; I think what you

Re: Startx - almost home!

2001-11-09 Thread Colin Walters
I get a beautiful startup screen when > I hit 'startx'. Wow, was it ugly in just 256 colors! Looking good so > far. Cool. > 1. I installed Gnome, why am I not getting kicked into Gnome when I > do 'startx'? I think I am in just WindowMaker. I have the Main icon &g

Startx - almost home!

2001-11-09 Thread Mike Yukish
Well, I decided I was far enough behind the 8-ball to just reinstall the potato. So I increased Swap space as recommended, modified the XF86config file to fix the mouse problem, keyboard problem, and screen depth problem, and now I get a beautiful startup screen when I hit 'startx'. W

Re: The 'startx' effort continues...

2001-11-07 Thread Matt Brubeck
> as a side note: what i am trying to overcome myself now is this gets > you into X and runs nicely... except when the automatic screen dimming > occurs the x server crashes and dumps you back to text mode and then > xdm respawns itself and gives you the X login screen (after the 4th(?) > time it j

Re: The 'startx' effort continues...

2001-11-07 Thread sloopy malibu
file, and tried changing the mouse driver to > "Auto" from "BusMouse". 'startx' failed with a "unable to identify mouse" > message. Then I tried "PS/2", and was able to move the mouse upon entry > into X. Yea! > > The colors are ho

Re: The 'startx' effort continues...

2001-11-06 Thread Derrik Pates
On Tue, 6 Nov 2001, Mike Yukish wrote: > I dove into the XF86Config file, and tried changing the mouse driver to > "Auto" from "BusMouse". 'startx' failed with a "unable to identify mouse" > message. Then I tried "PS/2", and was a

The 'startx' effort continues...

2001-11-06 Thread Mike Yukish
t use Dselect, just the simplified install. Been having troubles with Xwindows and Gnome. The Command-Control-Delete (big delete button, not little one) got me out of X, so I could troubleshoot without rebooting. Looking at the stderr from running 'startx', I got a whole bunch of message

Re: Mo longer memory question, now just 'startx'

2001-11-05 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
On 05/11/01, Mike Yukish ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > When I try to do 'startx', a couple of full screens worth of messages flow > past too fast to read before the screen goes blank, then the background of > the Debian logo appears, I get what looks to be an icon in the uppe

Re: Mo longer memory question, now just 'startx'

2001-11-05 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
On 05/11/01, Colin Walters ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Mike Yukish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > then nothing else happens and the computer fails to respond to any > > mouse or keyboard actions short of the three finger reboot. > Hm, can you switch to a virtual console? Try typing > Contro

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