Re: dead X install

2004-09-13 Thread Wolfgang Lonien
Blake Swadling wrote: > I have sorted the problem. I disassembled the damn PC and there is a > distinct odour of the magic smoke inside the case. Cant see what went > pop but I'm guessing it was related to the GPU. I have the same effects here with a nvidia chipset on a msi mobo. The screen goes

Re: dead X install

2004-09-10 Thread Blake Swadling
I have sorted the problem. I disassembled the damn PC and there is a distinct odour of the magic smoke inside the case. Cant see what went pop but I'm guessing it was related to the GPU. Thanks for the help -- Blake Swadling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.swadling.com signature.as

Re: dead X install

2004-09-09 Thread Blake Swadling
On Fri, 2004-09-10 at 13:05, Jerome R. Acks wrote: xserver-svga is in XFree86 3.3.6 in woody. You could try vga driver instead of svga. i have tried vga, svga and nv. after poking around i found that the drivers are packed in xserver-xfree86 for Xfree86 4.3 rather than being in a separate

Re: dead X install

2004-09-09 Thread Jerome R. Acks
On Fri, Sep 10, 2004 at 11:45:15AM +1000, Blake Swadling wrote: > On Fri, 2004-09-10 at 11:37, Stefan O'Rear wrote: > > > > All attached files seem completely normal, > > > I do notice that there is no sign in the XFree86 log file of the driver > being loaded. My other box (radeon) has signific

Re: dead X install

2004-09-09 Thread Blake Swadling
On Fri, 2004-09-10 at 11:37, Stefan O'Rear wrote: All attached files seem completely normal, I do notice that there is no sign in the XFree86 log file of the driver being loaded. My other box (radeon) has significantly more output (probably 80% more) also i just found that xserver-svga isn

Re: dead X install

2004-09-09 Thread Stefan O'Rear
On Fri, Sep 10, 2004 at 11:20:24AM +1000, Blake Swadling wrote: > howdy > > I just installed deb testing on my machine using the net install and I > am having trouble loading X. > > I can boot to terminal fine, though when X is started the screen goes > blank. I can ssh in for a while and then t

dead X install

2004-09-09 Thread Blake Swadling
howdy I just installed deb testing on my machine using the net install and I am having trouble loading X. I can boot to  terminal fine, though when X is started the screen goes blank. I can ssh in for a while and then the system stops responding. I am running nforce mobo. Any help would be

Re: X install problems

2002-02-02 Thread Joachim Fahnenmueller
Dear Brian, you should not have wiped Debian off because it's great :-( . Please understand: To help you we must know 1. what exactly you configured 2. what specific error occurred. The easiest way for that is to attach these files to your message: /etc/X11/XF86Config and /var/log/XFree86.0.log

X install problems

2002-02-01 Thread Brian Wiese
I'm having problems installing X. I'm installing using official debian cds. One thing I didn't note in my earlier email is that I didn't install LILO but used a boot disk. My monitor has a the following: H 30 - 71 kHz at a max of 1280x1024 V 50 - 160 Hz My video card is a NVIDIA Riva TNT2 with 30MB

Re: woody isos,stuff (& Lee's x-install probs)

2002-01-08 Thread lee
l do. Thanx for note on that Justin, I appreciate it alot. I was gonna ask a good place from whiich to get woody. The iso site is a good one I think, they even have a tutorial on downloading iso (which I need to read as well). My x install affair..I had no idea potato was using ver 3.6 for x..co

Re: x install problems

2002-01-06 Thread Stephen Gran
Thus spake lee: > Right now I'm using a tnt2 m64 (agp)..made by an outfit called pny tech. > Seemed like it was a g-force clone type card ? What bothers me about this > card is it does not say it'll work with anything other than a windows os > (pick yer poison,it says it does 'em all). > > Anot

Re: x install problems

2002-01-06 Thread Pontus Edvardsson
Seriously..I may that next and repost :-). Thank you... Lee what is you vid card? Subject: x install problems Hi folks, I enter this post as my last ditch effort to get debian (2. 2r4) going here. I m installing the binary cd's. All goes well up to the x install, whereby I get the messag

Re: X Install problems-Re-Install X only ?

2002-01-05 Thread Stephen Gran
Thus spake lee: > Hi Folks, > When I type "startx" now I get errors along the lines of "/usr/bin/x11/xauth > error in loading shared libraries libXmu.so.6 cannot open shared libraries" > Or "xinit error" and the like... > > So my question is..how do I load x again in Debian without going thru a

Re: x install problems

2002-01-05 Thread Kent West
lee wrote: Hi folks, I enter this post as my last ditch effort to get debian (2. 2r4) going here. I m installing the binary cd's. All goes well up to the x install, whereby I get the message "transSocket unix connect cannot connect ernno 111" This will repeat over and over

Re: x install problems

2002-01-05 Thread Shaul Karl
> Hi folks, > > I enter this post as my last ditch effort to get debian (2. 2r4) going here. I > m installing the binary cd's. All goes well up to the x install, whereby I > get the message "transSocket unix connect cannot connect ernno 111" This > will repeat

Re: x install problems

2002-01-05 Thread Pontus Edvardsson
lee wrote: Hi folks, I enter this post as my last ditch effort to get debian (2. 2r4) going here. I m installing the binary cd's. All goes well up to the x install, whereby I get the message "transSocket unix connect cannot connect ernno 111" This will repeat over and over

Re: x install problems

2002-01-05 Thread lee
> lee wrote: > >Hi folks, > > > >I enter this post as my last ditch effort to get debian (2. 2r4) going > > here. I m installing the binary cd's. All goes well up to the x install, > > whereby I get the message "transSocket unix connect cannot connect er

Re: X Install problems-Re-Install X only ?

2002-01-05 Thread Jerome Acks Jr
On Tue, Jan 01, 2002 at 03:07:52AM -0500, lee wrote: > Hi Folks, > > I've now got myself a copy of the 4 binary cd's,the 2.2_r4 version. I made > it to the point of configging x where upon the install went badly wrong. It > found my video card well enough ( an nvidia tnt2 m64 something w/32 mg

Re: x install problems

2002-01-04 Thread lee
y..I may that next and repost :-). Thank you... Lee > what is you vid card? > > Subject: x install problems > > > Hi folks, > > I enter this post as my last ditch effort to get debian (2. 2r4) going > here. I > m installing the binary cd's. All goes well up to the

x install problems

2002-01-04 Thread lee
Hi folks, I enter this post as my last ditch effort to get debian (2. 2r4) going here. I m installing the binary cd's. All goes well up to the x install, whereby I get the message "transSocket unix connect cannot connect ernno 111" This will repeat over and over till I finally t

X Install problems-Re-Install X only ?

2002-01-01 Thread lee
Hi Folks, I've now got myself a copy of the 4 binary cd's,the 2.2_r4 version. I made it to the point of configging x where upon the install went badly wrong. It found my video card well enough ( an nvidia tnt2 m64 something w/32 mg o' ram :-)...it's an agp card.. the motherboard is a K7S5A w/

Re: just installed woody and have problem with X install

2001-12-02 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sun, Dec 02, 2001 at 03:03:11PM -0700, Robinder Bains ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > - Original Message - > From: "Brian Clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > > Do this: > > > > % apt-get --reinstall xfonts-base > > > > And it *should* fix it. > > > > -- > > -Brian Clark > > > > then

Re: just installed woody and have problem with X install

2001-12-02 Thread Brian Clark
* Stephen Gran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [Dec 02. 2001 17:13]: > > > % apt-get --reinstall xfonts-base > > > > > > And it *should* fix it. > > > > > > -- > > > -Brian Clark > > > > then I get... > > > > E: Invalid operation xfonts-base > Should be apt-get --reinstall install xfonts-base >

Re: just installed woody and have problem with X install

2001-12-02 Thread Robinder Bains
- Original Message - From: "Brian Clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > % apt-get --reinstall xfonts-base > > And it *should* fix it. yup I did apt-get --reinstall install xfonts-base as a couple other people sugested and X works, sort of at least. Thanks for all your help! > -Brian Clark >

Re: just installed woody and have problem with X install

2001-12-02 Thread Stephen Gran
Thus spake Robinder Bains: > > - Original Message - > From: "Brian Clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > > Do this: > > > > % apt-get --reinstall xfonts-base > > > > And it *should* fix it. > > > > -- > > -Brian Clark > > > > then I get... > > E: Invalid operation xfonts-base Should be a

Re: just installed woody and have problem with X install

2001-12-02 Thread Robinder Bains
- Original Message - From: "Brian Clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > Do this: > > % apt-get --reinstall xfonts-base > > And it *should* fix it. > > -- > -Brian Clark > then I get... E: Invalid operation xfonts-base

Re: just installed woody and have problem with X install

2001-12-02 Thread Jesse Goerz
On Sunday 02 December 2001 15:19, Robinder Bains wrote: > > Run dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 again, and when you get > > to the section about "Frame Buffer Device" answer "No" > > > > Then try to startx again and see if it starts normally. > > > > -- > > -Brian Clark > > O.k now I get this...

Re: just installed woody and have problem with X install

2001-12-02 Thread dman
On Sun, Dec 02, 2001 at 01:19:47PM -0700, Robinder Bains wrote: | | > | > Run dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 again, and when you get to the | > section about "Frame Buffer Device" answer "No" | > | > Then try to startx again and see if it starts normally. | | O.k now I get this... | | (WW)

Re: just installed woody and have problem with X install

2001-12-02 Thread Robinder Bains
> > Run dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 again, and when you get to the > section about "Frame Buffer Device" answer "No" > > Then try to startx again and see if it starts normally. > > -- > -Brian Clark > O.k now I get this... (WW) The directory "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc" does not exist.

Re: just installed woody and have problem with X install

2001-12-02 Thread Robinder Bains
- Original Message - From: "Brian Clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > And it should automatically start the configuration after it's > installed. O.K. now I get this error when I type startx... (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration. Fatal server error: no screens foun

Re: just installed woody and have problem with X install

2001-12-02 Thread Brian Clark
* Robinder Bains <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [Dec 02. 2001 01:49]: > > % dpkg -l | grep xfree > > I got > > ii xfree86-common 4.1.0-9X Window System (XFree86) infrastructure > > only > > > ii xfree86-common 4.1.0-9X Window System (XFree86) infrastructure > > ii xserver-xf

Re: just installed woody and have problem with X install

2001-12-02 Thread Robinder Bains
- Original Message - From: "Brian Clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > % dpkg -l | grep xfree I got ii xfree86-common 4.1.0-9X Window System (XFree86) infrastructure only > ii xfree86-common 4.1.0-9X Window System (XFree86) infrastructure > ii xserver-xfree8 4.1.0

Re: just installed woody and have problem with X install

2001-12-01 Thread Brian Clark
* Robinder Bains <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [Dec 01. 2001 23:14]: > I'm new at this. How do I find out if I have xserver-xfree86 installed? % dpkg -l | grep xfree ii xfree86-common 4.1.0-9X Window System (XFree86) infrastructure ii xserver-xfree8 4.1.0-9the XFree86 X server If that

Re: just installed woody and have problem with X install

2001-12-01 Thread Robinder Bains
- Original Message - From: "dman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2001 8:59 PM Subject: Re: just installed woody and have problem with X install > On Sat, Dec 01, 2001 at 07:33:25PM -0700, Robinder Bains wrote: > | Hi, > | > | I just i

Re: just installed woody and have problem with X install

2001-12-01 Thread dman
On Sat, Dec 01, 2001 at 07:33:25PM -0700, Robinder Bains wrote: | Hi, | | I just installed an iso of woody, it was one cd, my network card installed | correctly and I can go online with my cable modem, but I get this error when | I type startx | | /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xserverrc: /usr/bin/X

just installed woody and have problem with X install

2001-12-01 Thread Robinder Bains
Hi, I just installed an iso of woody, it was one cd, my network card installed correctly and I can go online with my cable modem, but I get this error when I type startx /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xserverrc: /usr/bin/X11/X: No such file or directory /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xserverrc: exec: /usr

Re: packages needed for basic X install?

2001-08-17 Thread Andrew Agno
Karsten M. Self writes: > on Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 11:43:27PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL > PROTECTED]) wrote: > > i'm upgrading to woody, and for various reasons, i'm not able to use > > apt-get. > > I'd strongly suggest resolving your apt-get issues. Having a working > packaging s

Re: packages needed for basic X install?

2001-08-17 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 11:43:27PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > i'm upgrading to woody, and for various reasons, i'm not able to use > apt-get. Or your caps key? I'd strongly suggest resolving your apt-get issues. Having a working packaging system is an extremely usef

packages needed for basic X install?

2001-08-17 Thread R1nso13
i'm upgrading to woody, and for various reasons, i'm not able to use apt-get. i am, however, able to download packages and install them using dpkg. so far i've installed xdm and xserver-ggi however i get the following message when i run 'startx' " /usr/X11/R6/lib/X11/xini/xserverrc: /usr/bin/X11/

X install/setup problems

2001-03-07 Thread Eric Richardson
Hi, I'm having problems trying to get x setup. I loaded the default xdm and twm and the gnome stuff on install. Since then I installed gdm. I'm currently using helix gnome on another box that is identical but running SuSE 6.4. I like this okay and I think it is using sawfish for window manager? H

Re: X Install and No Mouse

2001-01-11 Thread Mark Phillips
Well I'm not sure how well I'll go answering your question, but I'll try. hammack [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > After initiating "startx" a window comes up with a menu. I am not > sure this is an X window or the window manager. But the mouse > cursor is not present and the mouse buttons are not ef

Re: X Install no Mouse

2001-01-11 Thread mike
On Wed, Jan 10, 2001 at 10:17:39PM -0800, hammack wrote: > X manager = enlightenment > Problem: startx results with screen and no cursor. > - Blue/green screen appears with menu and a few horizontal lines. > - "enlightenment" scrawls and dissappeears. > - no cursor is present > - ctrl-alt-BS exi

X Install no Mouse

2001-01-11 Thread hammack
Regrets:  apparently my ISP has been rejecting my alias "John_Hammack".  Please retrans to [EMAIL PROTECTED].   Sorry for the inconvience.    After initiating "startx" a window comes up with a menu.  I am not sure this is an X window or the window manager.  But the mouse cursor is not pre

X Install and No Mouse

2001-01-10 Thread hammack
After initiating "startx" a window comes up with a menu.  I am not sure this is an X window or the window manager.  But the mouse cursor is not present and the mouse buttons are not effective.  At this point I don't think the screen is frozen because initially "enlightenment" scrawls in th

Re: X install

1999-12-06 Thread Brian Servis
*- On 6 Dec, Attila Csosz wrote about "X install" > I've had got a working X window system with some window manager like icewm. > I got a new card(Asus v3800 riva tnt2). I've the X source 3.3.5 . > I succesfully maked the X source( 'make World' ) . My qu

X install

1999-12-06 Thread Attila Csosz
I've had got a working X window system with some window manager like icewm. I got a new card(Asus v3800 riva tnt2). I've the X source 3.3.5 . I succesfully maked the X source( 'make World' ) . My question is: when I 'make install' does something wrong? Which new programs will be installed? Then ca

Re: X install ERROR

1998-09-11 Thread M.C. Vernon
> _X11 TranSocket UNIX Connect:can't connect: err no=111 giving up > XINIT:connection refused (err no. 111): unable to connect to X > server > XINIT: no such process (err no 3): Server error. Looks to me like you haven't configured an X server at all. > 1. What do I do?

X install ERROR

1998-09-11 Thread BOB'S MAIL
I AM NEW.  It is getting better.  I see more than the "S" prompt once in a while!   Installed the Linux system (CD's) again tonight that I configured with dselect configure.  I am using an Intel 740 2D/3D Graphics Accelerator chip (set).   Under dselect configue I tried to set the video ad

Re: LibICE and general X install

1998-04-09 Thread Graham Pople
>When trying to install lib6 and many x-related packages to get x running, I >keep being unable to install them, as dpkg tells me that I haven't got >libICE something-or-other. I looked thru www.debian.org/packages and can't >find it. > I got this when installing xlib6. However, I just installed it

Re: LibICE and general X install

1998-04-07 Thread Daniel Mashao
On Tue, 7 Apr 1998, Oliver Elphick wrote: > "Tristan Day" wrote: > >When trying to install lib6 and many x-related packages to get x running, I > >keep being unable to install them, as dpkg tells me that I haven't got > >libICE something-or-other. I looked thru www.debian.org/packages and ca

Re: LibICE and general X install

1998-04-07 Thread Oliver Elphick
"Tristan Day" wrote: >When trying to install lib6 and many x-related packages to get x running, I >keep being unable to install them, as dpkg tells me that I haven't got >libICE something-or-other. I looked thru www.debian.org/packages and can't >find it. libICE.so is in xlib6 (for libc5)

LibICE and general X install

1998-04-07 Thread Tristan Day
When trying to install lib6 and many x-related packages to get x running, I keep being unable to install them, as dpkg tells me that I haven't got libICE something-or-other. I looked thru www.debian.org/packages and can't find it. Also one of the packages says it needs ccp whatever that is. Also,

Re: X install/config query

1998-03-03 Thread Graham Lillico +44 1785 248131
>> Hello: >> >> I recently installed Debian 1.3 on a '386, but apparently did not complete >> the process correctly. X was not configured (although everything else >> that I have tried seems to be). >> >> I cannot find 'xf86config' or 'XF86Setup' on the system. I made the smae mistake when I fi

Re: X install/config query

1998-02-27 Thread Ben Pfaff
> If neither of these is there, then you don't have X installed. You > must install xbase and one of the xserver-* packages. If you want to > use XF86Setup then you must also install xserver-vga16. > Clearly, it wasn't installed correctly. There are all kinds of X application

Re: X install/config query

1998-02-27 Thread David Stern
On Fri, 27 Feb 1998 09:12:35 MST, wrote: > Hello: Hello > I recently installed Debian 1.3 on a '386, but apparently did not complete > the process correctly. X was not configured (although everything else > that I have tried seems to be). If dselect or dpkg says your xserver isn't configured, y

Re: X install/config query

1998-02-27 Thread Dean Allen Provins
>Hello: > >I recently installed Debian 1.3 on a '386, but apparently did not complete >the process correctly. X was not configured (although everything else >that I have tried seems to be). > >I cannot find 'xf86config' or 'XF86Setup' on the system. > > If neither of these i

Re: X install/config query

1998-02-27 Thread Ben Pfaff
Hello: I recently installed Debian 1.3 on a '386, but apparently did not complete the process correctly. X was not configured (although everything else that I have tried seems to be). I cannot find 'xf86config' or 'XF86Setup' on the system. If neither of these is there, then you

X install/config query

1998-02-27 Thread Dean Allen Provins
Hello: I recently installed Debian 1.3 on a '386, but apparently did not complete the process correctly. X was not configured (although everything else that I have tried seems to be). I cannot find 'xf86config' or 'XF86Setup' on the system. Should I remove X and re-install, or is there another

Re: X install under 1.2

1997-06-18 Thread Jim Michael
On Sun, 15 Jun 1997, Bob Clark wrote: > > 'cldg5429' is an invalid chipset." > > This should be clgd not cldg! If this was just a typo in your post, you Typo. I tried many chipsets. SuperProbe says its a 5429. Cheers, Jim -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word

Re: X install under 1.2

1997-06-16 Thread Jim Michael
On Mon, 16 Jun 1997, Joost Kooij wrote: > There has been some useful info for you on this list, however that was > months ago. Let me guess, you have a Infomagic Linux Developers Resource > 6 cd set? It contains debian 1.2 aka rex, while debian 1.3 has just been Correct, dated April '97. > Uhmm,

Re: X install under 1.2

1997-06-16 Thread Bob Clark
--[snip] > Quite logical. It occured during configuration of SVGA for Cirrus 542x > chipset. > > Looking at the error log from the last attempt is another clue - "SVGA: > 'cldg5429' is an invalid chipset." This should be clgd not cldg! If this was just a typo in yo

Re: X install under 1.2

1997-06-16 Thread Joost Kooij
On Sun, 15 Jun 1997, Jim Michael wrote: > This is my first post to this list. I have looked through some of the > archives and ran a search against the archives but have not found > anything to help me with this problem. I have installed 1.2 on a 486-66 > with a Diamond Speedstar Pro. There

Re: X install under 1.2

1997-06-15 Thread Jim Michael
On Sun, 15 Jun 1997, Benjamin T. White wrote: > Did I read your post right? Did you rm XF86Config!!! Yep, it was the only thing I could think of (rebooting did not work). I then purged everything and re-dpkg'd in the order suggested. I could only type 2 characters at a time between flashes :-(

Re: X install under 1.2

1997-06-15 Thread Benjamin T. White
Jim, Did I read your post right? Did you rm XF86Config!!! XF86Config is the configuration file for the X system. It contains all the information about your graphics card, screen, mouse, and other important information that your X client needs to run. The flashing screen problem is most like

X install under 1.2

1997-06-15 Thread Jim Michael
Greetings, This is my first post to this list. I have looked through some of the archives and ran a search against the archives but have not found anything to help me with this problem. I have installed 1.2 on a 486-66 with a Diamond Speedstar Pro. I followed the recent recommendations and in