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Re: can't configure xserver-xfree86



on Tue, Aug 14, 2001 at 08:09:28AM +0200, Michael Bartl (michael.bartl1@chello.at) wrote:
> Hi all!
> 
> In my second attempt to give Debian a chance I ran into following problem:
> 
> Using: Potato dist-upgraded to unstable
> 	 2.2.19 Kernel (still from Potato)
> 	 Geforce 2 Graphics Cards (ELSA Gladiac)
> 	
> 
> I downloaded all X 4.1.0 packages, but when it tries to configure the
> xserver-xfree86 package it just hangs forever (ok, it doesn't really hang)!
> I can break with Ctrl-C, but that doesn't really help me in setting up X
> on Debian :)
> 
> Any help appreciated!

Can you:

   - run XF86Setup (install if necessary)
   - run xf86config (deprecated, but sometimes works)
   - run raw X, then launch applications (latter, usually from a console)

What commands are you running when things hang?

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