Re: Problems during Installation on AMD64

[Javier Kohen <jkohen@fibertel.com.ar>]

Hi Henry,

Henry Liu wrote:
> I am new user and trying to install Debian AMD64
> through "Sid -AMD64-netinst" CD on my machine that has
> following specifications.
> 1. CPU: AMD64 3400+
> 2. Marvel Yukon Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000Base-T
> Adapter
> 3. Video card: GeForce FX5200
>
> Currently I installed new kernel 2.6.8-10-amd64-k8 and
> neccesary packages for nvidia following to
> /usr/share/doc/nvidia-kernel-source/README.debian
>
> when I startx, I get some message as below:
>
> hostname: Unknown host
> xauth: (argv):1:  bad display name "217W-EARDRUM:0" in
> "list" command
> xauth: (stdin):1:  bad display name "217W-EARDRUM:0"
> in "add" command

I'm not sure about this one, but might be related to the following errors:

> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xserverrc: line 2:
> /usr/bin/X11/X: No such file or directory
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xserverrc: line 2: exec:
> /usr/bin/X11/X: cannot execute: No such file or
> directory
> xinit:  Server error.
> xauth: (argv):1:  bad display name "217W-EARDRUM:0" in
> "remove" command
>
> Could someone give some suggestions?

Try installing an X server, e.g., apt-get install xserver-xfree86.

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