Re: Hey everyone, GUI isn't working; I can't figure out how to configure my xserver correctly.
If GUI works fine in a live-cd, it should work in your Debian install (at least with the vesa drivers).
When you have a chance to log in as root in CLI, type : dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
That should work "automatically"...
2008/4/8, Mark Allums <mark@allums.com>:
Lance Ferrer wrote:
Im getting
XIO: Fatal IO error 104 (connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0"
when I try to boot debian. I'm new to linux and computers in general, so any help would be great. I have a BFG NVidea 8800 GT if that helps. If you need any more specs or anything just let me know.
The newer NVIDIA cards still aren't supported particularly well by most Linux distros. I have a 7800 GT that won't work right with X anytime I install even a recent Linux distro in a box with that card installed.[1] (Haven't had the guts to try an 8000-series card.) I usually use a 6600 GT for installs, install the non-free[2] NVIDIA proprietary driver available on NVIDIA's web site, and then switch out cards.
Works for me, although that is not really solving the problem, just working around it. And, it is more work to do that, extra steps and all.
Mark Allums
[1] Worked great with Fedora 8, though. But I prefer Debian. Doesn't work in vanilla Debian (or Ubuntu).
[2] For newbies, the term non-free in Linux usually refers to the software being closed-source or otherwise encumbered by copyright or patent. The binary may be available at no cost to you, like the NVIDIA drivers, but they are closed source, hence "non-free".
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