Re: [debian-knoppix] X problems
Dear Robert,
As someone has pointed out, you could look at the Redhat file. Actually,
you might be able to just copy that file over to Knoppix and it will
(probably) just work.
But if it doesn't work, Debian does have tools for generating a
XF86Config file. You'd have to install these, as they aren't included in
Knoppix (I'm not really sure how Knoppix does configure X).
This is from the Debian Reference Manual:
9.4.2. Hardware detection packages for X server
-----------------------------------------------
To enable hardware detection during the X configuration stage,
install
the following packages prior to installing X system.:
* `discover' --- hardware identification system.
* `mdetect' --- mouse device autodetection tool.
* `read-edid' --- hardware information-gathering tool for VESA
PnP
monitors.
9.4.3.1. Configure X4 server
----------------------------
To (re-)configure X4 server,
# dpkg-reconfigure --priority=low xserver-common
# dpkg-reconfigure --priority=low xserver-xfree86
will generate `/etc/X11/XF86Config-4' file and configure X using
script `dexconf'.
regards,
Robert Storey
On Fri, 26 Dec 2003 20:01:37 -0800
"Robert M. Riches Jr" <rm.riches@verizon.net> wrote:
> Using KNOPPIX_V3.3-2003-11-19-EN, I have problems getting X
> to run on one machine. The Iwill P4ES mobo has an AGP slot,
> but I'm using a PCI graphics card, Radeon 7000 or 7500. CPU
> is 1.8GHz Pentium 4 processor. RAM is 512MB. The machine
> runs Redhat Linux 8.0 very reliably. The same mobo and CPU
> with an AGP graphics card work fine.
>
> Anyway, I have to use "2" as a boot argument to get a text
> console. From there, if I type "startx", after a while the
> monitor says it is not getting a signal and goes into sleep
> mode. No amount of ALT-CTRL-BACKSPACE or ALT-CTRL-F1,
> etc. will revive the system--requiring a hardware reset.
>
> The latest attempt was to do (at the text console) "XFree86
> -configure" followed by "startx -- -xf86config
> XF86Config.new" (I might have something incorrectly
> capitalized here, but it was right when I did it.) X comes
> up, a desktop (KDE presumably) displays a bunch of icons, a
> panel, and so forth. The problem here is instead of text
> characters, I see boxes.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Robert Riches
> spamtrap42@verizon.net
> (Yes, that is one of my email addresses.)
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