Re: gdm fails
Thanks for the information Lars.
There is just one other problem--i can't get my
network connection working. The ethernet card is detected on boot but
i just can't seem to be able to get on the network.
Can somebody help me with commands that can help in configuring the network?.
Thanks,
Aswin
On 22-Oct-2003, Lars Weissflog <L@rs-w.de> wrote:
> Hi Aswin,
>
>
>
> On Wed, 2003-10-22 at 17:55, Aswin Venkat wrote:
> > Hi all-
>
> > As Jaume suggested in an earlier email, i tried reconfiguring the
> > xserver--after playing around with some of the drivers, i used the vesa driver(though my
> > video card is actua
> > lly ATI Tech-Radeon) with 24dpi and a high monitor resolution as the
> > default(though the manufacturer puts my monitors at 1024x768--i
> > found that using this resolution created a wide black border) i was able to
> > get gnome to work. I read in some website that Radeon is only supported by
> > Xfree86-4.3 and onwards, mine is Xfree86-4.1. Has anybody dealt with
> > this problem?. If that is indeed the case, can i use apt to upgrade
> > it or are there other things that have to be taken care of?
> >
> The black border results from the fact that your laptop's BIOS doesn't
> stretch the smaller 1024x768 image to the maximum possible size of the
> screen. BTW, it would look nasty if it did so, since it would use some
> sort of interpolation to stretch it. Result would be sort of a "unsharp"
> image.
>
> To get XFree 4.3, you don't have to upgrade to unstable or testing.
> Simply use backports.
>
> Here is my /etc/apt/sources.list, containing all that you will probably
> need to get XFree 4.3, Gnome 2.2 and some other updated stuff. For me,
> that all works very well. Observe the comments below.
>
> --- snip ---
> #### this is woody himself
> deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
> deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib
> non-free
> #### and some security updates
> deb http://security.debian.org stable/updates main contrib non-free
>
> #### XFree 4.3 backport
> #### this should work as of today (2003-10-22), delivers 4.3.0
> deb http://people.debian.org/~mmagallo/packages/xfree86/i386/ ./
> #### I got my XFree 4.3 from the ximian-desktop 2 project, but at
> ##### this time the server kicks me on connect.
> #### TRY OUT by uncommenting below two lines
> #deb ftp://linux.upsa.es/pub/RC2/ ./
> #deb ftp://linux.upsa.es/pub/OO.O/ ./
>
> #### Gnome 2.2 backport to woody, including evolution 1.4.5
> deb
> http://ftp.acc.umu.se/mirror/mirrors.evilgeniuses.org.uk/debian/backports/woody gnome2.2/
> deb-src
> http://ftp.acc.umu.se/mirror/mirrors.evilgeniuses.org.uk/debian/backports/woody gnome2.2/
>
> ##### MPlayer
> deb http://marillat.free.fr stable main
>
> ##### Mozilla 1.4
> deb http://debian.relativ.org/ ./
>
> #### official sources
> # deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
> # deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main
> contrib non-free
>
> # EOF
> --- snap ---
>
> HTH
> &
> Good luck
>
> Lars
>
> > The other problem that i'm facing right now is that i can't get my
> > network connection working. I have a charter cable link at home. Can somebody help me with commands that
> > can assist in configuring the network?.
> >
> > >
> > > In Sid, I currently have X & KDE working fine. After installing the base
> > > Sid, I installed a basic gnome, cause someone suggested I use gdm (did
> > > you mean gdm, or gmd?) as the logon window manager. After that worked, I
> > > installed KDE, and set gdm (gnome desktop manager) to choose KDE as the
> > > desktop when the user logs in.
> >
> > Sorry, typo there--i meant gdm. Does Sid refer to the testing or the
> > unstable debian distribution.
> >
> > >
> > > I found gpm (general purpose mouse driver ?) was causing KDE to not start
> > > after I added it, so I've had to remove that (other higher priorities,
> > > currently, than finding the fix to that) even though I would like it
> > > installed.
> > >
> >
> > I experienced the same problem while trying to get X to run. I am not
> > sure how to fix it.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Aswin
> --
> LarsWeissflog
> L@rs-W dot DE
>
>
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