Re: gdm fails
Hi Aswin,
On Thu, 2003-10-23 at 00:00, Aswin Venkat wrote:
> 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?.
>
Well, this is not that easy. We need to know a lot about your "network".
First: Direct connection to the Internet from your machine (i.e. Modem -
what ever type - in/connected to your machine) or connection via a LAN
and a router?
Second: What bandwidth do you have? Just to make sure you have a
connection allowing you to download all the nice things we propose to
you - before Xmas next year ;-)
Third: If you post here, always try to submit as much information
related to your question as possible. That means, try to guess our next
questions and post the answers in advance. A simple "help, this doesn't
work" is by far to little for us to even guess where to start.
Until later this day...
Lars
> 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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