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Re: Xwindows won't start



On Sun, Jun 23, 2002 at 03:13:40PM -0500, Bert Knabe wrote:
> Thanks to someone (I lost their email and I don't remember who) sending me
> an applescript that created floppies from the images on the CD, I've
> installed debian, but Xwindows says that it needs something in the "Screen"
> section of XF86Config. I've opened the config file in emacs (I'd prefer vi),
> but it's read only. Not that it matters since I don't know what to put in
> it.
> 
> All of the configurations I entered during install are their, and none seem
> to be commented out.
> 
> Bert

What is the output of 

lspci
cat /proc/cpuinfo

and what version of X are you using (

dpkg -s xserver-xfree86

)? btw, vim should be installed on your system. You can make it your default 
editor using update-alternatives.

-- 
*------v--------- Installing Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 --------v------*
|      <http://www.debian.org/releases/woody/installmanual>      |
|   debian-imac (potato): <http://debian-imac.sourceforge.net>   |
|            Chris Tillman        tillman@voicetrak.com          |
|                   May the Source be with you                   |
*----------------------------------------------------------------*


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