Re: Further XF86 trouble: startx -> no screens found
> >
> > I don't know why I didn't think of this before, as it was suggested to
> > me personally just a few months ago. If you have a livecd that you can
> > boot and get an xorg session in, do that, then copy the
> > /etc/X11/xorg.conf to your hard drive. Reboot into debian, and use the
> > screen settings from that in the /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file or whatever
> > it's named. Me peprsonally when I take the plunge back to Debian, I am
> > just going to try and use the whole thing first (renaming xorg.conf
> > appropriately), and then go from there.
> >
> > --Mike S
On Thu, 2005-05-26 at 00:05 -0400, Nathan Thrower wrote:
> Mike S, your solution worked! I've successfully loaded XF86 with my
> ATI Rage Mobility 128 AGP, and I'm running Debian/sarge with KDE
> 3.3.2. Thanks a lot! Now I just have to wipe my harddrive and
> install only Debian (as Ubuntu takes up a huge partition, but is now
> useless). Thanks!!
What do you mean useless? You may be refering to the fact that ubuntu
puts most everything into one partition. This saves space, but is more
insecure. The separate partition scheme is used for servers and high
security machines. Ubuntu doesn't allow multiuser setup, not during the
default d-i settings, while debian allows multiuser setup that creates a
separate partition for the user. The procedure you mention to get a
working X .conf file probably works for both ubuntu and debian. If you
like debian and don't want to mess around with attempting to create a
separate partition for user by hand or in 'expert install mode', just
use the debian buss card to create the multiuser partition setup, and
reboot taking the debian CD out and putting in the ubuntu one. Ubuntu
can install onto the already created multiuser partition scheme.
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