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Re: Help! Newbie install problem; simple solution?



On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 2:01 PM, deleteme <deleteme@coderelay.com> wrote:
> I have a New World iBook G3, and I'm installing
> "Debian-40r6-powerpc-netinst.iso". Everything went smoothly until the first
> boot-up of the new system. The log-in screen isn't rendered correctly--the
> top half is at the bottom and the bottom is at the top; also the right-half
> of the screen is blacked out. What am I doing wrong? (I was able to supply
> my username and password, but after they were accepted the screen was still
> unuseable.)
>
> I know that my hardware is normal because the display was fine with Mac 9
> and then it was fine rendering the Debian installation screens. Has anyone
> encountered this, and is there a known fix without a lot of "try this, try
> that" guesswork?

Yes, everytime I install Etch. I attached a working xorg.conf file or
you can run (as root):

dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

Answer the questions and it will set up a proper xorg.conf file for you.

Cheers,
/Bob

Attachment: xorg.conf
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