Re: Debian Woody/unstable?testing?unsure x-window-system display not showing ANY text
Dear Sir, I will help you but ...
You need to understand we are volunteer organization. You need to do
your home work such as reading documentation first before acting :)
submit@bugs.debian.org is for more specific bug report.
Your message belongs to debian-user@l.d.o so I set Reply-to set there.
Multi-posting is considered BAD.
(Do not send mail to me. I am CCing you just because you do not seem to
have understanding on mailing list practice.)
On Sun, Aug 25, 2002 at 01:32:51PM -0700, Alexander.Henry@asu.edu wrote:
> Hello. A mishap with my Debian distribution has forced me to purge my
> x-window-system and reinstall about three times over. Each time I do so, X
> doesn't seem to want to use fonts. Any fonts, not for menus, not for the
> login window, nothing.
All you needed may have been (from root):
# dpkg-reconfigure --p=low xserver-xfree86
> The mishap which caused this was me absent-mindedly allowing deselect to do
> what it wanted: the sources list still requested the testing distribution
> after Woody was released as stable, and downloaded 300+ package updates.
> After doing so, graphics were defunct: instead of loading into a graphical
> login window per KDE after booting, my monitor wheezed five times, then Linux
> dumped to the standard text login. My impatient solution was to rip out
> everything X and put it back in, with not much luck so far.
If you save .deb files in /var/cache/apt/archives/ you do not need to
download again. Maybe put it in separate partition and keep out of
your way :)
Anyway, are you ATI Mach64 user, then install X3. X4 does not work on
that.
But your symptom sounds like X screen refresh rate problem. Old monitor
can not do fast refresh:
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Nanao F550i"
HorizSync 30-57
VertRefresh 43-72
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
If HorizSync is too fast, monitor shut itself off (if you are lucky
like me) or monitor smokes.
> I'm two steps short of reformatting this hard drive. I am now going to read
> through apt HOWTOs and some x-window material before doing so, and hope to
> have a working Linux system before I start any serious school work. I'd
> appreciate any suggestions, thanks.
No. (At lease keep deb package.)
Let's fix XF86Config-4 (for X4) or XF86Config (for X3).
To pick set of package (Like what you lost for X) and regain reasonable
set of fonts etc.
# dselect update
# tasksel
should help you.
Read more on my "Debian Reference" for package handling tricks.
Osamu
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