Re: Could not install Sarge
> On Tue, May 24, 2005 at 01:49:30PM -0400, sam wrote:
> >
> >
> > > This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
> > >
> > >
> > > > We tried to install from Sarge cds 1, 2, and 3 and were not able to
> > > > install a clean Xwindows. The images came from a Switzerland mirror
> > > > (Zurich, I think). Three times we formatted the drive and three
> > > > times it failed -- this drive has absolutely no triouble with any
> > > > other Linux work and passes the thorough hard drive test with no
> > > > errors. Is this the kind of a problem I can expect from a "testing"
> > > > version of Debian?
> > > >
> > >
> Aha - if you have three CD's, then it is possible you have Debian
> "stable" - currently 3.0r5 or so - and codenamed Woody. Debian Sarge
> is what is currently Debian "testing" - but it is hoped that it will
> be released in the next couple of weeks and will then become the new
> "stable". The next release of Debian after Sarge will be codenamed Etch.
> >
> > I installed Sarge r5 and it installed just about everything except X. I
> > could not find an executable X in my drive. It could be a mirror
> > problem but I don't know yet.
> >
>
> If you have Debian installed up to and including a login prompt -
> a text mode system - then you are 99% there. If it really is
> a Woody system - what does uname -a say ?? - you may actually be better
> downloading the Debian netinstall disk (about 110M or so) from
> http://cdimage.debian.org and using that to bootstrap the machine
> - if you have fast network access to fetch the rest of the packages.
> If you don't have fast 'Net access and have a DVD ROM drive, get
> someone who has broadband access to download and burn the DVD's for you.
>
> [Commands spaced in by one tab stop below for demonstration]
>
> apt-get install xserver-xfree86 x-window-system kde
>
> should provide you with a full working system.
>
> dpkg-reconfigure -plow xserver-xfree86
>
> will ask the same questions again if needed.
>
> With the Nvidia card you list, the best driver to use initially is
> the nv driver.
>
> The (non-free according to Debian guidelines) proprietary Nvidia driver is
> also available but may require you to build some kernel modules
> and other sources. This may provide better accellerated X performance
> but at the cost of being non-free.
>
> > > More information is needed. Video card brand and type if you are
> > having problems with X so it can be reported to the proper maintainer,
> > more information in general if its other problems.
> >
> > My video card is: NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Sam
> >
> Hope this helps,
>
> Andy
Thanks much. I have already learned a small lesson; I bought my Dell
from a Windows user and have problems with my winmodem and nv card.
Sam
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