xbase XFree86 bug 24985 ?
I am having problems with xbase. Would you help?
I am having trouble installing xbase as indicated in chapter 5 of The
Debian Linux User's Guide. I am using the cds that came with the book
(debian 2.0). xbase version 3.3.2.2-4 I've installed a system from
scratch using 'Standard' collection of packages. After that installed
successfully, I told it to install xbase and fvwm2 and all packages it
depended on plus SVGA support (I have a Sis 5597/5598 graphics card
according to HP tech. support.).
I get the following:
WARNING: An error has been found in this installation of the xbase
package. The file /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config should exist and it
does not. Please file a bug report against the xbase package reporting
this fact. See /usr/doc/debian/bug-reporting.txt for information on
filing bugs.
When it tried to /usr/sbin/xbase-configure (XFree86 config file), it
said to press Enter to switch to graphics mode. I did. The screen came
up with a lot of black and white vertical lines. Next, it turned
completely gray. Finally a big black vertical bar showed up which was
movable by using the left/right arrow keys. That's all I got. After a
long time, I did a Ctrl/Alt/Backspace (and then hit a key) to get out of
there and back into text mode.
Does this problem sound like it relates to the outstanding bug
http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/24/24985.html (Debian bug report logs
-#24985 installation of xbase_3.3.2.2-4 requests to file a bug report)?
In case it matters, I have a 6330 Hewlett Packard Pavillion.
Thanks,
Michael
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