Re: xserver-svga geforce2 woes
Why are you using the xserver-svga? Shouldn't you be using nvidia's own
module with xserver-xfree86? As for KDE, you could choose that from gdm
(after you install task-kde), or you can play around with your .xsession
file (if you use startx).
On 08 Jul 2001 20:43:42 -0700, Patrick Gray wrote:
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> hello.
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> i have been toying with the idea of switching to debian gnu/linux as my main OS (as opposed to win98), so i partitioned off an extra 5 gigs of space for me to experiment with getting everything running all smoothly before i commit myself to a bunch of data loss, and a couple nights of kicking myself for even considering switching.
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> i have run the install process about 5 times now. everything console based comes up fine, like a dream even. but i'm having some issues with X. i run a pentium3 933, the graphics card being an nVidia GeForce2 GTS the monitor is a Sony Multiscan 420GS. the XF86Setup program comes up fine, but if i tell it to use the SVGA server it chokes. well okay, it doesn't choke, but it displays junk on the screen (irrelevant junk, mostly lines and dots). i'm not saying that it comes up to anything readable either, it *just* displays junk. if i CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE out, it doesn't even reinitialize the console, the junk just turns to black and white. only a reboot will bring it back.
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> i've installed woody, i've installed potato, hell i've even installed unstable, but nothing will stop this from happening...the SVGA server is crucial for me.
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> and while i'm asking questions, i can't seem to get KDE to be the default window manager. it always brings up xdm or some other clone with little to no use. any ideas would be helpful.
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> thank you in advance.
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