Installing debian
Hi .....
I hope i am sending this to the right list........ I
am a linux newbie & my problem is that i cant get debian installed on my
pc ..... i have installed other linux systems with no problems (redhat
/ mandrake / suse) ect, but thought i would give debian a try.. I have
tried various debian cd's 2.2r4 + 2.2r5 & also debian woody beta,
but i seem to only get upto the same part every time... with both the
2.2 debians i get a message saying my graphics card has not been
identified maybe it is one that debian does not know about, so i cant
get no further with this & with woody the install goes as far as
installing any programs that i want, but then i get a error message
saying that some of the packages wont install (trying again might solve
this problem) but no ....... & if i do get past this stage i get to the
screen that asks what graphics card do i have ..... when chosen (it is
in the list) & i have finished with the setup & reboot my pc i get to
the screen asking for my login & password ( i have selected the x
windows system in the selection of packages + gnome or kde ) but after
login i just get a # prompt, when i type start x i get a message saying
no screens found.. so i cant continue using it, Could this be due to
my AGP graphics card not being surported or maybe just bad cd images
bugs ect that i have downloaded ?
I know this is not a lot to go on but any info you could give me would
be of help as i am looking forward to trying this system out..
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MY PC INFO_ _if this is of help_
MOTHERBOARD - MSI k7T pro2-A (ms-6330)
ATHLON (thunderbird) 800mhz
GRAPHIC CARD - ATI Radeon 700 AGP
OR NVIDA gforce 2 mx AGP
PS: Both of these cards have been tried both with the same message..
Thanks : Steve
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