hey matt, i feel your pain for X. i've done lots of installations for all kinds of different machines and people, and the only consistant hitch has been getting X going. and in most cases, it's because of the video card being nvidia (when the machine is i386 anyways). it's not that hard to get working once you know what to do, you just have to do the following: - roll your own kernel with make-kpkg, or at least install the kernel-headers package for your kernel version # apt-get install kernel-headers-2.x.x - install the following packages: # apt-get install nvidia-glx-src nvidia-kernel-src - extract the nvidia module source # cd /usr/src && tar xvfz nvidia-kernel-src.tar.gz - build the kernel module for the nvidia card # cd /usr/src/linux && make-kpkg modules_image - then in /usr/src you should have a .deb package for nvidia kernel # cd /usr/src && dpkg -i nvidia-kernel-2.x.x_rev_i386.deb - then install the glx stuff # cd /usr/src/nvidia-glx_version && dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc - go back to /usr/src, and install everything that starts with nvidia-glx and ends with .deb - finally, reconfigure X, which i strongly recommend that you do with debconf # dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 there should be a new driver entry when it asks you for your video card driver, like nvidia or nvdriver or something (not nv), choose that, and you should be on your way. hth sean On Sat, Nov 23, 2002 at 01:27:22PM -0500, Matt Tulini wrote: > Hi folks, I'm pretty new to the Linux world and I need some help > configuring Debian (3.0r0). I've used RedHat 8 with the 2.4 kernel and > had no problems, but I was looking for a more lean distro and decided to > try Debian. The installation went without a hitch, except that once > it's done and I try to launch KDE, X, or Gnome, it won't let me in. For > KDE and Gnome the error reads something like "Cannot connect to > X-server. Value for $DISPLAY not set." The error message for X is more > telling. It says something like "Monitor found, but no useful > configuration. <some other stuff> No monitor found." At first I > figured it was a problem with my video card (Elsa Gladiac - nVidia > GeForce 2 GTS) not being installed properly, but when I try to launch X > it clearly says that it detects my GeForce 2 GTS card, so then I thought > maybe the monitor wasn't set properly. I went into xf86config and > messed around with the settings but nothing worked. Anybody know what's > going on and how to fix it? Thanks in advance! > Relevant hardware: > Asus a7v motherboard w/Athlon 1000 MHz > Elsa Gladiac GeForce 2 GTS > Viewsonic A75f monitor > The hard disk is running off a Promise ata100 channel that came built > into the motherboard. Apparently only the 2.4 kernel contains support > for it, so that's what I'm using. > > -Matt > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > On Sat, Nov 23, 2002 at 01:27:22PM -0500, Matt Tulini wrote: > Hi folks, I'm pretty new to the Linux world and I need some help > configuring Debian (3.0r0). I've used RedHat 8 with the 2.4 kernel and > had no problems, but I was looking for a more lean distro and decided to > try Debian. The installation went without a hitch, except that once > it's done and I try to launch KDE, X, or Gnome, it won't let me in. For > KDE and Gnome the error reads something like "Cannot connect to > X-server. Value for $DISPLAY not set." The error message for X is more > telling. It says something like "Monitor found, but no useful > configuration. <some other stuff> No monitor found." At first I > figured it was a problem with my video card (Elsa Gladiac - nVidia > GeForce 2 GTS) not being installed properly, but when I try to launch X > it clearly says that it detects my GeForce 2 GTS card, so then I thought > maybe the monitor wasn't set properly. I went into xf86config and > messed around with the settings but nothing worked. Anybody know what's > going on and how to fix it? Thanks in advance! > Relevant hardware: > Asus a7v motherboard w/Athlon 1000 MHz > Elsa Gladiac GeForce 2 GTS > Viewsonic A75f monitor > The hard disk is running off a Promise ata100 channel that came built > into the motherboard. Apparently only the 2.4 kernel contains support > for it, so that's what I'm using. > > -Matt > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org >
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