Glenn English wrote:
The X-based configuration is probably only running in VGA mode. When you're trying to configure X, you're probably telling the system you have greater than VGA capabilities.There ought to be a list for debian wannabes. I've tried several times to get woody going on a couple different boxen - most recently a Dell Latitude laptop. Console is fine; X, of course, has been the problem (I haven't evenlooked at the PCMCIA Ethernet and wireless cards yet).When the installer says, "Have fun," and reboots, the screen blinks a couple times, and a curses dialog box comes up saying it can't run X, telling me why, and offering to run the X configuration program - that'scool. I say, "Yes," and a program starts - IN X!!!
It sounds like you're running XFree86 3.x; I think upgrading to 4.x would be of benefit to you. Of course, the easiest way to do that is to leave Woody behind and go for Sid or Testing. I run Sid on my workstations (Stable/Woody on servers); every once in a while a problem comes up that takes a couple of weeks to get ironed out, but those instances are rare, and seldom catastrophic, so I find Sid perfectly suitable for workstation use. This way you get the newer stuff, like X 4.
Is there some FM or FAQ I've missed? Is there a CI program on Debian toconfigure X? Or is vi /etc/X11/XF86Config it?
xf86config XF86Setup (I believe . . . it's been so-o-o long since I ran XFree86 3.x) manually tweak XF86Configmaybe dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86, but I think this is a version 4 thing
Kent