Guilherme Rocha_Sul Soluções wrote:
It seems to be the general consensus, and I agree, that for a workstation, stable is too old, and you'd do better to upgrade to unstable. This will give you newer versions of X which might work better with your video card. (Then again, if the S3 Prosavage is an older card, you might be better off sticking with Stable.)I install debian 3.0 in my PC 3 times, I don't know what make for the vga adapter load de X server. My pc start, open LILO MENU, ok, I select Linux, but the default option is in console mode, I make the first configuration with the kdm mode during installation, tests bad. In the second configuration I choose the Xdm mode dunring instalation, but in any cases the KDE or X don’t load.My vga card is S3 Prosavage My PC has installed KDE and gnome
Try running "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86" or "XF86Setup" or "xf86cfg"; (I don't remember which tool(s) were used in 3.0, nor their exact names). Try lowering your video resolution or color depth; try a different driver (such as vesa or vga).
But again, first thing I'd do is upgrade to unstable. It's always made my life easier. (If this is a server, you'd do better to stick with Stable, but then, why are you trying to run X on a server?)
-- Kent