Re:

[Vikas Rawal <vikas@mail.jnu.ac.in>]

Thanks to both of you. I will try what you have suggested and get back.
In the meanwhile, yes, we do have a functioning debian on the machine. 
The problem is really with video driver/monitor settings. When I say 
"dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xwindows", it gives me various options. 
Depending on what video card I choose, xwindows either crashes (for 
example, if i choose i810) or gives a screen flickering in a peculiar 
way (e.g., when I choose vesa).
I have not checked the errrors. I will do that today and try to figure 
out what I can.

BTW. I was trying installation on debian on two machines in a lab. 
Yesterday, I installed redhat on one of them because the machines could 
not have been spared for more days for experimenting. But I still have 
one machine with a functioning woody. Let me see where does that take me.

Thanks again,

Vikas

Vikas Rawal wrote:

> On (18/10/04 09:40), Paul E Condon wrote:
>  
>
> > > On Mon, Oct 18, 2004 at 12:39:47PM +0530, Vikas Rawal wrote:
> >  
> >
> > > > > I have been trying to install debian on a Compaq Deskpro EN for last one 
> > > > > week. I have tried both woody (stable) and sarge (testing). In both, the 
> > > > > x-windows configuration does not work. In woody, installation went fine 
> > > > > except that none of the video cards/monitor options there get x-windows 
> > > > > running. I tried all sorts of options but no luck.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Yesterday, I tried sarge. Sarge has to be installed using the 
> > > > > netinstall. That meant some 500 mb of download, took some 13 hours, and 
> > > > > at the end nothing worked.  I think the problem is again with x-windows.
> > > > > 
> > > > > What does one do?
> > > > > 
> > > > > Vikas
> > > > > 
> > >    
> > >
> > > X-windows can be difficult. You probably have a working computer, except
> > > for the x user interface. To test this theory, try a console screen by:
> > >
> > > Press ctrl-alt-Fn where n is 1..6
> > > You should see a login prompt.
> > > Try logging in as root. If this succeeds, you do have a functioning, but
> > > slight inconvenient, Debian installation.
> > >
> > > Use it to investigate why x-windows doesn't work for you. Post any clues
> > > that you don't understand, but be optimistic. You may be able to find
> > > the problem yourself.
> > >
> > > Try running 'startx'
> > > Does this work?
> > > Look for error messages if it doesn't. 
> > > Probably, you have not installed all the x related packages that you
> > > need. But which ones? The error messages should give you a clue.
> >  
> Look at /var/log/XFree86.0.log
>
> Where you see (EE) is where the problem lies
>
> Regards
>
> Clive
>