Re: Graphics problems with X on iBook 2.2
what is the type of ur display card?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick Meade" <veloxi@ticon.net>
To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 11:26 AM
Subject: Graphics problems with X on iBook 2.2
>
> Hopefully this is the right list to ask these questions. If not, gently
> refer me to the proper list. :-)
>
> I've just installed Debian 3.1 r1a on my Apple iBook. I bought it in
> 2002, so from what I've been able to gather from online docs, it's an
> iBook 2.2; although I'm not sure that's the case nor where to verify it.
>
> I used the network install CD, and installed only the base system, plus
> issued these two commands as root:
>
> apt-get install telnetd
> apt-get install x-window-system
>
> My problem is that when I issue the command "startx", I get a graphics
> display with a mouse cursor that looks right, but everything else is
> just a mess. It seems the graphics "slant" to the right.
>
> I'm an experienced computer user with a degree in Computer Science, but
> my Unix/Linux knowledge is fairly limited. This is the crux of my
> problem; I can probably understand the docs if I read them, but I know
> next to nothing about X Windows nor where to begin looking.
>
> Can anybody help me with getting X to look right? :-)
>
> Thank you in advance for any assistance you can provide.
>
> Patrick Meade
> veloxi@ticon.net
>
>
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