Solved:-)) Debian newbie -Please help!! X server problem!
Hi everyone! Thanks for all your help and encoraging.
My X problem solved. It seems to be the async. problem between the X stuff I
installed and my Debian kernel - I upgraded the system to testing and installed
x-window stuff but didn't update the kernel I had from the stable version install.
The problem gone after a dazzling search of the stuffs in debian... still confussing
and lots of questions but kind of like it now,:) as I am able to send this mail from
my new debian system now!:-))
Still have many questions,:) only it's too late, so will ask later...
THANKS AGAIN!!
leo
> Hi Hex! Tahnks for the info! I am downloading.... It's big! Will have to read
> and get to know it and use... hope it's good! Also any othe ridea?
>
> By the way I responded to Thierry about my graphic card info but forgot to send
> to the mailing list, here it the info of my card:
>
> Just copied the info from the winXP system Device Manager about my graphic card:
> Display adapter: NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420, Bus: AGP 4X, Memory 64MB. by the way,
> system is Intel P4 with SSE2. Also, I installed the newest Stable,version of
> Debian, and immediately upgraded to Testing right after the installation, and then
> did the apt-get stuff, and then loged out. And I got the error when I reboot
> again.
>
> My loador is Grub, which was installed automatically.
>
> Looking forward to your help!! THANK YOU ALL!
>
> Leo
>
> Hex Star <hexstar@gmail.com> wrote:
> Well I've been told that in the event that the Debian installer fails to
> properly detect and configure the graphics card/monitor simply copying Knoppixes X
> config over the Debian one should clear things up so perhaps giving that a try
> would be a good idea ;-) :-) ...you can download Knoppix for free here (it's a
> live DVD...no longer fits on a regular CD):
> http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html
>
> On 3/21/06, Kent West < westk@acu.edu> wrote: lmyho wrote:
> > Dear all,
> >
> > I am totally newbie to Debian. I heard a lot about it's so good, so I
> > tried to install it on my Dell Dimension 4550, with Win XP home, using
> > mini CD install through network. The installation seemed OK, however
> > it was all text sceen during and after the installation.
> Normal, and good.
> > [After installing X packages], [w]hen I reboot the system, the screen
> > flashings three times at the moment when the running words supposed to
> > stop and let me login. It turned to a balck screen and came back and
> > to black screen again and came back again..., and then hung and
> > displayed a message said" Failed to start the X server. it is likely
> > that it is not set up correctly. Would you like to view the X server
> > output to diagnose the problem?" I would like to , but the screen
> > actually has died and just hung there not responed to any keybord
> > strikes at all! So I have to turn off the computer again, and again....
> The very first stage of booting is either lilo or grub. If it's grub,
> you should have a "safe recovery" option. Select that and see if your
> keyboard works at the (text only) login prompt. If it's lilo, you should
> get a "boot:" prompt for a few seconds; at this point enter "linux
> single" and see if your keyboard works at the (text only) login prompt.
> Then report back what happened.
>
> Once your keyboard is working, we can work on solving your X issues.
>
> > And by the way, I couldn't use my mouse, and the screen display was
> > only big text characters, why does it like this?
>
> I don't know what you mean by the screen display being only big text
> characters. Do you mean CAPITAL LETTERS? If so, your system thinks
> you're using an old-style terminal that only generated caps; nowadays
> the most common cause of this is entering your username in capital
> letters, which causes the system to assume you're on one of those old
> terminals.
>
> Concerning the mouse, there are basically two mouse systems: one for the
> text-based console, and one for X. You can use just the one for X,
> forgoing the mouse in console, or you can activate both. (I tend to
> activate both). In this latter case, you have to take care to make sure
> the two systems don't conflict with each other. So the first question
> is, are you talking about using the mouse in the text-based, non-X
> console, or are you talking about something else?
>
> --
> Kent
>
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