Re: getting xorg working on an old box .....
Jakub Narojczyk wrote:
Michael Fothergill napisał(a):
I use gdm as the login window. I have never actually seen the window
of course because xorg hasn't worked correctly yet. But gdm did try
to fire up.
However at the terminal prompt after interrupting a failed xorg
session I typed in startx.
Your main problem is the configuration of xserver-xorg but you don't
offer any of the errors that you should be getting (EE)
Get rid of gdm and do not install any dm, it's a waste of resources, a
user with an old box cannot afford, use startx.
# dpkg -P gdm
# apt-get clean
As for your xorg problems, install the following packages:
xserver-xorg-core
xserver-xorg-input-all
xserver-xorg-video-all
then do a:
# dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
Install icewm or fluxbox, or whatever you fancy, forget about Gnome or
KDE, not with that kind of box.
Edit your .xinitrc:
$ nano .xinitrc (it will be blank)
and leave it looking like this:
#!/bin/sh
numlockx &
icewm
then save/exit from nano
Ctrl+o <Enter> will save
Ctrl+x will exit
startx <Enter>
Hopefully, this will let you in the Xs.
KISS protocol: Keep It Simple, Stupid
PII 266 128 MB RAM - Sid (Sidux) - IceWM/Ratpoison
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