On Sun, Jun 03, 2007 at 04:45:30AM +0000, rocky wrote:
> Hey,
>
> I got a very old PC which was purchased 6 years ago. I use Debian
> netinstall CD installed the base Debian etch system. I have been
> trying to install basic GUI on it. Therefore I execute the following
> command:[QUOTE]#aptitude update
> aptitude install twm x-window-system[/QUOTE]
>
> I was asked for some questions regarding to my hardware. I was not
> quite sure whether my answer is right because I'm quite new to
> computer hardware and I have no means to find the manuals for the old
> PC.
>
> After that the startx gave me the following errors
> [QUOTE]X Window System Version 7.1.1
> Release Date: 12 May 2006
> X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.1.1
> Build Operating System: UNKNOWN
> Current Operating System: Linux ronie 2.4.27-3-386 #1 Mon May 29
> 23:50:41 UTC 2006 i686
> Build Date: 04 April 2007
> Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
> to make sure that you have the latest version.
> Module Loader present
> Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
> (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
> (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
> (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Fri Jan 1 10:44:59 1999
> (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
> (EE) AIGLX: Screen 0 is not DRI capable
> (EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/input/mice
> No such device.
> (EE) Configured Mouse: cannot open input device
> (EE) PreInit failed for input device "Configured Mouse"
> xkb_keycodes { include "xfree86+aliases(qwerty)" };
> xkb_types { include "complete" };
> xkb_compatibility { include "complete" };
> xkb_symbols { include "pc(pc105)+us" };
> xkb_geometry { include "pc(pc104)" };
> No core pointer
>
> Fatal server error:
> failed to initialize core devices
> XIO: fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0"
> after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.
> [/QUOTE]
>
> I was trying dpkg-reconfigure xfree86 but it seems this does not bring
> me the interfaces where I can reconfigure my x-window-system.
>
> Can any of you give me some hint on how can I get over these problems
> please?
Welcome to Debian!
If you were able to use the netinstall to install the basic etch system,
that is quite a good start. So you seen to have not configured the mouse
properly as indicated by the 'no core pointer' message. So try:
dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
and choose a different mouse?
the common ones are: /dev/input/mouse or /dev/psaux.
Do you have a usb mouse, a serial one, a ps2 one?
Just tell us more like what video card and mouse you have and any thing
else that might help.
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