Re: New Debian install problem
Mike,
That's great !
I'm not quite sure why you could see a mouse pointer if your video
card wasn't working. Very strange.
My experience with ATI and Linux has been very bad.
I've got an ATI in this G5 that I'm using and it's been the first ATI
card which has worked reliably for me under Linux. I started buying
nvidia a while ago. They've got problems too, but fewer than ATI.
Maybe now that AMD's got them things will get better. Linux & AMD has always worked well for me.
Brian
p.s. disable html when you post...
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Mike> bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Brian,<br> <br> I figured it
Mike> out. The problem was my ATI 9250 video card. I
Mike> went out today and bought a NVidia Geforce 6200 and everything
Mike> works fine now.<br> <br> Thanks,<br> <br> Mike<br> <br> <br>
Mike> Brian Denheyer wrote: <blockquote
Mike> cite="mid:[🔎] 19204.57726.330475.553234@gargle.gargle.HOWL"
Mike> type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Mike,
Mike> A mouse pointer is a good thing as it means X is probably
Mike> working.
Mike> To get a login window you need a "display manager" of some
Mike> sort.
Mike> Usually its "gdm", but could also be mwm, kdm, and several
Mike> others (I think).
Mike> Make sure that gdm is installed, e.g.
Mike> ii gdm 2.20.10-1 GNOME Display Manager
Mike> Your version may not necessarily match mine. jDepending on
Mike> your setup you may be running one of the other display
Mike> managers.
Mike> Try
Mike> dpkg --list | grep -i "manager"
Mike> and see what shows up.
Mike> If there is a display manager installed, then there is some
Mike> issue with the start-up scripts.
Mike> Brian
Mike> </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <blockquote type="cite">
Mike> <blockquote type="cite"> <blockquote type="cite"> <blockquote
Mike> type="cite"> <pre wrap="">"Mike" == Mike Allegro <a
Mike> class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
Mike> href="mailto:mikeallegro71@gmail.com";><mikeallegro71@gmail.com></a>
Mike> writes: </pre> </blockquote> </blockquote> </blockquote>
Mike> </blockquote> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""><!----> Mike> I
Mike> just installed Debian 5.0 and it seem to install just fine.
Mike> Mike> After the installation I rebooted my computer and
Mike> Debian Linux Mike> loaded up, when it goes into the
Mike> graphics part I see a blue Mike> screen with a symbol that
Mike> reminds me of the hour glass symbol Mike> from Microsoft
Mike> Windows. After the symbol disappears it should Mike> go to
Mike> the login screen but it does not. It goes to a solid Mike>
Mike> white screen where there is nothing but the mouse pointer. I
Mike> Mike> am not sure what is going on? Do you have any ideas?
Mike> Could Mike> it be a problem with my graphics card? I have
Mike> the following Mike> in my computer;
Mike> Mike> AMD 1.2 Ghz processor 512 Mb Ram Diamond graphics
Mike> card with Mike> ATI 9250 chipset with 128 MB ram 80Gb hard
Mike> drive CD Drive CD Mike> Burner
Mike> Mike> Any help would be appreciated!!!
Mike> Mike> Regards,
Mike> Mike> Mike
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Mike> bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Brian,<br> <br> I figured it
Mike> out. The problem was my ATI 9250 video card. I
Mike> went out today and bought a NVidia Geforce 6200 and everything
Mike> works fine now.<br> <br> Thanks,<br> <br> Mike<br> <br> <br>
Mike> Brian Denheyer wrote: <blockquote
Mike> cite="mid:[🔎] 19204.57726.330475.553234@gargle.gargle.HOWL"
Mike> type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Mike,
Mike> A mouse pointer is a good thing as it means X is probably
Mike> working.
Mike> To get a login window you need a "display manager" of some
Mike> sort.
Mike> Usually its "gdm", but could also be mwm, kdm, and several
Mike> others (I think).
Mike> Make sure that gdm is installed, e.g.
Mike> ii gdm 2.20.10-1 GNOME Display Manager
Mike> Your version may not necessarily match mine. jDepending on
Mike> your setup you may be running one of the other display
Mike> managers.
Mike> Try
Mike> dpkg --list | grep -i "manager"
Mike> and see what shows up.
Mike> If there is a display manager installed, then there is some
Mike> issue with the start-up scripts.
Mike> Brian
Mike> </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <blockquote type="cite">
Mike> <blockquote type="cite"> <blockquote type="cite"> <blockquote
Mike> type="cite"> <pre wrap="">"Mike" == Mike Allegro <a
Mike> class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
Mike> href="mailto:mikeallegro71@gmail.com";><mikeallegro71@gmail.com></a>
Mike> writes: </pre> </blockquote> </blockquote> </blockquote>
Mike> </blockquote> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""><!----> Mike> I
Mike> just installed Debian 5.0 and it seem to install just fine.
Mike> Mike> After the installation I rebooted my computer and
Mike> Debian Linux Mike> loaded up, when it goes into the
Mike> graphics part I see a blue Mike> screen with a symbol that
Mike> reminds me of the hour glass symbol Mike> from Microsoft
Mike> Windows. After the symbol disappears it should Mike> go to
Mike> the login screen but it does not. It goes to a solid Mike>
Mike> white screen where there is nothing but the mouse pointer. I
Mike> Mike> am not sure what is going on? Do you have any ideas?
Mike> Could Mike> it be a problem with my graphics card? I have
Mike> the following Mike> in my computer;
Mike> Mike> AMD 1.2 Ghz processor 512 Mb Ram Diamond graphics
Mike> card with Mike> ATI 9250 chipset with 128 MB ram 80Gb hard
Mike> drive CD Drive CD Mike> Burner
Mike> Mike> Any help would be appreciated!!!
Mike> Mike> Regards,
Mike> Mike> Mike
Mike> </pre> </blockquote> <br> </body> </html>
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