[NBLUG/talk] Debian Xfree86

[Meg Holden]

Thanks for the info, I'll try that.  I did figure out that I didn't
have xserver installed, so now that I have that it atleast tries to
start then fails.  I'm hopeing it's just a configuration problem,
hopefully this tool will help me.
thanks for all the advice.
--- Andrew <argonaut at softhome.net> wrote:
> Lincoln Peters wrote on Wed, 10 Mar 2004 20:44:43 -0800:
> 
> > On Wed, 2004-03-10 at 19:28, Meg Holden wrote:
> > > Hey all,
> > > 
> > > I installed Debian on my dell laptop and can't get X windows
> > > to start for the life of me.
> [snip]
> > Are you using Debian/stable?  I remember that configuring
> > XFree86 on it was an absolute nightmare.  I found that
> > Debian/testing and Debian/unstable were both far easier to
> > figure out, and so I completely gave up on stable.
> 
> Unless you've got some kind of weird and unusual setup,
> configuring X in Debian shouldn't be too difficult. The "Debian
> Way" is to use dpkg-reconfigure. Many packages (not just X) can
> be configured with this tool, and more packages are being
> converted to use it all the time, so Debian users should learn
> about it. Just run, as root, "dpkg-reconfigure <package_name>"
> (without quotes or angle brackets, of course). You'll find
> yourself in a text-based (actually, it's ncurses) configuration
> program which will ask you some questions pertaining to the
> package's configuration. When you hit the final "OK", it will
> write the configuration file(s) for you. You can still fine-tune
> the configs by hand later if you want, but dpkg-reconfigure takes
> care of the bulk of it for you.
> 
> In your case, Meg, you'll want to run "dpkg-reconfigure
> xserver-xfree86" (if you are using XFree86 version 4.x) or
> "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-<your_graphics_chip>" (if you're still
> using the 3.3.6 version of XFree86). Of course, all this assumes
> that you have the necessary X packages installed already. Derf
> does have a point.
> 
> Keep in mind, also, that LCDs have a "native resolution" -- one
> resolution at which the image looks best. This is the resolution
> you should set when you are configuring X.
> 
> > I can also assure you that, if you try to use the version of
> > GNOME that shipped with Debian/stable, you're in for a big
> > disappointment (I'm not sure about KDE).
> 
> To be sure, Gnome 1.4 (in Stable) ain't super spiffy, but it
> doesn't suck *too* much. It gets the job done. And it gets it
> done with less memory.
> 
> A.
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