I'm not exactly a newbie to Linux, but up to this point, I have been
using distributions that prettry much install themselves (Red Hat,
Mandrake). Now, I'm trying Debian, and I've had extremely erratic
results.

I tried installing Woody from a three disk set (first three from the
eight). Despite the fact that the checksums checked out, I got
repeated "corrupted package" errors when installing, and ended up with
a command-lline only installation (no Gnome or KDE). I then tried a
Sarge netinstall, which worked, but I couldn't get my screen
resolution over 800 x 600. (found a possible answer in this group, but
I've since deleted and attempted reinstalling).

I tried a Woody netinstall, and it would try to start X, but it would
fail to display. saying my card wasn't supported (I'm certain a Radeon
7500 is supported by now).

I recently retried the Sarge netinstall, having found a possible
solution to the resolution problem here. However, now, it doesn't set
up X for me, for some ungodly reason. I select the "desktop
environment" set of packages during the install, but I end up with a
command prompt.

I'm new to this. Can anyone tell me how to get this working? My setup:

P3 550 Mhz
575 MB RAM
Radeon 7500
Soundblaster 64
Hmm... what other information would be relevant here?

Dual booting with Windowx XP.


- Tarvok

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Daryl Sawyer wrote:

> I'm not exactly a newbie to Linux, but up to this point, I have been
> using distributions that prettry much install themselves (Red Hat,
> Mandrake). Now, I'm trying Debian, and I've had extremely erratic
> results.
>
> I tried installing Woody from a three disk set (first three from the
> eight). Despite the fact that the checksums checked out, I got
> repeated "corrupted package" errors when installing, and ended up with
> a command-lline only installation (no Gnome or KDE). I then tried a
> Sarge netinstall, which worked, but I couldn't get my screen
> resolution over 800 x 600. (found a possible answer in this group, but
> I've since deleted and attempted reinstalling).
>
> I tried a Woody netinstall, and it would try to start X, but it would
> fail to display. saying my card wasn't supported (I'm certain a Radeon
> 7500 is supported by now).
>
> I recently retried the Sarge netinstall, having found a possible
> solution to the resolution problem here. However, now, it doesn't set
> up X for me, for some ungodly reason. I select the "desktop
> environment" set of packages during the install, but I end up with a
> command prompt.
>
> I'm new to this. Can anyone tell me how to get this working? My setup:
>
> P3 550 Mhz
> 575 MB RAM
> Radeon 7500
> Soundblaster 64
> Hmm... what other information would be relevant here?
>
> Dual booting with Windowx XP.
>
>
> - Tarvok
Try running 'dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86' from the cmdline. This should
configure the X Server for you if it hasn't been configured already. Also
you might want to try 'apt-get install kdm' or 'apt-get install gdm' to get
your GUI login prompt.

HTH
--
Jon
wiseguy@ihug.co.nz

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On Sun, 10 Jul 2005 08:10:49 +1200, Jon <wiseguy@ihug.co.nz> wrote:


>Try running 'dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86' from the cmdline. This shoul
d
>configure the X Server for you if it hasn't been configured already. Also
>you might want to try 'apt-get install kdm' or 'apt-get install gdm' to get
>your GUI login prompt.

Thanks. Now the only problem I have is that I'm getting 404 Not Found
errors for a few of the packages gdm is dependent on. I've tried
apt-get update both with and without the --fix-missing switch. I am
using the berkley server (couldn't tell you the exact url; I picked it
from a list).

How do I access that list again and reconfigure apt-get to use a
different server? Or would that even help?

- Tarvok
- Tarvok

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On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 16:04:13 GMT, Daryl Sawyer
<tarNOvokSPAM@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> On Sun, 10 Jul 2005 08:10:49 +1200, Jon <wiseguy@ihug.co.nz> wrote:
>
> 
>
> Thanks. Now the only problem I have is that I'm getting 404 Not Found
> errors for a few of the packages gdm is dependent on. I've tried
> apt-get update both with and without the --fix-missing switch. I am
> using the berkley server (couldn't tell you the exact url; I picked it
> from a list).
>
> How do I access that list again and reconfigure apt-get to use a
> different server? Or would that even help?
>
apt-setup


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Bill Marcum wrote:

> On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 16:04:13 GMT, Daryl Sawyer
>   <tarNOvokSPAM@sbcglobal.net> wrote: 
> apt-setup
>
>

I think you must look at the follow place : /etc/apt/sources.list

Open a console, identify you as 'administrator' type 'su' followed with the
admin's password. Then type 'nano /etc/apt/sources.list'. 'nano' is a
text-based texteditor, the word 'nano' can changed by 'vi', 'pico' , ...
(depending on what texteditor you have been installed).

For problems configuring the display driver look at the follow
place : /etc/X11/XF86Config-4

Do : 'nano /etc/X11/XF86Config-4' in a console
Read the file, it's sure this will help you.


Sorry for bad english, try to help the people.
--
David Van Mosselbeen
Debian Sarge user

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Daryl Sawyer wrote:
> On Sun, 10 Jul 2005 08:10:49 +1200, Jon <wiseguy@ihug.co.nz> wrote:
>
>
> 
>
>
> Thanks. Now the only problem I have is that I'm getting 404 Not Found
> errors for a few of the packages gdm is dependent on. I've tried
> apt-get update both with and without the --fix-missing switch. I am
> using the berkley server (couldn't tell you the exact url; I picked it
> from a list).
>
> How do I access that list again and reconfigure apt-get to use a
> different server? Or would that even help?
>
> - Tarvok
> - Tarvok

Bad switch! Try apt-get install --fix-missing instead.

The initial install doesn't always configure all the packages fully. As
such, dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 is often required to get the
video working fully.

You can try adding some additional bits to your /etc/apt/sources.list.
For example, I usually add "contrib non-free" after main on each line.
Gives you access to a few more packages. Also, try adding a line for
nerim.net - great source for video tools.

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