Hi Ralf, please include [email protected] in any replies as it allows others to also follow, and jump into, the discussion.
On Thu, November 30, 2006 11:51, Kniese, Ralf said: > David, > > Thanks for the quick answer - the xserver did not start and the system > gave > me some failure messages; I looked at several documentations at xorg an > debian-user e.g. ; at some sides the people were discussing, that xorg > really causes also pain to them and I got the impact, that probably xorg > runs in other distributions well but not within debian. So after several > hours I stopped my work. Could you please provide the errors that were provided by X when it failed to start and also the /etc/X11/Xorg.conf file? > In Sarge I used dpkg-reconfigure Xfree86..... / then I made some changes > e.g. choose VESA-Card and extended the resolution up to 1024 and > everythink > was ok. > > Yes, I read the Xorg docu but I failled - maybe you have an ADVISE what is > the easiest way to try to make some changes - are there some aditional > man-pages ???; (it also did not recognize my mouse.) Setting the VESA card driver and a 1024 resolution would certainly be possible by manually editing the /etc/X11/Xorg.conf file but it would be nice to find out why it isn't autodetected properly. Do you know which model your graphics card is? -- David Härdeman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
