On 22-Feb-2002 Carlton Ellis wrote: > I just did my first Debian install last evening. Compaq Armada 1520 (oldie). > > I used debconf to add Xwindows (HTTP install). I have never been able to > get past the initial screen (after X-windows starts) with all the X's. The > "X" cursor does go to a pointer, and then the machine hangs. I chose > framebuffer option for X-windows. > > I can't seem to interupt the boot process at any point - it boots, checks > the disk for errors, gets all set - starts Xwindows and hangs. >
don't use a framebuffer.