On Wed, 12 Jun 2002 05:01:31 -0300 "Francisco Fialho" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I`m trying to install woody ( Debian 3.0) at an ACER 4300 with Celeron 500> processor, > 128 mem, and onboard video (SIS530/620) and network drivers(SIS900)...> > when I finished my first installation I could ping the local and external> network just > fine, but I cannot enter in graphic mode. I already did an apt-get install> in almost > all of the xserver-* that I found...:-/ Hi! First of all, remove all xserver-* packages except xserver-xfree86 (and of course xserver-common) which must be installed. If you don't know at all what to install to get a running X system, just remove the xserver-packages except the both mentioned, and then apt-get install x-window-system (as Bob mentioned). Is this a laptop which you're trying to install Debian on? If yes, then the following could help, if not, read on below the next three paragraphs ;): It is quite normal that X doesn't run on such a machine, because the X driver does not know how to handle a certain part which drives the LCD display or so. But there's a good sis driver under http://www.winischhofer.net/linuxsis630.shtml which solves the problem. I'd first try not to change the kernel (If you don't know what you're doing), but only to install the X driver. Don't get frustrated because there's so much information on the page - the setup instructions which'll probably work for you are in the part: "Variant 4: I want to use X without DRI". You'll just have to download the precompiled driver for X4.1 and place it in the directory which is mentioned on the site. Then, you do "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86" at the console and choose the "sis" driver in the configuration process. Choose a monitor type which can handle the resolution you normally have on your LCD at 60 Hz, and choose the resolution you want to have; choose 16 for the colour depth (or 24 if you desperately need many, many colours ;) ). Now, don't start X immediately! First, edit the /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file (for example, go to this directory with the file manager "mc" ("apt-get install mc" and then just type "mc") and select "Edit") (if it isn't there, edit the "XF86Config" file!) as described on the winischhofer site under the link "example XF86Config-4". The most important sections are, if I remember correctly: -The Section "Monitor": There must not be any "Mode Lines", if any is there, delete them (delete lines: F8 key in MC editor). But be careful not to delete the "EndSection" signature at the end of the monitor section ;). VertRefresh must be set to 50-75, HorizSync to 30-90. ATTENTION: If this isn't set correctly-The section "Device": The driver must be "sis" (with those quotation marks!). The option "MaxXFBMem" should be set to "8192" (also both with quotation marks!). A "mem" or "video ram" option or something like that is not needed for those adapters, and should not be used. (if it is there, just change it to a comment by adding a "# " at the beginning of the line. BTW, the format of this configuration file mostly looks like this: <keyword> "<value>" Option "<optionname>" "<value>" Option "<optionname>" between keyword and value or between the keyword Option and the optionname or before any keyword, you can use tabs or spaces, as you want, I think. After having configured the file, just try "startx". If you don't have a laptop, just try to configure the x server correctly by dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 (choose sis driver and a reasonable monitor (never run a monitor at too high frequencies - serious demage can occur!)). If you've got further problems, you can write me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Just configured two laptops with similar video adapters ;). Cheers, Stephan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]