Hi everyone! Thanks for all your help and encoraging. My X problem solved. It seems to be the async. problem between the X stuff I installed and my Debian kernel - I upgraded the system to testing and installed x-window stuff but didn't update the kernel I had from the stable version install. The problem gone after a dazzling search of the stuffs in debian... still confussing and lots of questions but kind of like it now,:) as I am able to send this mail from my new debian system now!:-))
Still have many questions,:) only it's too late, so will ask later... THANKS AGAIN!! leo > Hi Hex! Tahnks for the info! I am downloading.... It's big! Will have to > read > and get to know it and use... hope it's good! Also any othe ridea? > > By the way I responded to Thierry about my graphic card info but forgot to > send > to the mailing list, here it the info of my card: > > Just copied the info from the winXP system Device Manager about my graphic > card: > Display adapter: NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420, Bus: AGP 4X, Memory 64MB. by the way, > system is Intel P4 with SSE2. Also, I installed the newest Stable,version of > Debian, and immediately upgraded to Testing right after the installation, and > then > did the apt-get stuff, and then loged out. And I got the error when I reboot > again. > > My loador is Grub, which was installed automatically. > > Looking forward to your help!! THANK YOU ALL! > > Leo > > Hex Star <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well I've been told that in the event that the Debian installer fails to > properly detect and configure the graphics card/monitor simply copying > Knoppixes X > config over the Debian one should clear things up so perhaps giving that a try > would be a good idea ;-) :-) ...you can download Knoppix for free here (it's a > live DVD...no longer fits on a regular CD): > http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html > > On 3/21/06, Kent West < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: lmyho wrote: > > Dear all, > > > > I am totally newbie to Debian. I heard a lot about it's so good, so I > > tried to install it on my Dell Dimension 4550, with Win XP home, using > > mini CD install through network. The installation seemed OK, however > > it was all text sceen during and after the installation. > Normal, and good. > > [After installing X packages], [w]hen I reboot the system, the screen > > flashings three times at the moment when the running words supposed to > > stop and let me login. It turned to a balck screen and came back and > > to black screen again and came back again..., and then hung and > > displayed a message said" Failed to start the X server. it is likely > > that it is not set up correctly. Would you like to view the X server > > output to diagnose the problem?" I would like to , but the screen > > actually has died and just hung there not responed to any keybord > > strikes at all! So I have to turn off the computer again, and again.... > The very first stage of booting is either lilo or grub. If it's grub, > you should have a "safe recovery" option. Select that and see if your > keyboard works at the (text only) login prompt. If it's lilo, you should > get a "boot:" prompt for a few seconds; at this point enter "linux > single" and see if your keyboard works at the (text only) login prompt. > Then report back what happened. > > Once your keyboard is working, we can work on solving your X issues. > > > And by the way, I couldn't use my mouse, and the screen display was > > only big text characters, why does it like this? > > I don't know what you mean by the screen display being only big text > characters. Do you mean CAPITAL LETTERS? If so, your system thinks > you're using an old-style terminal that only generated caps; nowadays > the most common cause of this is entering your username in capital > letters, which causes the system to assume you're on one of those old > terminals. > > Concerning the mouse, there are basically two mouse systems: one for the > text-based console, and one for X. You can use just the one for X, > forgoing the mouse in console, or you can activate both. (I tend to > activate both). In this latter case, you have to take care to make sure > the two systems don't conflict with each other. So the first question > is, are you talking about using the mouse in the text-based, non-X > console, or are you talking about something else? > > -- > Kent > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! Mail > Use Photomail to share photos without annoying attachments. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
