On Sun, Jun 25, 2006 at 16:58:14 +0800, Dr Bean wrote: > On Sun, 25 Jun 2006, Thibaut Paumard wrote: > > > Le dimanche 25 juin 2006 ? 09:28 +0800, Dr Bean a ?crit : > > > > > Also give some details about your system (video hardware). > > > > Where would I get that. dmesg says just: > > > Console: colour VGA+ 80x25 > > > The sources of information for that would be: > .. > > - lspci; > .. > > lspci says: > > 0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated > Systems [SiS] 86C326 5598/6326 (rev d2) > > I now remember however, the X error message I got when I was > trying to start X. It was not a video error. It was a mouse > error, no pointer device found. > > When I was installing, I was asked some questions about the > mouse, eg was it a serial port or PS/2, and then given a choice > of files. I chose the default, /dev/input/mice. > > The last time I tried installing I didn't see these questions. > Instead, I was asked to move the mouse around so the installer > could determine the type.
Make sure you have the packages "discover1" (for 2.6 kernels) or "discover" (for 2.4 kernels) installed, as well as "xresprobe", "mdetect", "read-edid" and, if applicable, "laptop-detect". Then run (as root) dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg and you should get a proper configuration. If the mouse still fails you can run (again as root) mdetect -x to see which settings are correct. Your graphics card should be supported by the "sis" driver and the configuration dialog should allow you to select the appropriate resolution(s). -- Regards, Florian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]