Re: New Debian install problem

2009-11-21 Thread T o n g
On Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:27:06 -0900, Greg Madden wrote: It is a driver, video card issue, ATI. The radeon driver changed. Search for 'white screen of death' , ATI Ok, the problem is all over the web, from time to time. what's the solution? I don't have any proprietary fglrx ati drivers

Re: New Debian install problem

2009-11-19 Thread Brian Denheyer
Mike, That's great ! I'm not quite sure why you could see a mouse pointer if your video card wasn't working. Very strange. My experience with ATI and Linux has been very bad. I've got an ATI in this G5 that I'm using and it's been the first ATI card which has worked reliably for me under

New Debian install problem

2009-11-18 Thread Mike Allegro
I just installed Debian 5.0 and it seem to install just fine. After the installation I rebooted my computer and Debian Linux loaded up, when it goes into the graphics part I see a blue screen with a symbol that reminds me of the hour glass symbol from Microsoft Windows. After the symbol

Re: New Debian install problem

2009-11-18 Thread Greg Madden
On Wednesday 18 November 2009 16:51:38 Mike Allegro wrote: I just installed Debian 5.0 and it seem to install just fine. After the installation I rebooted my computer and Debian Linux loaded up, when it goes into the graphics part I see a blue screen with a symbol that reminds me of the hour

New Debian install problem

2009-11-18 Thread Brian Denheyer
Mike, A mouse pointer is a good thing as it means X is probably working. To get a login window you need a display manager of some sort. Usually its gdm, but could also be mwm, kdm, and several others (I think). Make sure that gdm is installed, e.g. ii gdm2.20.10-1 GNOME

Re: Debian Install problem on Inspiron

2006-03-03 Thread cody chamberlain
On Fri, 2006-03-03 at 21:12 +0200, Oğuz Yarımtepe wrote: Cum 03 Mar 2006 01:15 tarihinde şunları yazmıştınız: On Fri, 2006-03-03 at 00:14 +0200, Oğuz Yarımtepe wrote: Hi. I tried to install Debian Inspiron 16000 with Debian 3.1r1, rc2, netsinstall and Sarge. Each time the installation

Debian Install problem on Inspiron

2006-03-02 Thread Oğuz Yarımtepe
Hi. I tried to install  Debian Inspiron 16000 with Debian 3.1r1, rc2, netsinstall and Sarge. Each time the installation failed because the installed couldnt find a disk for partititoning. Here are outputs of some commands when i opened the machine with Knoppix: lspci -vv:

Re: Debian Install problem on Inspiron

2006-03-02 Thread cody chamberlain
On Fri, 2006-03-03 at 00:14 +0200, Oğuz Yarımtepe wrote: Hi. I tried to install Debian Inspiron 16000 with Debian 3.1r1, rc2, netsinstall and Sarge. Each time the installation failed because the installed couldnt find a disk for partititoning. Here are outputs of some commands when i

Re: Debian Install Problem...

2005-07-07 Thread Kevin Mark
On Wed, Jul 06, 2005 at 12:46:24PM -0500, Peter Kupfer OOo wrote: Kent West wrote: Peter Kupfer OOo wrote: I attempted to install Debian stable release today on a computer that has Windows on it already. The install seems to have worked and I got through the entire base configuration, but

Re: Debian Install Problem...

2005-07-06 Thread Peter Kupfer OOo
Kent West wrote: Peter Kupfer OOo wrote: I attempted to install Debian stable release today on a computer that has Windows on it already. The install seems to have worked and I got through the entire base configuration, but when I type startx I get an error message that says no screens found.

Fw: Debian Install Problem...

2005-07-06 Thread Wackojacko
I have two monitors, both 17 LCD 1280 * 1024 plugged into a NVidia 6200 The important part of the log is (EE) No devices detected. The nv driver does not support this card. You could try using the vesa driver, 2D only, or download the latest linux driver from the Nvidia website. It

Re: Debian Install Problem...

2005-07-06 Thread Kent West
Peter Kupfer OOo wrote: Kent West wrote: Peter Kupfer OOo wrote: when I type startx I get an error message that says no screens found. Try running dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 and selecting different settings, such as SVGA or a lower resolution or a lower color depth. Thanks, I

Debian Install Problem...

2005-07-05 Thread Peter Kupfer OOo
I searched the archives of the Debian users lists, but didn't see anything, I haven't searched the newsgroup, so sorry if this is common. I attempted to install Debian stable release today on a computer that has Windows on it already. The install seems to have worked and I got through the entire

Re: Debian Install Problem...

2005-07-05 Thread Kent West
Peter Kupfer OOo wrote: I attempted to install Debian stable release today on a computer that has Windows on it already. The install seems to have worked and I got through the entire base configuration, but when I type startx I get an error message that says no screens found. This generally

Debian Install problem

2004-08-05 Thread Raymond Johnson
Greetings! I'm trying to install debian linux but I'm having trouble. I ran jigdo and downloaded an ISO file successfully and burned a cd successfully from the ISO. After creating the partitions I get to INSTALL KERNEL AND DRIVER MODULES but it can't seem to find a particular file,

Re: Debian Install problem

2004-08-05 Thread Carl Fink
On Thu, Aug 05, 2004 at 01:01:19AM -0500, Raymond Johnson wrote: I'm trying to install debian linux but I'm having trouble. You might want to post to debian-boot instead of debian-user. Not that we aren't helpful, but that's where the the installer developers hang out. ... I ran jigdo and

RE: Debian Install problem

2004-08-05 Thread Raymond Johnson
-Original Message- From: Carl Fink [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Carl Fink Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 3:44 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Debian Install problem On Thu, Aug 05, 2004 at 01:01:19AM -0500, Raymond Johnson wrote: I'm trying to install debian linux

Debian Install Problem

2001-07-27 Thread JakeCatfox
Hi, I'm new to the list. I'm trying to install Debian on an i386 machine, and I've gotten it working, but now when I try to reinstall after I had some problems, it keeps telling me there was a problem installing the base system, that, or the installer refuses to let me configure the base

Re: Debian Install Problem

2001-07-27 Thread Kent West
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I'm new to the list. I'm trying to install Debian on an i386 machine, and I've gotten it working, but now when I try to reinstall after I had some problems, it keeps telling me there was a problem installing the base system, that, or the installer refuses to let

debian install problem with scsi

2001-07-27 Thread RB Bruce
I have been trying to install debain 2.2.3 on to a machine with a 29160 scsi card an IBM 18gig ultra160 harddrive and a quantum 18gig SCA ultra160 with a 80-pin to 68-pin converter. If I remove the quantum from the machine debian loads fine. If I leave it in, it times out and says it is going

Re: debian install problem with scsi

2001-07-27 Thread Noah Meyerhans
On Fri, Jul 27, 2001 at 09:35:23AM -0700, RB Bruce wrote: If I remove the quantum from the machine debian loads fine. If I leave it in, it times out and says it is going to try harder over and over again before it gets to the first blue install screen. Check for SCSI ID conflicts. Try

Re: Debian Install Problem

2001-07-27 Thread JakeCatfox
I'm installing from a Debian CD-ROM I got from ISO Image 1 [ver. 2.2r3]. I partition my hard disk, install the OS and Modules, then the drivers, and usually that goes fine [drivers sometimes fails], and then I choose to install the base system, and 4 years later [not really] it tells me that

Re: Debian Install Problem

2001-07-27 Thread Joost Kooij
On Fri, Jul 27, 2001 at 04:28:17PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm installing from a Debian CD-ROM I got from ISO Image 1 [ver. 2.2r3]. I partition my hard disk, install the OS and Modules, then the drivers, and usually that goes fine [drivers sometimes fails], and then I choose to

Re: Debian Install Problem

2001-07-27 Thread Kent West
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm installing from a Debian CD-ROM I got from ISO Image 1 [ver. 2.2r3]. I partition my hard disk, install the OS and Modules, then the drivers, and usually that goes fine [drivers sometimes fails], and then I choose to install the base system, and 4 years later [not

Re: Bug#42675: Debian install problem on new machine

1999-08-09 Thread Julian Gilbey
This would be much better asked on debian-user (bigger audience), so I'm forwarding it there for you. Julian I have just taken delivery of a shiny new Gateway PIII machine on which I am trying to install Debian. I have done many debian installs before, so I am not a raw novice. For some

Bug#42675: Info received (was Bug#42675: Debian install problem on new machine)

1999-08-09 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Thank you for the additional information you have supplied regarding this problem report. It has been forwarded to the developer(s) and to the developers' mailing list to accompany the original report. If you wish to continue to submit further information on your problem, please send it to

Re: Debian install problem

1998-08-01 Thread Will Lowe
On Fri, 31 Jul 1998, Gary S. MacKay wrote: Question: Is there any way I can either install via ftp or from my Win95 shared directory? If you've got an ftp server on your Win95 machine (and some way of connecting to it like TCP/IP), you can start up dselect, select Access, Ftp, and give it

Re: Debian install problem

1998-08-01 Thread Damon Muller
Greets, If you've got an ftp server on your Win95 machine (and some way of connecting to it like TCP/IP), you can start up dselect, select Access, Ftp, and give it the information it asks for, starting with the location of your win95 machine. Otherwise, you can install via ftp from one

Debian install problem

1998-07-31 Thread Gary S. MacKay
I've downloaded the latest Debian release via ftp. I used my RedHat 5.1 machine and ncftp to download it onto my Win95 machine mounted via Samba. All went fantastic. I created the boot disks (rescue,drivers,root) and booted the machine. Blew away RedHat (I'm learning so I keep installing and

Debian Install problem

1998-07-31 Thread Gary MacKay
I've downloaded the latest Debian release via ftp. I used my RedHat 5.1 machine and ncftp to download it onto my Win95 machine mounted via Samba. All went fantastic. I created the boot disks (rescue,drivers,root) and booted the machine. Blew away RedHat (I'm learning so I keep installing and

Strange Debian-Install problem... and workaround

1998-07-29 Thread Norbert Bottlaender-Prier
Hello [EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED] ! Downloading and installing Debian-hamm-2.0 showed up : A file problem (my god, I hoped to get rid of these M$-like messages ! Please, Dr. Debian, can you change that ?) Install procedure stops (after having done some work, creating directories,

Re: Strange Debian-Install problem... and workaround

1998-07-29 Thread Geoff Brimhall
PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Wednesday, July 29, 1998 3:25 AM Subject: Strange Debian-Install problem... and workaround Hello [EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED] ! Downloading and installing Debian-hamm-2.0 showed up : A file problem (my god