Re: X-server problem

2012-03-23 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sb, 17 mar 12, 21:02:10, Andriy Samsonyuk wrote: > > i simply changed LABEL=lv_* with /dev/sda? for correct partitions. > As a result the partitions seemed to be mounted read only for the user. > And X crashed with different errors :-/ > I still was able to write in /home and /tmp. But after ch

Re: X-server problem

2012-03-18 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 09:02:10PM +0100, Andriy Samsonyuk wrote: > LABEL=lv_var /var ext3 defaults,noatime,nosuid,nodev 0 2 > LABEL=lv_tmp /tmp ext3 defaults,noatime,nosuid,nodev 0 2 > LABEL=lv_home /home ext2 defaults,noatime,nosuid,nodev 0 2 > *** > > i simply changed LABEL=lv_* with /dev

Re: X-server problem

2012-03-17 Thread Andriy Samsonyuk
> Would you care to expand a bit? Might help others in your situation. i will try ;-) Since i debootstrapt my system and have different partitions for /, swap, /usr, /var, /tmp and /home directories i had to set the mount options in /etc/fstab manually. The easiest way was to take an existing, wo

Re: X-server problem

2012-03-16 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 16 mar 12, 13:48:20, Andriy Samsonyuk wrote: > Eureka! > the problem was in wrongly mounted /var and /usr partitions. > was not so easy to find :-( Would you care to expand a bit? Might help others in your situation. Kind regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and deve

Re: X-server problem

2012-03-16 Thread Andriy Samsonyuk
Eureka! the problem was in wrongly mounted /var and /usr partitions. was not so easy to find :-( Thanx for your help! -- You're not my type. For that matter, you're not even my species!!! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Troub

Re: X-server problem

2012-03-16 Thread Andriy Samsonyuk
On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 01:17:51AM +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Jo, 15 mar 12, 23:35:22, Andriy Samsonyuk wrote: > > > I usually run startx as a user to get it up & running; I'm puzzled > > > by your insistence on 'xinit'. :) > > i tryed startx. I get more output: > > > > hostname: Name or

Re: X-server problem

2012-03-15 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 15 mar 12, 23:35:22, Andriy Samsonyuk wrote: > > I usually run startx as a user to get it up & running; I'm puzzled > > by your insistence on 'xinit'. :) > i tryed startx. I get more output: > > hostname: Name or service not known > xauth: (stdin):1: bad display name "$HOSTNAME:0" in "add

Re: X-server problem

2012-03-15 Thread Andriy Samsonyuk
> I usually run startx as a user to get it up & running; I'm puzzled > by your insistence on 'xinit'. :) i tryed startx. I get more output: hostname: Name or service not known xauth: (stdin):1: bad display name "$HOSTNAME:0" in "add" command X: user not authorized... Can someone tell me what i

Re: X-server problem

2012-03-15 Thread Keith McKenzie
On 15/03/12 16:03, Andriy Samsonyuk wrote: after user login -> "X: user not authorized to run the X server" no ~/.xsession-errors no /var/log/Xorg.0.log root# xinit -> everything works fine what am i missing? I usually run startx as a user to get it up & running; I'm puzzled by your insi

Re: X-server problem

2012-03-15 Thread Andriy Samsonyuk
> > i am starting from scratch - reinstalled X + default configuration > > Mmmm, unfortunately that won't overide any config files you may have > changed. since the config files changed by me were in /etc/X11/ i simply removed the directory before installing xorg for the second time ;-) > What v

Re: X-server problem

2012-03-14 Thread Juergen F. Pennings
Andriy Samsonyuk wrote: > /etc/inittab is the same as on my working debian squeeze machine: > > *** This looks OK for me. You should find out why the X-Server starts on tty0 and not on tty7. Maybe that is the problem, but it's only a guess. Does anybody here in this Forum know where this can be

Re: X-server problem

2012-03-14 Thread Chris Bannister
No need to CC me, I am subscribed. Note: I am running Wheezy, but I am fairly sure this applies to Squeeze. On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 10:51:23AM +0100, Andriy Samsonyuk wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 12:26:53PM +0100, Andriy Samsonyuk wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > i am currenttly running d

Re: X-server problem

2012-03-14 Thread Andriy Samsonyuk
On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 09:08:07PM +0100, Juergen F. Pennings wrote: > Andriy Samsonyuk wrote: > > Every time i start X i get: > > > > Fatal server error: > > xf86OpenConsole: Cannot open /dev/tty0 (No such file or directory) > > > Hello Andriy, > for me it looks strange that you want to start th

Re: X-server problem

2012-03-14 Thread Andriy Samsonyuk
Hi, first of all thanks for help! On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 06:47:38PM +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > [CCing Andriy, (I'm guessing he is not subscribed)] > > Andriy, if you are subscribed please let us know. i am indeed subscribed to the list > > On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 12:26:53PM +0100, Andriy

Re: X-server problem

2012-03-13 Thread Chris Bannister
[CCing Andriy, (I'm guessing he is not subscribed)] Andriy, if you are subscribed please let us know. On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 12:26:53PM +0100, Andriy Samsonyuk wrote: > Hello, > > i am currenttly running debian 6.0 with 2.6.32-5-486 on CF-27 (toughbook) > 300MHz Pentium II with 128MB RAM. > >

Re: X-server problem

2012-03-13 Thread Juergen F. Pennings
Andriy Samsonyuk wrote: > Every time i start X i get: > > Fatal server error: > xf86OpenConsole: Cannot open /dev/tty0 (No such file or directory) > Hello Andriy, for me it looks strange that you want to start the X-Server on tty0. The normal behaviour under debian is to start it on tty7 or highe

Re: X-server problem

2012-03-13 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 11:03, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Ma, 13 mar 12, 12:26:53, Andriy Samsonyuk wrote: >> >> Every time i start X i get: >> >> Fatal server error: >> xf86OpenConsole: Cannot open /dev/tty0 (No such file or directory) >> >> changing of the permissions of /dev/tty0 does not help.

Re: X-server problem

2012-03-13 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 13 mar 12, 12:26:53, Andriy Samsonyuk wrote: > > Every time i start X i get: > > Fatal server error: > xf86OpenConsole: Cannot open /dev/tty0 (No such file or directory) > > changing of the permissions of /dev/tty0 does not help. Something interesting in /var/log/Xorg.0.log ? Kind regar

Re: X-server problem

2012-03-13 Thread Brian
On Tue 13 Mar 2012 at 11:05:27 +0100, Andriy Samsonyuk wrote: > i am currenttly running debian 6.0 with 2.6.32-5-486 on CF-27 (toughbook) > 300MHz Pentium II with 128MB RAM. > > I dont need a desktop (gnome, kde, etc) but would like to have X-server > running. > > X starts for root, but not for

Re: X-server problem

2012-03-13 Thread Michael Lange
Hi, Thus spoketh Andriy Samsonyuk unto us on Tue, 13 Mar 2012 11:05:27 +0100: (...) > > Every time i start X i get: > > Fatal server error: > xf86OpenConsole: Cannot open /dev/tty0 (No such file or directory) > > changing of the permissions of /dev/tty0 does not help. > > I would appreciate

X-server problem

2012-03-13 Thread Andriy Samsonyuk
Hello, i am currenttly running debian 6.0 with 2.6.32-5-486 on CF-27 (toughbook) 300MHz Pentium II with 128MB RAM. I dont need a desktop (gnome, kde, etc) but would like to have X-server running. X starts for root, but not for non-root user user is in groups: users, tty, audio, video /etc/X11/X

X-server problem

2012-03-13 Thread Andriy Samsonyuk
Hello, i am currenttly running debian 6.0 with 2.6.32-5-486 on CF-27 (toughbook) 300MHz Pentium II with 128MB RAM. I dont need a desktop (gnome, kde, etc) but would like to have X-server running. X starts for root, but not for non-root user user is in groups: users, tty, audio, video /etc/X11/X

Re: Debian newbie -Please help!! X server problem!

2006-03-22 Thread mslinuz
lmyho wrote: >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 o

Re: Debian newbie -Please help!! X server problem!

2006-03-22 Thread Kevin Mark
Hi, On Tue, Mar 21, 2006 at 09:09:58PM -0800, 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, > ho

Re: Debian newbie -Please help!! X server problem!

2006-03-22 Thread Kent West
lmyho wrote: Hi Kent, Thank you!! A few "list etiquette" items (which have nothing to do with your questions, but are good things to know): 1) On this list, private replies are discouraged unless the postings go off-topic. Instead, replies should go to the list, so that others can add in the

Solved:-)) Debian newbie -Please help!! X server problem!

2006-03-22 Thread lmyho
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.

Re: Debian newbie -Please help!! X server problem!

2006-03-21 Thread lmyho
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 copi

Re: Debian newbie -Please help!! X server problem!

2006-03-21 Thread Hex Star
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 fre

Re: Debian newbie -Please help!! X server problem!

2006-03-21 Thread Kent West
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.

Re: Debian newbie -Please help!! X server problem!

2006-03-21 Thread thierry
Hal Vaughan wrote: On Wednesday 22 March 2006 00:09, 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,

Re: Debian newbie -Please help!! X server problem!

2006-03-21 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Wednesday 22 March 2006 00:09, 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

Debian newbie -Please help!! X server problem!

2006-03-21 Thread lmyho
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.    I didn't f

Re: Boot in console not X [Was]Re: X server problem

2006-01-09 Thread David Pead
Found this on the archives might come in useful for anyone else that finds this thread http://www.debian.org/ports/powerpc/keycodes On 5/1/06 2:01 pm, "Clive Menzies" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I remember being bitten by a keymap problem on my first ever debian > install when I knew virtually

Re: Boot in console not X [Was]Re: X server problem

2006-01-05 Thread Almut Behrens
On Thu, Jan 05, 2006 at 01:35:40PM +, David Pead wrote: > > Now however, in my fumbling around trying to fix the Xserver I've messed up > the keyboard mapping. I need to get back to the command line to reconfigure > but can't use the usual alt-F1. normally, from within X, that would be ctrl-a

Re: Boot in console not X [Was]Re: X server problem

2006-01-05 Thread Clive Menzies
On (05/01/06 13:35), David Pead wrote: > Now however, in my fumbling around trying to fix the Xserver I've messed up > the keyboard mapping. I need to get back to the command line to reconfigure > but can't use the usual alt-F1. How can I boot and not start the X server? > Can I hold down a key whe

Boot in console not X [Was]Re: X server problem

2006-01-05 Thread David Pead
Thanks for your input Rick, Clive and Matt. On 4/1/06 6:29 pm, "Rick Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I forget the details, but there is a "Hexadecimal" vs " decimal" > conflict between XF86Config* and the output of lspci. One gives the > card location in decimal and the other gives it in he

Re: X server problem

2006-01-04 Thread Rick Thomas
I forget the details, but there is a "Hexadecimal" vs " decimal" conflict between XF86Config* and the output of lspci. One gives the card location in decimal and the other gives it in hex. So 12(hex)=18(decimal). HTH, Rick On Jan 4, 2006, at 9:06 AM, David Pead wrote: Hello, I manage

X server problem

2006-01-04 Thread David Pead
Hello, I managed to install Sarge on OldWorld Mac - beige G3. Everything 'was' fine. Then after an attempt to add screen resolutions higher than 800x600, I've knackerd the X window server. After looking through the archives I, rightly or wrongly, used: dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 After looki

Re: gswitchit of X server problem?

2004-07-17 Thread Victor Munoz
On Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 05:02:24PM +0900, Alfonso Muñoz-Pomer Fuentes wrote: > Hi, I've just read your mail about gswitchit keyboard layouts regarding > Spanish input. I've seen that you have also an address from Japan, so > maybe you're trying to have both Japanese and Spanish keyboard layouts. >

Re: gswitchit of X server problem?

2004-07-15 Thread Alfonso Muñoz-Pomer Fuentes
Hi, I've just read your mail about gswitchit keyboard layouts regarding Spanish input. I've seen that you have also an address from Japan, so maybe you're trying to have both Japanese and Spanish keyboard layouts. My case is the same (Debian unstable, GNOME 2.6). Have you solved your problem yet?

gswitchit of X server problem?

2004-03-05 Thread Victor Munoz
", I get the following: "Error activating xkb configuration. Probably internal X server problem. X server version data: The XFree86 Project,Inc 4031". I don't know much about keyboard layouts, so I'm lost here. Could it be a gswitchit issue, or something with xfree? I

Re: x server problem(s)

2004-01-22 Thread Ritesh Raj Sarraf
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 19:37:36 +0100 Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello > > Ritesh Raj Sarraf (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > > > [...] > > > > I too had the similar problem. I have a Intel 810 board. I've patched > > up my kernel from

Re: x server problem(s)

2004-01-22 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Ritesh Raj Sarraf (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > [...] > > I too had the similar problem. I have a Intel 810 board. I've patched > up my kernel from http://i810fb.sourceforge.net to include support for > my video card. The frame buffer device works well. I too have similar > error messages

Re: x server problem(s)

2004-01-22 Thread Ritesh Raj Sarraf
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 23:10:27 +0100 Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello > > Na Zo (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > > > I just finished the installation of Sarge, but i have trouble with the > > starting of X- server, and i have no idea w

Re: x server problem(s)

2004-01-22 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Arnt Karlsen (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 23:10:27 +0100, > Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> The diamond viper 550 is a Nvidia TNT card. I am confused about the 4 >> MB of memory, I thought these cards had 16 MB. > > ..

Re: x server problem(s)

2004-01-21 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 23:10:27 +0100, Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > The diamond viper 550 is a Nvidia TNT card. I am confused about the 4 > MB of memory, I thought these cards had 16 MB. ..does the vga driver see anything past 4MB??? > You need the

Re: x server problem(s)

2004-01-20 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Na Zo (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > I just finished the installation of Sarge, but i have trouble with the > starting of X- server, and i have no idea why is it. > > It said this fault: AddScreen/ScreenInit failed for driver 0 > but there are two other fails in the system log. I paste her

x server problem

2004-01-20 Thread Na Zo
Hello All! I just finished the installation of Sarge, but i have trouble with the starting of X- server, and i have no idea why is it. It said this fault: AddScreen/ScreenInit failed for driver 0 but there are two other fails in the system log. I paste here the log, this is a bit long, but i h

x server problem(s)

2004-01-20 Thread Na Zo
Hello All! I just finished the installation of Sarge, but i have trouble with the starting of X- server, and i have no idea why is it. It said this fault: AddScreen/ScreenInit failed for driver 0 but there are two other fails in the system log. I paste here the log, this is a bit long, but i ho

Re: X server problem

2002-12-09 Thread Bob Nielsen
You might try installing xserver-svga, which is X 3.3.6, but is supported in woody. I used it with Diamond video cards in the past and it worked fine with 16 bpp. I don't believe the X folks are supporting a lot of the older cards in 4.x. On Mon, Dec 09, 2002 at 12:45:25PM -0800, Bruno Freitas w

X server problem

2002-12-09 Thread Bruno Freitas
Hi, I am having the following problem: Everytime I try to start the xserver, with 16 or higher bpp, I receive an error message saying that the device I am using does not support 16 bpp. My computer is a Pentium 166 MMX, 32 mb, Diamond Stealth 2500 (OS is Debian Woody). As I do not have the option t

Re: X server problem

2001-11-11 Thread nate
Jijo Jose A said: > hi all > i have a system with VIA M7VKL mother board and it runs on debian > 2.3.14, problem being is the X server, i can't configure xserver > properly you mean runs debian 2.2 on linux 2.2.14 ? >VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. ProSavage KM133 (rev 0). > the last err

X server problem

2001-11-11 Thread Jijo Jose A
hi all i have a system with VIA M7VKL mother board and it runs on debian 2.3.14, problem being is the X server, i can't configure xserver properly /proc/pci will shows, Bus 0, device 7, function 0: ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super South] (rev 34). Bus 0, device

X server problem again.

1999-05-22 Thread Fu-Dong Chiou
Hi all, I am having a strange problem running X. As of now, I can run X as root, not as a user. I don't know why, but here's the error message I got. Best wishes, Chip Error message running X as a user hostname: Unknown host _XSERVTransSocketUNIXCreateListener: ...SocketCreateListener() fai

Re: X-server problem

1998-08-17 Thread Matthew D. Myers
tt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian Date: Monday, August 17, 1998 9:25 AM Subject: X-server problem >hello everyone, well here we are again. I have a new pentium II 300 with >a ATI-Xpert-XL 4meg AGP2 with 3D and enhanced MPEG. Ok when I tried to >run SuperProbe, SuperProbe did not recogni

X-server problem

1998-08-17 Thread Paul McDermott
hello everyone, well here we are again. I have a new pentium II 300 with a ATI-Xpert-XL 4meg AGP2 with 3D and enhanced MPEG. Ok when I tried to run SuperProbe, SuperProbe did not recognize the card. The message that I got was: Before submitting a report, please make sure that you have the la

X server problem?

1998-08-03 Thread Robert Rati
I'm trying to run a game called Maelstrom, and I can load it when not in X. When I'm in X though, I get this error: X Error of failed request: BadAccess (attempt to access private resource denied) Major opcode of failed request: 129 (MIT-SHM) Minor opcode of failed request: 3 (X_ShmPutImage

Subtle X-server problem

1998-02-06 Thread Tom Irving
I 'd like to know if anyone else has encountered this problem and has found a work around. If I run gdb and mess aroundin the help menu long enough the x-server locks up in such a manner that you can't cntrl-alt-BS out, change consoles or anything nd your onlu option is to turn the computer on