-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Package: xserver-xorg, installation-reports Severity: grave Justification: fails a successful install on a new system
Peter Mattern wrote: > Within the last months I could install several different etch-Versions > (beta, RC1) on both a desktop system based on Gigabyte's GA-M55plus-S3G > (grapics: nvidia GeForce 6100) and an Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo Pro 2055 > (graphics VIA UniChrome) without any problems concerning X. This means, > the installer chose, lacking a special driver for the graphics, the vesa > driver, enabling me to install the proprietary nvidia driver and the one > from openchrome.org in a second step - all without any problems. Hmm, probably due to backporting xorg from Ubuntu. > Since a couple of days I also get the message about the missing kbd and > mouse modules - on both machines, and using exactly the same old RC1 > installation media. Furthermore, the debian installer installs only the I have seen this too on a fresh installation on a Dell Inspiron 6400/E1505 After the installation of the system the kbd and mouse modules are not installed. Nor are the video drivers. > fglrx (!) driver. The problem also appears the same way using weekly > snapshot and daily build of 2007/01/06. > > Solution: > Manually install xserver-xorg-input-kbd/mouse, xserver-xorg-video-vesa > (the lack of this module after the normal installation is the reason why > just entering the module within xorg.conf doesn't work). Yes, this fixed it for me, too. > Run dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg, chose the manual recognition of the > graphics card and thus urge X to use the vesa driver. > Then, in a second step the appropriate driver can be installed. - -- Regards, EddyP ============================================= "Imagination is more important than knowledge" A.Einstein -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFFo2zDY8Chqv3NRNoRAjz2AJwIAISavwa0oLHUBxiegnnbvc2XUwCgxfuv rgptD1i7Py8o+1vO+zeFHjM= =y49w -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]