Well, I'm sorry to see you go. My learning experience has been a rough one sometimes, but I have learned a lot by Debian requiring some tweaking here and there. When you decide to try Debian again, stop by here and get the help you need to get it going and keep it going. This forum is why I know what I know.
Just out of curiosity, what were the error messages you received after installing xserver-xfree86?

Well it did not seam to install everything it nead, I retried it sevaral times, and even reinstalled debian about 3 times. I tried using aptitude as well, but it still did not work. once or twice I got the startx to sort of start, but then it stopped and gav a whole list of errors that I can't remember.
I'm gonna try gentoo, as soon as I finish downloading the ISO. Gentoo at least has descent documentation and a step by step handbook.
chears!

Well most of the time the errors xserver gives are easier to fix than they look like when you look at how long the message is. Next time try to write them down or somehow post them. The problem could have been fixed really easy. Most of the time it's just that you need a or the proper video driver. If you want debian sometime later and you still don't like or can't do the command line configuration (which I doubt if you go gentoo ) you might want to look into debian pure as it says it's aiming to easily setup a desktop and it's completely debian afterwards.

Good luck with gentoo though

--I absolutely agree...

--Yep, it helped me a lot.....from installing to building a 2-computer home network for surfing the net, 3D graphics, high definition rendering, audio and video full screen capture, and many other great things....everything under Debian. Sarge runs on one computer; testing on the other one....

Greetz,
JuanJavier

Have you checked http://www.debian.org/doc/ ? Or that isn't a decent documentation?

---That is the official debian documentation; and IMHO one of the best places to go for learning debian tweakings.....

JuanJa.

I just installed Debian 3.1 on a Dell Inspiron 4150 Laptop from a set of Debian Official DVDs that I ordered from Abexia. As a noob to linux I had read all the horror stories about the installation process and was almost scared away. But as a noob I feel that installing Debian from a set of DVDs/CDs is the best route to go. I actually found that it was easier than Windoze, and it actually detected all my hardware.

Things that helped me out were printing off the Debian manual and reading it. I say again, READING IT. Also, posting specific questions here. It also helps that you know exactly what hardware you have (i.e. video card).

I also read the Gentoo installation manual and from what I read it seemed to me that Debian would be the easier install. The Gentoo manual was confusing at times and seemed to even have a steeper learning curve. I lurked thru both Gentoo and Debian forums and found that more people were having trouble installing Gentoo than Debian.

I will lurk thru the Gentoo sites for your handle to see what problems you might encounter there.

See you around I am sure.

rock_wrench out!

---I do completely agree with you

---Yes, I think that it is all about....it took me many days realize of that....since I had the ugly habit of just questioning with poor previous reading....and I had to learn the correct way to operate in a forum...



----I have never used gentoo really, since I feel really comfortable with Debian....and I agree with you in the fact that Debian is really easy to install.

Cheers!!!
JUanJa