Hi all,

I have a problem with installing Woody. I downloaded all 7 CDs, and followed this tutorial for installation:

\/\/ww.aboutdebian.com/install3.htm

Which currently doesn't appear to work, but oh well.

I got all the way through the install fine, omitting the network adapters information, and I do not get a GUI. Even when I type in startx

I have tried reconfiguring the xserver, I've tried xf86config, I have tried using the ATI driver, the VGA driver, and the VESA drivers, and also tried manually changing the xf86Config file in /etc/X11/XF86Config without success.

I get the no screens found error.

I am using an ATI Rage 128 card, which has 32Mb of memory, and that is entered correctly also. Any Ideas?

I have been searching through forums for a few days now, and the best I can come up with is doing the update. I have the update CD, but I do not know how to update it. I tried apt-get dist-upgrade but it doesn't access the CDRom drive to get the information. Do I have to set it to search for the CD drive in the sources.list file? also, should I have had it scan the update disk during the install process like I did with the other 7?

Thanks for any help.

try to reconfigure it via ncureses script for xfree, you should see all drivers about hundreds, select ati 128 and compile after a custom kernel.

And how do I do that? I am very new to Debian, and to linux all together. I worked with it a few years ago a little tiny bit, mostly just to play Crossfire...

xfree86.org says your card is supported in X4.1 by the "ati" driver so if you're using that it won't be a driver problem. Do you have the HSync and Vsync rates of your monitor correct? If those are wrong then you could get the no screens found error.

reconfigure X with

#dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86

It's asking me for my Video Card's Bus Identifier. How do I get that?

It's in the AGP slot.

Try as root ..

it will look something like this and start with a 1 b/c it's an AGP card

Well, the latest I have is this...

after doing dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 a few times, and leaving the Bus Identifier blank, my (EE) line in the error log is this:

(EE) Screens found, but none with a working config.

I am thinking maybe its a problem with my monitor, or screen settings...


Does anyone know how I use the update CD that I downloaded with the other 7 CDs of Woody? As in, a specific command?

what Modules should I be loading by default?

probably your screen setting. Verify your monitors horizontal and vertical sync rates online and set them accordingly. Should work fine then (or give you a new error :P)

Thanks for all your help everyone. I got it up and going. I had keep going through and trying different Drivers... It turned out to really not like the ATI driver, but it works with the vesa driver if I explicitly define the refresh and sync rates.

You can very easily fix a XF86Config-4 file using a Knoppix CD. Assuming that Knoppix boots to a working display, that means it has created a working XF86Config-4 file. You can copy it to your hard drive. For example, if your Debian is installed on /dev/hda1, boot the Knoppix CD, open a terminal and:

Reboot and you are done. One of the many reasons to keep a Knoppix CD handy.

Once you have a working configuration, you can manually edit it to tweak things. You can also use the program "xconf" to change resolution and refresh rates. "xconf" is a RedHat gui tool that was ported to Debian by the creator of Morphix. You can download it here: http://www.morphix.org/debian/binaries/