Cant Start GUI

hexx · 08-16-2003, 08:32 PM

ok i installed Debian and i did x-window-system and it never asked me for a selection graphics card..i have GeForce 4 Ti 4200 and when i try startx my screen turns black then back to console and saying:

X connection to ;0.0 broken ( explicit kill on server shutdown)

I downloaded wmaker and i even tried KDE its still not working any ideas? i reinstall 3 times tried all the options and i never had my video card selection

Please help

dowmun · 08-16-2003, 11:28 PM

Hi,
I think what you want is to run the <xf86config> command.
It should give you an opportunity to tell it about your video card, monitor, and mouse.
If you get confused, or want to stop and find information, you can type <ctrl-c> and it will drop you back to the prompt.
I believe this will need to be done before you can use the <startx> command.
Good luck

hexx · 08-17-2003, 12:55 AM

thanks but i have no idea whats my virtual memory and in Kbytes of my video card

pe2338 · 08-17-2003, 04:04 AM

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Originally posted by hexx
thanks but i have no idea whats my virtual memory and in Kbytes of my video card

don't you remember what did the seller said? Geforce 4 Ti 4200 with X *megabytes* of DDram or something?
if you do, X megabytes * 1024 = Kbytes of memory of the video card.

or you could run :

Code:

xf86cfg

hexx · 08-17-2003, 02:18 PM

its still not working

i tried to configure it again with the right data but still it didnt work

when i try to load its flashing then back to console

Please some on help me!

i cant post the log because i cant copy it...

hexx · 08-17-2003, 02:40 PM

And the command xf86cfg not working

my screen turns black then its back and says Failed to run "X -configure"

im really a newbie but i really want to get running the X so please some help me

...

pe2338 · 08-17-2003, 07:26 PM

go to /tmp and see if there are any files there
if so, erase them all (must su and don't start anything)

you can find the log in /var/log/XFree86.0.log or it could be something like XFree86.8.log but that is too rare. there is the log file . post it here (at least the lines with WW and EE) and we'll look into it

meanwhile you could try dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 and it just might do the trick

hexx · 08-19-2003, 10:36 AM

Thanks all..