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Old 10-18-2004, 12:34 AM   #1
katiamong
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Angry can't start xwindow

Installed latest Debian release but unable to configure X, just will not configure at all no matter what settings I try. Can anyone give me any advice such as generic settings I may try? Thanks in anticipation, everything was successfully installed.
my dektop is acer veriton 5500 and graphic use intel828845g

Thanks
boby
 
Old 10-18-2004, 12:59 AM   #2
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Are you running
dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86

Try the vesa driver. It is the generic one.
 
Old 10-18-2004, 03:22 AM   #3
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yes i already run dpkg-reconfigure but there error message

"no screen found "

fatal IO error 104 (connection reset by peer) on x
server "0:0"
after 0 request(0 know processed) with 0 event
remaining
 
Old 10-18-2004, 03:35 AM   #4
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It doesn't like the configuration. Post your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file.

EDIT:
The screen it's referring to is the "screen" section of the file above. And the subsections that section refers to.
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