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Installing x server

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anthony
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Installing x server

#1 Post by anthony »

hello, im trying to get into gnome after a fresh install of debian sarge and i cant due to needing x server. Upon startup im informed that x server isnt working properly and it gives me /ect/x11/x as refrence. I would really appreciate help accessing the gui. Im sorry if i missed a thread regarding this, i looked all over but i have been at this for about 4 hours now and im a little frustrated now lol


thanks for the help

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#2 Post by Red »

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apt-get install xserver-xorg-core xorg gdm gnome
:roll: If you stil have error with X, try to fix it with dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

Good luck

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#3 Post by osmo »

Red wrote:

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apt-get install xserver-xorg-core xorg gdm gnome
:roll: If you stil have error with X, try to fix it with dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
Sarge does not have xorg. I believe that should be

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apt-get install x-window-system-core gdm gnome
and perhaps (guessing)

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dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86

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#4 Post by anthony »

thanks alot for the quick response, ill give it a try and tell you guys what happens.

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#5 Post by anthony »

still not sure why this isnt working, im sure its something simple. I believe i have all of the right packages but still x server is being strange, now im not getting the error message that says x server gui is not installed properly, so that is a plus, but i have to do most of my online work with the computer i installed it on at work(radio station, lots of free time) so i have limited internet access. If there is amything that i can download to help me get into the gui direct me to it. again thanks for the help, keep it comming and ill keep working at it.

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#6 Post by ajdlinux »

If you run 'startx' from the command line do you get any errors?
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#7 Post by anthony »

no it goes into aptitude, could it possibly be an issue with my installed packages?

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#8 Post by Tyler »

erm, do you mean that aptitude starts when you type startx on the command line? I think that would require some real effort to pull off...

I've had good luck with xdebconfigurator, as advised from the GenieOS website:
Install the xdebconfigurator by logging in as the root user and issuing apt-get install xdebconfigurator. Then issue the command xdebconfigurator followed by dexconf. Reboot.
HTH,

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#9 Post by anthony »

yeah thats what i meant, strange huh?


i will give that a try next.

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#10 Post by Christmas »

It should work very well after "apt-get install x-window-system-core gdm gnome" then "gdm". If not, most of the time it's the misconfiguration of the /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file, at least it was for me. Try and see if the mouse is configured correctly, I had /dev/input/mice working for a USB mouse, but for a PS/2 mouse I had to put /dev/psaux and as protocol ImPS/2. Also check the monitor resolutions and refresh rates in section "Monitor". I'll post this two sections here as they are in my file:

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Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier      "Configured Mouse"
        Driver          "mouse"
        Option          "CorePointer"
        Option          "Device"                "/dev/psaux"
        Option          "Protocol"              "ImPS/2"
        Option          "Emulate3Buttons"       "true"
        Option          "ZAxisMapping"          "4 5"
EndSection
So, if its not a USB this should work, otherwise put /dev/input/mice instead of /dev/psaux. And the monitor section for my 17" Philips:

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Section "Monitor"
        Identifier      "Generic Monitor"
        HorizSync       30-85
        VertRefresh     50-160
        Option          "DPMS"
EndSection
Hope this helps. I'm a beginner though I'm sure it must be the configuration file.
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#11 Post by anthony »

yes yes yes! thanks alot alll of you,

apt-get install x-windows-system gnome gdm was exactly what i needed, after that it was still giving me errors but they were config errors so i fixed that up and.... im in the gui!

this is great i love this OS. Now i just have to work all of this out with a dual boot on a different computer with and AMD Athlon x64


but today is a good day. Thanks again!

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#12 Post by Christmas »

It's great to see you've managed to make it work. Good luck!
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#13 Post by Guest »

this thread was really helpful! Thanks a bunch
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