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by **anthony** » 2006-09-03 19:18

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

by **Red** » 2006-09-03 21:40

Code: Select all: apt-get install xserver-xorg-core xorg gdm gnome

If you stil have error with X, try to fix it with dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

Good luck

by **osmo** » 2006-09-03 22:59

Red wrote:
Code: Select all
apt-get install xserver-xorg-core xorg gdm gnome
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

Code: Select all: apt-get install x-window-system-core gdm gnome

and perhaps (guessing)

Code: Select all: dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86

by **anthony** » 2006-09-03 23:45

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

by **anthony** » 2006-09-04 04:58

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.

by **ajdlinux** » 2006-09-04 07:13

If you run 'startx' from the command line do you get any errors?

by **anthony** » 2006-09-05 01:14

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

by **Tyler** » 2006-09-05 01:42

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,

Tyler

by **anthony** » 2006-09-05 03:40

yeah thats what i meant, strange huh?

i will give that a try next.

by **Christmas** » 2006-09-05 05:53

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:

Code: Select all: 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:

Code: Select all: 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.

by **anthony** » 2006-09-07 00:32

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!

by **Christmas** » 2006-09-07 10:47

It's great to see you've managed to make it work. Good luck!

by **Guest** » 2006-09-15 19:36

this thread was really helpful! Thanks a bunch
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