Hi Niels, (top posting on purpose) Keep the replies to the list. See my embedded comments. I'll cc the debian-amd64 list.
On Thu, Aug 23, 2007 at 11:59:19PM +0200, Niels Larsen wrote: > On Thursday 23 August 2007 20:38:05 you wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 23, 2007 at 07:54:38PM +0200, Niels Larsen wrote: > > > I just bought a new laptop. > > > > > > Then I installed etch amd64, and it went well, but when I tried to > > > start "startx", I get: > > > Fatal Server Error - no screens found > > > > > > I have been on http://wiki.x.org and looked in their FAQ. > > > > > > I have then tried to change driver: "nvidia", "vesa" and "vga" in > > > the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file but none seems to work. > > > > Before you worry about the nvidia closed-source driver, try getting it > > to work with the nv driver, assuming that you have nv. > Yes, I have nv > > > > > Then again, it should work to some extent with vesa. > > > > > I have tried to run "X -configure" and to run with > > > /root/xorg.conf.new, and then I get black screen (same i got from > > > k/ubuntu). > > > > X is configured on Debian with dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg. > > > > Assuming you have the xorg meta-package insalled, > Yes, I have xorg meta-package > > which depends on all the video drivers, you should be able to tell > > dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg to choose the correct driver for you. > How do I do that? :-) (I have run "dpkg-reconfigure -phigh > xserver-xorg" several times - found this command on some mailing list) The problem is the -phigh. That means that only high priority questions will be asked. Selecting the driver is a low-priority activity. The dpkg-reconfigure man page says that if you don't specifiy a -p it will by default give you -plow. > > > > > By the way, I read that I could run both 32 -and 64 bits programs on > > > amd64, but not mix. > > > > Worry about getting a fully running etch amd64 before you worry about > > running a mix of stuff. Its not too hard but its a bit further along > > the learning curve. > My plan was to only have 32 bits stuff! > If you only want 32-bit then reinstall with the i386 port. You said you installed Etch amd64 which is a 64-bit system. You cannot run 64-bit apps on i386. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
