Package: xserver-xorg Version: 1:7.1.0-9
Computer : i386 with a Radeon 9200SE graphics card. I have tried this week's (January 13) weekly DVD image. Installation worked quite fine, but after I booted into my new system, gdm couldn't start the X server, as it crashed each time. I tried then to start the X server through bash, as root. It failed. I do not have the exact output of the crash, but the last line was something like "no monitors found." Finally, I did a "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg". It didn't work the first time (the LEDs on my monitor blinked - looked pretty cool, though :-), and I had to pass again the "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg" because I found out that the max. refresh rate of my monitor was 60 Hz, and the one set _by default_ by the xserver was 70 Hz. It works perfectly since then. I got through my problem, but what if this happens to a willfull but unexperienced linux user, which will after this kind of experience say to ALL his friends "don't use linux; look what happened to me last night, etc.". What about getting the default things to work so that this kind of user may enjoy Linux Debian, without having to understand all the system beneath. Personnally, I'm trying to do my best to show Linux Debian to my friends, but when they ask me for the DVDs, I have to tell them I cannot give them because they could render their computer in an unusable state (a computer with no graphics is worst than no computer for a most of people). This bug meant is for repairing xserver-xorg's configuration defaults, as I don't have the slightest idea of how to do it. If you want additionnal information, just ask for it and I'll give it immediately. Thanks in advance for helping. (Don't mind, I'm fourteen years old) ___________________________________ Greetings and Happy New Year! Eduard. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? En finir avec le spam? Yahoo! Courriel vous offre la meilleure protection possible contre les messages non nollicités http://mail.yahoo.ca Yahoo! Courriel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
