Hey everyone,
I'm having a tough time all of a sudden. My non-X machines work
great but I'm having a problem on my desktop.
I tried every type of Debian (2.2_rev5, Woody, Sid, pseudo)
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I could get and they all failed. Mostly due to my USB keyboard and
mouse. I eventually got an image of Progeny and the GUI install went
off without a hitch. Until it said it would restart X and allow mw to
login... Then the Xserver crashed *shrugs*. I prefer Debian, I've used
it few a few years now and I can never go back.
I upgraded Progeny every which way you can think of and
reinstalled a
lot. A common problem I am seeing is my console going black for 30sec
every couple of minutes and while out the NUM LOCK light blinks and
the keystrokes are not registered. I've messed with X for hours and
nothing will change it. This error also scrolls up the screen once in a
while:
Probable hardware bug: clock timer configuration lost - probably a
VIA686a.
Probable hardware bug: restoring chip configuration.
Someone told me it could be my system hardware so I will list it
at
the bottom of this post. I am very interested in getting this resolved
and will work on it as long as I have to so please send any
suggestions you can.
My system is as follows:
ASUS A7A266 Motherboard w/Ali chipset
AMD Athlon 1400
GeForce2 MX-400 (AGP)
SoundBlaster Live Value
3Com 3C905 Combo
HP 9100i CDRW
Microsoft Natural Pro Keyboard
MS Wireless Intellimouse Explorer
If I left anything out anywhere you anyone needs more info
please let
me know. One friend from a Linux support company told me I was out of
luck because I was using an AMD chip and an AGP vid card.
Thanks,
Ray
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