On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 11:00:31PM -0600, Rishabh Manocha wrote:
> As everyone knows...debian is hell to install...however apt does tend to
> make your job easier...i just installed debian unstable(sid) on my machine
> today.
> the way i did is:
> downloaded first two cd's of woody and installed that...then downloaded
> first two cd's of sid put them in...changed my /etc/apt/sources.list file
> to add the two sid cdroms using the command:apt-cdrom add one at a time.
> then i typed apt-get dist-upgrade with only the two cd's in the
> sources.list.
> once this was done(and this last step took quiet a while) i edited the
> XF86Config file to support my monitor(getting X to work on debian is
> hard)..however a better way would have been to just copy the XF86Config
> file from another X install(for example your RH install) and then rename
> it as /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.i also had to edit my mouse device etc. since
not at all necessary for (X >=4.0) woody, sarge and sid.
configure your mouse using gpmconfig.
run xf86cfg at the command prompt as root user.
This will create /root/XF86Config.new file and X will start with this as
initial config file.
A configuration menu will appear on the left top corner of the monitor.
right click "configure layout" and make necessary changes, (only color
depth and screen resolution needs a change)
"quit" and accept all the changes.
now a file XF86Config is created
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config
copy this file to /etc/X11 as XF86Config-4.
cp /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
and "startx" or /etc/init.d/{kdm gdm xdm} restart.
you can also install the package discover for autoconfiguring.
apt-get install discover
with regards
M.Balakrishna Pillai
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