Re: x-window startup and other problems

2005-09-22 Thread Andrej Repisky
I entered 'aptitude install x-window-system' and something started, but attempts to connect ftp.sk.debian.org failed. That's why the packages were not installed. I thought it was because of some drop out of debian servers, so I tried today again, but it was the same. Probably there's

Re: x-window startup and other problems

2005-09-22 Thread Kent West
Andrej Repisky wrote: I entered 'aptitude install x-window-system' and something started, but attempts to connect ftp.sk.debian.org failed. That's why the packages were not installed. I thought it was because of some drop out of debian servers, so I tried today again, but it was the same.

x-window startup and other problems

2005-09-21 Thread Andrej Repisky
Hello, I have encountered the following problem after installation of Debian i386 on a computer. For istallation I used CD that I had prepares using an image from the debian website. Most of the commands do not work. For example links, lynx, gcc and so on. But if I run

Re: x-window startup and other problems

2005-09-21 Thread Mariusz Kruk
Andrej Repisky napisał(a): Hello, I have encountered the following problem after installation of Debian i386 on a computer. For istallation I used CD that I had prepares using an image from the debian website. Most of the commands do not work. For example links, lynx, gcc and so on.

Re: x-window startup and other problems

2005-09-21 Thread Kent West
Mariusz Kruk wrote: Andrej Repisky napisał(a): Hello, I have encountered the following problem after installation of Debian i386 on a computer. For istallation I used CD that I had prepares using an image from the debian website. Most of the commands do not work. For example

Re: x-window startup and other problems

2005-09-21 Thread Mike McCarty
Antony Gelberg wrote: I think that whenever somebody installs an OS, he should read the manual. You need to read the Debian Reference. http://www.debian.org/doc And I always think it's tacky when the official support website has link rot.

Re: x-window startup and other problems

2005-09-21 Thread Antony Gelberg
? -Original Message- From: Mike McCarty [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 11:38:28 To:Antony Gelberg [EMAIL PROTECTED], debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: x-window startup and other problems Antony Gelberg wrote: I think that whenever somebody installs an OS, he should read

Re: X session startup/shutdown scripts?

2005-06-18 Thread Almut Behrens
On Thu, Jun 16, 2005 at 07:04:28AM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: I am using GDM and have need for some things to start up and shut down based on me logging into/out of my X session. I've done a basic check of documentation but unless I am missing some DEEP MAGIC I didn't find anything too fit

X session startup/shutdown scripts?

2005-06-16 Thread Steve Lamb
I am using GDM and have need for some things to start up and shut down based on me logging into/out of my X session. I've done a basic check of documentation but unless I am missing some DEEP MAGIC I didn't find anything too fit the bill. I figured I'd ask here before I cracked open my

X-Windows startup issue!

2004-09-02 Thread Will Ness
Whew!! It was tough but I finally figured it out! Anyways here is a copy of the error file that X-Windows created when it couldn't start up. If anyone could help me, that would awesome. TIA!! -Will Hardware Info: Ati Rage 128 Pro Ultra AGP (I believe it has 64 mb of video memory) Dell monitor

Re: X-Windows startup issue!

2004-09-02 Thread Stefan O'Rear
On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 04:23:52PM +, Will Ness wrote: Whew!! It was tough but I finally figured it out! Anyways here is a copy of the error file that X-Windows created when it couldn't start up. If anyone could help me, that would awesome. TIA!! -Will Hardware Info: Ati Rage 128

Re: X-Windows startup issue!

2004-09-02 Thread Will Ness
Sweet it worked!!! You are my hero!!! I have been trying to get this to work, like FOREVER!! One more quick question: Where in the x-windows setup do you tell it to start kde instead of gnome? _ Don’t just search. Find. Check out

Re: X-Windows startup issue!

2004-09-02 Thread Thomas Adam
On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 09:31:29PM +, Will Ness wrote: Sweet it worked!!! You are my hero!!! I have been trying to get this to work, like FOREVER!! One more quick question: Where in the x-windows setup do you tell it to start kde instead of gnome? update-alternatives --config

Re: X-Windows startup issue!

2004-09-02 Thread Stefan O'Rear
On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 11:18:58PM +0100, Thomas Adam wrote: On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 09:31:29PM +, Will Ness wrote: Sweet it worked!!! You are my hero!!! I have been trying to get this to work, like FOREVER!! One more quick question: Where in the x-windows setup do you tell it to

X/KDE startup problem.

2003-09-05 Thread Walt L. Williams
Greetings I have loaded a Debian 3.0r1 on a alternate machine with a very similar graphics card (An ATI Rage 128) as my main machine. I want to learn about Debian before I migrate to it from my current distro. I have to keep a usable machine for my college work. (Computer Science student.) I

Re: X question, startup

2002-09-26 Thread Oki DZ
On Thu, Sep 26, 2002 at 06:59:41AM +, Alexander Koch wrote: b) with gdm it will start, but with no borders around the windows, it just won't work out. It seems that you didn't have a window manager running. What is the right thing to do with gdm, do I need .xinitrc or .xsession or

Re: X in startup

2001-01-05 Thread N. Raghavendra
On Thu, Jan 04, 2001 at 01:36:36AM -0800, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: on Thu, Jan 04, 2001 at 11:20:47AM +0530, N. Raghavendra ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: What I have been doing to stop /etc/init.d/ scripts (like xdm) from being executed at bootup is to put the line exit 0 at the top of

Re: X in startup

2001-01-04 Thread kmself
on Thu, Jan 04, 2001 at 11:20:47AM +0530, N. Raghavendra ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Wed, Jan 03, 2001 at 09:23:30AM -0800, Xucaen wrote: does this disable X? what if you still want to run X from the command line using startx? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: after booting up press ctrlalt

X in startup

2001-01-03 Thread Xucaen
@lists.debian.org Subject: X-windows in startup I had unsuccessfully configured X, set it aside for a day. Rebooted the machine, only to have X start automatically. Problem is, X isn't working beyond letting me enter username/password. C-ALT-D only gets me back to the initial GUI login

RE: X in startup

2001-01-03 Thread David Turner
files properly) cheers, david ps i dont know why my last posting appeared twice... is this my fault or a problem with list server -Original Message- From: Xucaen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 03 January 2001 17:25 To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: X in startup does

Re: X in startup

2001-01-03 Thread matthschulz
properly) cheers, david ps i dont know why my last posting appeared twice... is this my fault or a problem with list server -Original Message- From: Xucaen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 03 January 2001 17:25 To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: X in startup does

Re: X in startup

2001-01-03 Thread N. Raghavendra
On Wed, Jan 03, 2001 at 09:23:30AM -0800, Xucaen wrote: does this disable X? what if you still want to run X from the command line using startx? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: after booting up press ctrlalt F1 to go into a console terminal. logon as root. cd /etc/rc2.d rm S??xdm # or just

X Windows Startup

1998-09-18 Thread Andy Bierlair
Hello I am a new Linux user in Debian 2.0 i wanted to install a few things including X WIndows. i can enter the XWIN setup in the beginning and set up screen, graphic card, etc... now debian wanted to launch X WINdows once again, and then i got my problem ! The whole stuff is hanging. i

Re: X Windows Startup

1998-09-18 Thread John Larkin
Andy Bierlair wrote i wanted to install a few things including X WIndows. i can enter the XWIN setup in the beginning and set up screen, graphic card, etc... now debian wanted to launch X WINdows once again, and then i got my problem ! The whole stuff is hanging. i can still see the Prompt,