Re: Debian Etch can not startx
- From: Kevin Mark <kevin.mark@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2007 01:14:37 -0400
On Sun, Jun 03, 2007 at 04:45:30AM +0000, rocky wrote:
Hey,Welcome to Debian!
I got a very old PC which was purchased 6 years ago. I use Debian
netinstall CD installed the base Debian etch system. I have been
trying to install basic GUI on it. Therefore I execute the following
command:[QUOTE]#aptitude update
aptitude install twm x-window-system[/QUOTE]
I was asked for some questions regarding to my hardware. I was not
quite sure whether my answer is right because I'm quite new to
computer hardware and I have no means to find the manuals for the old
PC.
After that the startx gave me the following errors
[QUOTE]X Window System Version 7.1.1
Release Date: 12 May 2006
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.1.1
Build Operating System: UNKNOWN
Current Operating System: Linux ronie 2.4.27-3-386 #1 Mon May 29
23:50:41 UTC 2006 i686
Build Date: 04 April 2007
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Fri Jan 1 10:44:59 1999
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(EE) AIGLX: Screen 0 is not DRI capable
(EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/input/mice
No such device.
(EE) Configured Mouse: cannot open input device
(EE) PreInit failed for input device "Configured Mouse"
xkb_keycodes { include "xfree86+aliases(qwerty)" };
xkb_types { include "complete" };
xkb_compatibility { include "complete" };
xkb_symbols { include "pc(pc105)+us" };
xkb_geometry { include "pc(pc104)" };
No core pointer
Fatal server error:
failed to initialize core devices
XIO: fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0"
after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.
[/QUOTE]
I was trying dpkg-reconfigure xfree86 but it seems this does not bring
me the interfaces where I can reconfigure my x-window-system.
Can any of you give me some hint on how can I get over these problems
please?
If you were able to use the netinstall to install the basic etch system,
that is quite a good start. So you seen to have not configured the mouse
properly as indicated by the 'no core pointer' message. So try:
dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
and choose a different mouse?
the common ones are: /dev/input/mouse or /dev/psaux.
Do you have a usb mouse, a serial one, a ps2 one?
Just tell us more like what video card and mouse you have and any thing
else that might help.
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