[Gllug] First Debian install - a little help needed!

[Ian Norton]

On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 04:31:41PM +0000, Chris Bell wrote:
> On Fri 23 Jan, FORSTER, David wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > Well, I've been tinkering with Mandrake for a couple of months but finally
> > bit the bullet and bought myself a set of Debian 3.0(r2) discs.
> > 
> > I installed it onto my laptop first and got a basic system, with X, up and
> > running... I booted the first CD and not CD 5 and ended up with a different
> > kernel to the bf2.4 but I can sort that out. I then installed onto my
> > desktop machine and got everything installed OK, except that I can't get X
> > running... I've tried all sorts of configurations and options through
> > XFree86Config and dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 but to no avail. I have
> > an nVidia GeForce4 MX440 card but at the moment I'm not interested in using
> > the closed source nVidia drivers for OpenGL and all that, I just want an X
> > server to run in 1024x768.
> > 
> > I got a bit frustrated with it yesterday and ended up repartitioning my
> > drive and doing a Knoppix install on another partition so that I at least
> > had a working system to use, but I'd prefer to persevere with a proper
> > Debian install. I'm going to give it another go over the weekend... Can
> > anyone point me in the right direction of some useful documentation or HOWTO
> > (I've got the XFree86 HOWTO from tldp) that might help me. Also, does anyone
> > know if I can use the XF86Config-4 file from my Knoppix install on my Debian
> > install?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > David.
> > 
> 
>    I have found that the bf24 installation is much easier, but you need to
> read the first screen and its function key references to find out about it,
> that is before you press return for the first time. If you have a network or
> internet connection available, ensure that it is in place before you start
> so that the installer can collect security updates immediately.
>    You should also update the kernel from the original bf24 ASAP because of
> security problems. You can use one of the pre-compiled versions available
> for your processor, some of them will ensure that the rest of your system is
> updated at the same time, prompting you to add an extra line to the lilo
> config.
> 
>    I see that Debian are hoping to declare Sarge as the stable version
> within the next few weeks, together with a new improved installer.
> 

for the proprietry nvidia install you do need a 2.4.x kernel afaik.

it is a very good driver imo, nice and fast. i only wish there were some cool
userspace utils to control stuff like anti aliasing and antrisotropic filtering
and stereo.

you might want to just run 'X' and go and examine the log file in
/var/log/

i often forget to install fonts when first setting up debian :-)

Ian






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