Guest bryant Posted August 16, 2005 Report Share Posted August 16, 2005 I am installing 10.1 for the first time on a new laptop and can't seem to get the gui during or after the installation. I downloaded the 3 CD set from linuixquestions. All of the checksums are accurate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devries Posted August 16, 2005 Report Share Posted August 16, 2005 But you have installed it? Boot in fail safe mode, log in as root (by typing root and your password), type init 3, type XFdrake and try different configurations and drivers. Then try starting X by typing startx. Errors will be logged in /var/log/Xorg.0.log (login as root and type: cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulSe Posted August 16, 2005 Report Share Posted August 16, 2005 Could you give us more details? When you say gui, do you mean that X isn't starting? Do you get any error messages? What are the symptoms? What graphics card are you using? Have you installed the drivers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bryant Posted August 17, 2005 Report Share Posted August 17, 2005 Sorry.. When I say gui I do mean X as well as KDE. I only have console (text) at the moment. I am in the process of the trial & error process using XFdrake that devries suggested. As far as graphics card and drivers are concerned, I booted my XP partition and XP display properties tells me: 1. Plug and Play Monitor on Intel® 82852/82855 GM/GME Graphics Controller 2. (Default Monitor) on Intel® 82852/82855 GM/GME Graphics Controller Screen Resolution under XP is 1024 by 768 and Color quality is [32 bit] Adapter Memory size is 64MB I'll try to run startx again and get the exact error string.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arctic Posted August 17, 2005 Report Share Posted August 17, 2005 In Windows, go to the "System administration" section of your menu (don't know exactly how they call it, sorry), there, select "System". THere you can find more information on the hardware that you are using (Model, Brand,..) In case you do not find anything useful there, try the second approach. When you bought your Computer, I guess there were some CD for installing e.g. the graphics software/driver. Take a look at them or other documentation you might have. We need to know the type of graphics card that you are using (e.g. ATI, Nvidia, SIS,...) and the model brand of your Monitor (e.g. Benq, Samsung, Hitachi,..). Third solution: If you have broadband, go to the Distrowatch site and download a Knoppix-Live-CD and boot your system with it. It will run with almost every hardware there is and from there, you could get more information on your hardware. We need more information on your system, otherwise we cannot help you. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulSe Posted August 17, 2005 Report Share Posted August 17, 2005 Try running: # xorgconfig to replace your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file. Backup the old file first: # mv /etc/x11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.old If this doesn't work, please post the old xorg.conf file here, along with the output of: $ cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted August 17, 2005 Report Share Posted August 17, 2005 Moved to Laptops & Portable Devices, since it's a laptop we're talking about. 2 global mods and a forum mod, geez :P And welcome to the board bryant! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bryant Posted August 18, 2005 Report Share Posted August 18, 2005 While doing some digging I decided to install 2005LE/10.2; which basically did the same thing. I took a look at http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/dell.html and noticed a successful debian install on my laptop that had the same graphics card that I do. Between the posted xorg.conf file and the information that I had about my laptop, I was able to stumble through xorgconfig; whattaya know, it actually worked. Though xorgconfig would have probably worked with 10.1; it gave me an excuse to upgrade. At any rate, thanks every one. If this is the type of response/help, I will always get from this board, I'm hooked... Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted August 18, 2005 Report Share Posted August 18, 2005 If you remember (and I know sometimes it's hard to!) please post what you did to get it to work, so that if someone else has the same question we can use this post as reference :) (you could just post the device section of your xorg.conf, and that should cover it ;) ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bryant Posted August 18, 2005 Report Share Posted August 18, 2005 (edited) Okay... Among other things, I'm battling one LAN connection between systems at the moment; when I am up and running, I will grab/post the xorg.conf. -B Edited August 18, 2005 by bryant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bryant Posted August 26, 2005 Report Share Posted August 26, 2005 Hey guys... I'm finally getting around to posting this. For the record, here is my install: Dell Latitude D505 - 1024 RAM Graphics: Intel 82552/82855 GM/GME Mandrivia 10.2-LE2005 VMware Workstation 5 Mandrake is the VMware Host OS Win XP Pro-Guest OS #1 Win 2000-Guest OS #2 Used Acronis True Image 8 to image and restore both guest operating systems. Here is the monitor section of xorg.conf from my install; hope this helps someone... # ********************************************************************** # Core Pointer's InputDevice section # ********************************************************************** Section "InputDevice" # Identifier and driver Identifier "Mouse1" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "Auto" Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" # Mouse-speed setting for PS/2 mouse. # Option "Resolution" "256" # When using XQUEUE, comment out the above two lines, and uncomment # the following line. # Option "Protocol" "Xqueue" # Baudrate and SampleRate are only for some Logitech mice. In # almost every case these lines should be omitted. # Option "BaudRate" "9600" # Option "SampleRate" "150" # Emulate3Buttons is an option for 2-button Microsoft mice # Emulate3Timeout is the timeout in milliseconds (default is 50ms) # Option "Emulate3Buttons" # Option "Emulate3Timeout" "50" # ChordMiddle is an option for some 3-button Logitech mice # Option "ChordMiddle" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "monitor1" VendorName "Generic" ModelName "1280x1024 @ 60 Hz" HorizSync 31.5-64.3 VertRefresh 50-70 EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "monitor2" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "device1" VendorName "Intel Corp." BoardName "Intel 85x" Driver "i810" Screen 0 BusID "PCI:0:2:0" Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "device2" VendorName "Intel Corp." BoardName "Intel 85x" Driver "i810" Screen 0 BusID "PCI:0:2:1" Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "screen1" Device "device1" Monitor "monitor1" DefaultColorDepth 24 Subsection "Display" Depth 8 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 15 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 16 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 24 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "screen2" Device "device2" Monitor "monitor2" DefaultColorDepth 24 Subsection "Display" Depth 8 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 15 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 16 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 24 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection EndSection Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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