I installed x-window-system-core and reconfigured xserver-xorg. I also
did apt-get install kde (3 more MB downloaded and 160 MB installed from
archive), and apt-get install fluxbox (no download but reinstalled).
dpkg -l said both were not installed
Now if user does startx it goes to the gray screen with the black X for
1 second and back to the console. Here is the result of startx 2>
xstart_capture;
xauth: creating new authority file /home/jerry/.serverauth.1941
XFree86 Version 3.3.6a / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6300)
Release Date: xx November 2000
If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is
newer
than the above date, look for a newer version before reporting
problems. (see
http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ)
Operating System: Linux 2.4.13 i686 [ELF]
Configured drivers:
SVGA: server for SVGA graphics adaptors (Patchlevel 1):
NV1, STG2000, RIVA 128, RIVA TNT, RIVA TNT2, RIVA ULTRA TNT2,
RIVA VANTA, RIVA ULTRA VANTA, RIVA INTEGRATED, GeForce 256,
GeForce DDR, Quadro, GeForce2 GTS, GeForce2 GTS (rev1),
GeForce2 Ultra, Quadro 2 Pro, GeForce2 MX, GeForce2 MX DDR,
Quadro 2 MXR, ET4000, ET4000W32, ET4000W32i, ET4000W32i_rev_b,
ET4000W32i_rev_c, ET4000W32p, ET4000W32p_rev_a, ET4000W32p_rev_b,
ET4000W32p_rev_c, ET4000W32p_rev_d, ET6000, ET6100, et3000,
pvga1,
wd90c00, wd90c10, wd90c30, wd90c24, wd90c31, wd90c33, gvga, r128,
ati,
sis86c201, sis86c202, sis86c205, sis86c215, sis86c225, sis5597,
sis5598, sis6326, sis530, sis620, sis300, sis630, sis540,
tvga8200lx,
tvga8800cs, tvga8900b, tvga8900c, tvga8900cl, tvga8900d,
tvga9000,
tvga9000i, tvga9100b, tvga9200cxr, tgui9400cxi, tgui9420,
tgui9420dgi,
tgui9430dgi, tgui9440agi, cyber9320, tgui9660, tgui9680,
tgui9682,
tgui9685, cyber9382, cyber9385, cyber9388, cyber9397, cyber9520,
cyber9525, 3dimage975, 3dimage985, cyber9397dvd, blade3d,
cyberblade,
clgd5420, clgd5422, clgd5424, clgd5426, clgd5428, clgd5429,
clgd5430,
clgd5434, clgd5436, clgd5446, clgd5480, clgd5462, clgd5464,
clgd5465,
clgd6205, clgd6215, clgd6225, clgd6235, clgd7541, clgd7542,
clgd7543,
clgd7548, clgd7555, clgd7556, ncr77c22, ncr77c22e, cpq_avga,
mga2064w,
mga1064sg, mga2164w, mga2164w AGP, mgag200, mgag100, mgag400,
oti067,
oti077, oti087, oti037c, al2101, ali2228, ali2301, ali2302,
ali2308,
ali2401, cl6410, cl6412, cl6420, cl6440, video7, ark1000vl,
ark1000pv,
ark2000pv, ark2000mt, mx, realtek, s3_savage, s3_virge, AP6422,
AT24,
AT3D, s3_svga, NM2070, NM2090, NM2093, NM2097, NM2160, NM2200,
ct65520, ct65525, ct65530, ct65535, ct65540, ct65545, ct65546,
ct65548, ct65550, ct65554, ct65555, ct68554, ct69000, ct64200,
ct64300, mediagx, V1000, V2100, V2200, p9100, spc8110, i740,
i740_pci,
Voodoo Banshee, Voodoo3, smi, generic
(using VT number 7)
XF86Config: /etc/X11/XF86Config
(**) stands for supplied, (--) stands for probed/default values
(--) no ModulePath specified using default: /usr/X11R6/lib/modules
pex5.so: Unknown error loading module
xie.so: Unknown error loading module
(**) XKB: rules: "xfree86"
(**) XKB: model: "pc104"
(**) XKB: layout: "us"
(**) Mouse: type: PS/2, device: /dev/psaux, buttons: 5
(**) Mouse: 3 button emulation (timeout: 50ms)
(**) Mouse: zaxismapping: (-)4 (+)5
(**) SVGA: Graphics device ID: "GenericMatrox 400"
(**) SVGA: Monitor ID: "Generic Monitor"
(--) SVGA: Mode "640x350" needs vert refresh rate of 85.08 Hz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "640x400" needs vert refresh rate of 85.08 Hz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "720x400" needs vert refresh rate of 85.04 Hz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "640x480" needs vert refresh rate of 85.01 Hz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "800x600" needs vert refresh rate of 85.14 Hz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1024x768" needs vert refresh rate of 86.96 Hz.
Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1024x768" needs hsync freq of 60.06 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1024x768" needs hsync freq of 68.68 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1152x864" needs hsync freq of 67.50 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1280x960" needs hsync freq of 85.94 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 63.98 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 79.98 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 91.15 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1600x1200" needs hsync freq of 75.00 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1600x1200" needs hsync freq of 81.25 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1600x1200" needs hsync freq of 87.50 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1600x1200" needs hsync freq of 93.75 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1600x1200" needs hsync freq of 106.25 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1792x1344" needs hsync freq of 83.66 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1792x1344" needs hsync freq of 106.27 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1856x1392" needs hsync freq of 86.35 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1856x1392" needs hsync freq of 112.50 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1920x1440" needs hsync freq of 90.00 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1920x1440" needs hsync freq of 112.50 kHz. Deleted.
Warning: The directory "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
Warning: The directory "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/CID" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(**) FontPath set to
"unix/:7100,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
(--) SVGA: PCI: Matrox MGA G400 AGP rev 4, Memory @ 0xf2000000,
0xfe000000, MMIO @ 0xfe8fc000
(--) SVGA: Linear framebuffer at 0xF2000000
(--) SVGA: MMIO registers at 0xFE8FC000
(--) SVGA: Video BIOS info block at 0x000c7a80
(--) SVGA: Video BIOS info block not detected!
(--) SVGA: detected an SGRAM card
(--) SVGA: chipset: mgag400
(**) SVGA: videoram: 16000k
(**) SVGA: Option "dac_8_bit"
(**) SVGA: Using 32 bpp, Depth 24, Color weight: 888
(--) SVGA: Maximum allowed dot-clock: 300.000 MHz
(--) SVGA: There is no mode definition named "1152x864"
(--) SVGA: Removing mode "1152x864" from list of valid modes.
(**) SVGA: Mode "1024x768": mode clock = 75.000
(**) SVGA: Mode "800x600": mode clock = 49.500
(**) SVGA: Mode "640x480": mode clock = 31.500
(--) SVGA: Virtual resolution set to 1024x768
(--) SVGA: Using hardware cursor
(--) SVGA: PLL reference freq: 27.050 MHz
(--) SVGA: Read OPTION 0x50044120
(--) SVGA: Using XAA (XFree86 Acceleration Architecture)
(--) SVGA: XAA: Solid filled rectangles
(--) SVGA: XAA: Screen-to-screen copy
(--) SVGA: XAA: 8x8 color expand pattern fill
(--) SVGA: XAA: CPU to screen color expansion (TE/NonTE imagetext,
TE/NonTE polytext)
(--) SVGA: XAA: Using 8 128x128 areas for pixmap caching
(--) SVGA: XAA: Caching tiles and stipples
(--) SVGA: XAA: General lines and segments
(--) SVGA: XAA: Dashed lines and segments
waiting for X server to shut down
If user runs startkde;
xsetroot: unable to open display ''
xset: unable to open display ""
xsetroot: unable to open display ''
startkde: Starting up...
ksplash: cannot connect to X server
kdeinit: Aborting. $DISPLAY is not set.
Warning: connect() failed: : No such file or directory
ksmserver: cannot connect to X server
ERROR: Couldn't attach to DCOP server!
startkde: Shutting down...
Warning: connect() failed: : No such file or directory
Error: Can't contact kdeinit!
startkde: Running shutdown scripts...
startkde: Done.
When I saw the error "not able to attach to DCOP server" i saw that the
link was broken (red in color) and deleted it.
/home/jerry/.DCOPserver_debian -> /home/jerry/.DCOPserver_debian_:0.
I don't know how to recreate it if it is needed.
"/etc/init.d/kdm start" says kdm already running.
I created a new user to see if he had any problem. He can do startx and
KDE starts up.
If the new user runs "fluxbox" the result is;
Warning: Failed to open file(/usr/share/fluxbox/nls/en_US/fluxbox.cat)
for translation, using default messages.
Error: Couldn't connect to XServer
I would also like to get KDM back as a way to select which window
system to use since I use fluxbox 95% of the time.
I installed linux-image-2.6.15-1-686. I am having a problem getting
initrd.img to work. I haven't used it before, but that can wait till
later.
Thanks again for the suggestions
Jerry