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upgraded my system to etch and now I miss xf86config.
Debian Etch wont recognize my PCI NVidia GeForce FX5200.
Tried to use "Envy" for automatic installation but that
couldn't find my VGA.

Greetings,
Wolfgang

On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 02:07:07 +0100, Wolfgang wrote:

> upgraded my system to etch and now I miss xf86config. Debian Etch wont
> recognize my PCI NVidia GeForce FX5200. Tried to use "Envy" for
> automatic installation but that couldn't find my VGA.

X will partially configure itself. As root

X -configure

A file /root/xorg.conf.new will be created. Edit this file to add your
monitor's capability, pixel depth and modes. Example follows. DO NOT
assume that your monitor has the same capability as mine!!

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Monitor Model"
HorizSync 30.0 - 80.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 75.0
EndSection
.. . .
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
.. . .
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024"
EndSubSection

You can test your new config file following the instructions which X gave
you when creating the file, or you can just

mv xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Then either 'startx' or /etc/rc2.d/SXXgdm start.

Wolfgang <wolfgang.not@home.now> writes:
>
>upgraded my system to etch and now I miss xf86config.
>Debian Etch wont recognize my PCI NVidia GeForce FX5200.

My experience is that Etch (and also Lenny, last I tried it) always
creates a bad xorg.conf, and that X usually does well without an
xorg.conf. So you could just try

cd /etc/X11 && mv xorg.conf xorg.conf-etch

and then try starting X. For a simple try:

X

gives you just basic X with a mouse cursor, end that with
Ctrl-Alt-Backspace.

If that works, it's probably simples to reboot (or you can play around
with /etc/init.d/xserver-xorg etc.

- anton
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