Debian installation postmortem

[bob smith]

Hi Mark,
When I installed Debian I chose debconf to manage the
X wrapper file but I selected that I manually handle
the XF86Config-4 file. You also might want to try
this. Then
You can just type "XFree86 -configure" and an
XF86Config file will be created for you. Using this
method X works great.



--- Mark Berkwitt <mberkwitt@cox.net> wrote:
> Whereas using a floppy only installation failed to
> configure my NICs via
> DHCP, using a cd with the woody-i386-1.iso file
> succeeded.
> 
> I cannot say how all features are working but X has
> a problem.
> When I boot it automatically goes into X but the X
> window only occupies the
> bottom half of the monitor's screen. This is not a
> monitor adjustment issue;
> the visible part is highly magnified. During the
> installation I was given
> the choice of an advanced video install where I
> would input the vertical and
> horizontal frequencies.  I chose the "medium" option
> where it stated I could
> select a "best" resolution and refresh rate. I
> selected 800x600@85Hz.
> Following questions answered were:
> Check all resolutions.
> 1. 640x480 [already selected]
> 2. 800x600 [which I checked]
> However, I don't recall ever being asked the size of
> my monitor.??
> Color depth was set at 8bpp,... I think; it was very
> late.
> 
> Ok, about that X server, when I
> <alt><ctrl><backspace> the server reboots
> with no change.  Also no change when I try to change
> resolution. I vaguely
> recall a list of servers or perhaps video cards. I
> didn't see the S3
> Trio64v+ card option so I just chose 'vga'.
> 
> What follows are some notes I took during
> installation.
> 
> Configuring Gdm, xdm, kdm.  I chose kdm thinking but
> not knowing if it may
> be related to kde.
> //Yes, a shot in the dark.
> 
> Errors were encountered while processing gdm
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code
> (1)
> Some errors occurred while unpacking. I'm going to
> comfigure the packages
> that were installed. This may result in duplicate
> errors or errors caused by
> missing dependencies. This is ok, only the errors
> above this message are
> important. Please fix them and run [I] install
> again.
> Packages failed to install. Retry? <Yes>
> Run Tasksel? <Yes> //I didn't select anything.
> Run dselect? <No>
> 3 packages not fully installed or removed.
> Erase any previously downloaded .deb files? [Y/n]
> <Y>
> 
> // Well, that's about it. Any and all help
> appreciated.
> 
> 
> 
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