Thank you everyone, very much. (Also for the welcomes... :D) This combination worked perfectly:
(Hold down CTL + ALT + F1 if you are stuck on the blank Xwindow screen, this will bring you to a log-in console on tty1, then, as root, type
dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 # XFree86 4.x
I have another question, if that is not too much asking (I truly am a newbie in search of liberation from MS enslavement). I have installed windowmaker as a window manager, but the thing is that it is started "on top" of Gnome 1.4. I tried following some advice given on the debian website, but I couldn't get rid of gnome at startup. Where do I make gdm not start so I can use wmaker instead? Thank you for ANY help, as usual. Francesco.
PS I would be interested in attending some meeting, or perhaps at least over IRC (I am in Essex, with no transport, so I don't know how I could get to attend a meeting, which is where IRC would come in useful...:)).
On Wed, 4 Dec 2002 16:13:34 -0000, "Jonathan Dye" jonathan.dye@automationpartnership.com said:
MJ Ray wrote:
Jenny_Hopkins@toby-churchill.com Jenny_Hopkins@toby-churchill.com wrote:
Have you tried logging in to a console and rerunning XF86Setup? (Hold down CTL + ALT + F1 if you are stuck on the blank Xwindow screen, this will bring you to a log-in console on tty1, then, as root, type
dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 # XFree86 4.x dpkg-reconfigure xserver-svga # XFree86 3.x usually
may be preferable in some circumstances.
Might be worth doing an
apt-get install read-edid
first and then the reconfigure should hopefully detect the resolutions your monitor supports automatically (if it's not ancient).
JD
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franardia@the-fastest.net franardia@the-fastest.net wrote:
I have installed windowmaker as a window manager, but the thing is that it is started "on top" of Gnome 1.4. I tried following some advice given on the debian website, but I couldn't get rid of gnome at startup. Where do I make gdm not start so I can use wmaker instead?
Well, the vicious solution is to uninstall gdm and friends, but picking "WindowMaker" from the session list on the gdm login screen really ought to stop Gnome from starting, I think? Are you sure that you haven't installed wmaker-gnome or done something else to make Gnome think you want it, such as edited your $HOME/.xsession file? Check and let us know.
PS I would be interested in attending some meeting, or perhaps at least over IRC (I am in Essex, with no transport, so I don't know how I could get to attend a meeting, which is where IRC would come in useful...:)).
Is Elmswell do-able for you? It's on the Ipswich-Cambridge train line and the meeting place is on the road with the train station on it. Other venues you'll have to shout for someone to give you a lift or grab you from a station, probably.
IRC -- Every Monday night, some time after 8pm until something around 10 or 11 (usually).
MJR
On Mon, Dec 09, 2002 at 11:58:07AM +0000, MJ Ray wrote:
IRC -- Every Monday night, some time after 8pm until something around 10 or 11 (usually).
MJR
Further to this if you do get a problem or need some hand holding with something there are a few regular lurkers in the alug irc channel. I am usually on most evenings from about 8ish but if i don't reply immediatly don't think I won't see anything written there.
Adam
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