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Debian won't install anymore....PLEASE help...and X crashes
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Ray
Feb 6, 2002, 6:27:22 PM2/6/02
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I am a long time Debian server user and have had a several WS installs
that needed X (but not on this particular machine). Every time I
installed X I installed using Stormix and upgraded from there.
Unfortunately I lost my Stormix CD and now I'm having lots of trouble.
I tried every type of Debian (2.2_rev5, Woody, Sid, pseudo) download
I could get and they all failed. Mostly due to my USB keyboard and
mouse. I eventually got an image of Progeny and the GUI install went
off without a hitch. Until it said it would restart X and allow mw to
login... Then the Xserver crashed *shrugs*.
I upgraded Progeny every which way you can think of and reinstalled a
lot. A common problem I am seeing is my console going black for 30sec
every couple of minutes and while out the NUM LOCK light blinks and
the keystrokes are not registered. I've messed with X for hours and
nothing will change it.
Someone told me it could be my system hardware so I will list it at
the bottom of this post. I am very interested in getting this resolved
and will work on it as long as I have to so please send any
suggestions you can.
that needed X (but not on this particular machine). Every time I
installed X I installed using Stormix and upgraded from there.
Unfortunately I lost my Stormix CD and now I'm having lots of trouble.
I tried every type of Debian (2.2_rev5, Woody, Sid, pseudo) download
I could get and they all failed. Mostly due to my USB keyboard and
mouse. I eventually got an image of Progeny and the GUI install went
off without a hitch. Until it said it would restart X and allow mw to
login... Then the Xserver crashed *shrugs*.
I upgraded Progeny every which way you can think of and reinstalled a
lot. A common problem I am seeing is my console going black for 30sec
every couple of minutes and while out the NUM LOCK light blinks and
the keystrokes are not registered. I've messed with X for hours and
nothing will change it.
Someone told me it could be my system hardware so I will list it at
the bottom of this post. I am very interested in getting this resolved
and will work on it as long as I have to so please send any
suggestions you can.
My system is as follows:
ASUS A7A266 Motherboard w/Ali chipset
AMD Athlon 1400
GeForce2 MX-400 (AGP)
SoundBlaster Live Value
3Com 3C905 Combo
HP 9100i CDRW
Microsoft Natural Pro Keyboard
MS Wireless Intellimouse Explorer
If I left anything out anywhere you anyone needs more info please let
me know. One friend from a Linux support company told me I was out of
luck because I was using an AMD chip and an AGP vid card.
Thanks,
Ray
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