Messages in this thread | | | From | "Andrew Selby Smith" <> | Subject | Fw: Problems with Debian installation and X Windows | Date | Sat, 8 Jul 2000 21:29:12 -0700 |
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Hi,
I have been having problems installing Debian on a new machine, and also with X Windows. Someone advised me that one problem appeared sufficiently serious that I should email this address about it - hence this email.
>> The problem is that: >> >> The computer will freeze in the shell for no apparent reason, and will not >> respond to ctrl-alt-delete. The only thing to do is to reboot. >> >> It will not respond to caps lock, scroll lock, shift, num lock, virtual console switches, etc. >> >> I can't >> identify anything which triggers the freezing - sometimes it will happen >> after only a few seconds of keyboard inactivity, sometimes after prolonged >> periods. If I reboot using the button on the box, it will boot normally >> after scanning the partitions as a result of the improper shutdown. I am >> using slink, on a secondary HDD (entirely devoted to Debian - 2.5 gig), and >> have an Intel Celeron 500MHz processor with 128 KB cache. This freezing also >> happened on occasion during the install process - while the system was still >> running off the initial Debian Rescue boot disk!!! - ie before any >> configuration. >> >> My machine has a mainboard (as opposed to a motherboard) with integrated >> video card function. - ie there is no separate physical video card. The >> mainboard is a Gigabyte GA-6WMMC7-1 series Intel 810 Chipset with integrated >> VGA. I can dig out more system spec's as needed, since I have the manual. >> >> I have had a look on the Web, and can't find any specific reference to this >> problem. >> >> Also I have problems attempting to run X Windows - I can set up an xf86Config file, and start X windows, but then the machine freezes after displaying a greatly enlarged login prompt box, and I cannot do anything with it. (no mouse movement, no ctrl-backspace, no caps lock, no ctrl-alt-delete....)
Any help would be appreciated!
Andrew Selby Smith apselb@alphalink.com.au
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