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I just tried to install Debian

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Al Neri

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I must have messed something up....startx i get FATAL SERVER ERROR NO SCREENS FOUND

is there a simple guide to installing linux?
 
1. What hardware are you running linux on?
2. I believe you are getting that error because your XServer is not setup correctly. Try running Xconfig at the command prompt instead of startx. Xconfig will try to configure the XServer and will ask you a few questions about your monitor and videocard.
 
Originally posted by: compusaguy
"is there a simple guide to installing linux?"

hahahaaaaaaa!! are you kidding? simple and linux NEVER go together.
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I would expect a comment like that from someone with compusa in their handle.


To the OP:

From what I have found, debian is one of the harder flavor's of linux to install, however, ubuntu which is based on debian was an easy install that pretty much autodetected everything for me. You could give that a try, it has a very good support forum. You could also give fedora or mandrake a try. I've found those to be friendlier to first time linux users. Don't give up, once you have it installed, it is pretty fun learning the in's and outs of the OS.
 
hahahaaaaaaa!! are you kidding? simple and linux NEVER go together.
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When was the last time you tried it, 1992?

That's strange, I have a lot less problems with all of my Linux installs than anyone I know with their Windows ones. The install I'm typing this onto right now was originally installed ~6 years ago.

 
I just installed debian (sarge) today on my server, and it went very smooth. Definitely not as many quirks as the rh9 installation that was on there, and WAY easier to get X working than when I originally tried back around when woody was in testing.
 
Originally posted by: matstars
I must have messed something up....startx i get FATAL SERVER ERROR NO SCREENS FOUND

is there a simple guide to installing linux?
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Your X Windows is just not setup correctly for whatever reason.

If your using a newer ATI video card they can be difficult setting up sometimes.. They are starting to give better Linux support as more and more people use it, but still they cause problems, especially on Debian were they use older style X server for whatever reason.


you have a XFree86 log file in /var/log/XFree86.0.log or some similar file. Look in their for lines beginning with EE or WW.

EE are errors and are show stoppers, WW are warnings and they show things that are not work as they were expected to work. Warnings won't stop your X setup from working, but errors will. The warnings are usefull, though, because they help you figure out how to fix a error.

Getting use to working around a command line is something that is usefull. So I don't know if you want to try another distro, like Mandrake maybe, or you want to put the effort into fixing this setup.

But the 'error no screens found' is a generic error and not very usefull for troubleshooting. It's like 'help I am not working!' type thing.
 
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