[sorry_name_taken_already]

I installed as the described by
http://www.mrbass.or...ubuntu/install/

BUT WAS NOT PROMPT TO SETUP A ROOT USER

I tried, sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop

then it prompted me for a password (I assume its the root password)
I wasnt asked to create a root password during install. WHY?!

so i cant stop gdm to configure Xserver...
"dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg"

After some research, I found a post to create a root password
(http://www.geekstogo...ntu-t46015.html)

If you would like to set a root password:
sudo passwd root

And, if you'd like to remain as root (can be dangerous):

sudo -s

Hope this helps!
Be well, SD

OK, armed with a new root password and logged in as SU (super user) or SUDO!

I tried to get into debian package/xserver configurator.

root@ubuntu:/home/andy # dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
Package 'xserver-xorg' is not installed and no info is available.
User dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files,
and dpkg --contents (+dpkg-deb --content) to list thier contents.
/usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure: xserver is not installed

I am a newbie!!
PLEASE explain and howto setup X and monitor in Unbuntu!
i am starting to get put off by Unbuntu!

For more information please follow posts in forum below:
http://ubuntuforums....11&page=2&pp=10


Cheers

[email protected]
TOSHIBA Satellite 4080XCDT
PII 366Mhz
64/128MB RAM
FUJITSU 10GB
Trident Cyber 9525 video chipset with 2 Mb of video RAM
and UNBUNTU O/S

Edited by sorry_name_taken_already, 06 August 2005 - 01:59 AM.

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THOUGTH THIS MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO SOMEONE WHILE I SURF THE NET ON HOWTO SET UP X and MONITOR OR INSTALL RELEVANT PACKAGES.

LaptopSmallConsole
Toshiba Tecra 8000 (and, probably, other models, too) can not display other video mode than 1024x786. Both Warty and Hoary uses 640x480 framebuffer for console stuff. This looks very bad on my laptop, because I'm getting small, black square in the middle and the rest of the screen sits unused. But we're in luck, because fixing this issue is very easy. Follow this points:

Open console

Type: cd /boot/grub

Use your favorite text editor to load menu.lst

Look for following entry (this is default entry for up-to-date Hoary):kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.10-5-386 root=/dev/hda1 ro quiet splash

Add vga=791 at the end of this line

Save it

Next time you'll boot your laptop, you'll have 1024x768x16. Enjoy your console.

https://wiki.ubuntu......ocumentation)[/url]

Edited by sorry_name_taken_already, 06 August 2005 - 02:11 AM.

[sorry_name_taken_already]

THOUGTH THIS MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO SOMEONE WHILE I SURF THE NET ON HOWTO SET UP X and MONITOR OR INSTALL RELEVANT PACKAGES.

LaptopSmallConsole
Toshiba Tecra 8000 (and, probably, other models, too) can not display other video mode than 1024x786. Both Warty and Hoary uses 640x480 framebuffer for console stuff. This looks very bad on my laptop, because I'm getting small, black square in the middle and the rest of the screen sits unused. But we're in luck, because fixing this issue is very easy. Follow this points:

Open console

Type: cd /boot/grub

Use your favorite text editor to load menu.lst

Look for following entry (this is default entry for up-to-date Hoary):kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.10-5-386 root=/dev/hda1 ro quiet splash

Add vga=791 at the end of this line

Save it

Next time you'll boot your laptop, you'll have 1024x768x16. Enjoy your console.

https://wiki.ubuntu......ocumentation)[/url]

Edited by sorry_name_taken_already, 06 August 2005 - 02:11 AM.

[tictoc]

Not sure if I can be of any help...but looking at your specs, they seem a bit low...I'm not sure of the minimum requirements of Ubuntu also running X.
My suggestions:

I tried, sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop then it prompted me for a password (I assume its the root password) I wasnt asked to create a root password during install. WHY?! ranting.gif

I was also thown off by this after I switched from Mandrake but you get used to your password used with sudo is like going root.

then:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

Googling gives mixed results but seems that some people have better luck selecting vesa instead of trident.

another suggestion would be editing your xorg.conf file paying special attention to your monitors vertical and horizontal refresh rate numbers as well as your screen resolution and color depth....What those setting should be, you''ll have to find through google or your laptops docs.

sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf

other than that, I don't know what to suggest, all my stuff has been auto-detected and haven't had any problems....I'm also not quite the linux geek I'd like to be.

Edited by tictoc, 06 August 2005 - 08:08 AM.

[SoccerDad]

tictoc has addressed most of your issues, so I'll leave them for now. What do you need to reconfigure X for? Screen resolution?

ttysoon, SD

[sorry_name_taken_already]

root@ubuntu:/home/andy # dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
Package 'xserver-xorg' is not installed and no info is available.
User dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files,
and dpkg --contents (+dpkg-deb --content) to list thier contents.
/usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure: xserver is not installed 

PLEASE explain and howto setup X and monitor in Unbuntu!

TOSHIBA Satellite 4080XCDT
PII 366Mhz
64/128MB RAM
FUJITSU 10GB
Trident Cyber 9525 video chipset with 2 Mb of video RAM
and UNBUNTU O/S

Xserver was not installed during the install process..it crashed while it was installing "additional packages" after the reboot; minus the install CD!

Can anyone help me install Xserver...?

HOW DO I INSTALL VESA?

sorry.. little tipsy from a big night out ..can you explain it like to a young child!

Thanks - i get better supprt in here than UNBUNTUFORUM

Edited by sorry_name_taken_already, 06 August 2005 - 10:02 AM.

[SoccerDad]

Gotcha...hokee, from a command prompt, try this:

sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg

It will ask for a password, use yours. Xserver-xorg will have some dependancy packages, just type Y (yes) when prompted.

ttysoon, SD

[sorry_name_taken_already]

OK - gimme a tick while I find my CD

Edited by sorry_name_taken_already, 06 August 2005 - 11:40 AM.

[sorry_name_taken_already]

sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg

It will ask for a password, use yours. Xserver-xorg will have some dependancy packages, just type Y (yes) when prompted.

After unpacking 17.9MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?Y
Preconfiguring packages...
Unpacking xserver-common (from ../xserver-common_6.8.2-10_i386.deb)
Buffer I/O error on device hdc, logical block 288212
...
dpkg-deb (subprocess):error in buffer_read(stream):failed to write to pipe in copy: Input/output error
...
Errors were encountered while processing:
/cdrom/pool/main/x/xorg/xorg-common_6.8.2-10.all.deb
/cdrom/pool/main/x/xorg/xserver-xorg_6.8.2-10_i386.deb
...
E: Subprocess /user/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Bugga!!! not installing!!!

Thanks - getting closer to a beer!

hmmm....

Ubuntu installs by default with the Gnome Desktop and other memory-intensive applications. So if you do not have a fast and powerful machine (Pentium 4 and 512 MB of RAM) your system will be quite slow. The following document explains the steps, how to install Ubuntu and a GUI on a low memory system, so that you can use it as a Workstation for your daily work. It is aimed to the average SOHO-user (Small Office/Home Office).
http://www.binonabis...iRAM-HOWTO.html

STILL F***ing lost?!
http://ubuntuguide.org/

Edited by sorry_name_taken_already, 06 August 2005 - 12:06 PM.

[SoccerDad]

Looks like your CD is hooped!

Buffer I/O error on device hdc, logical block 288212
...
dpkg-deb (subprocess):error in buffer_read(stream):failed to write to pipe in copy: Input/output error

I'd burn another copy and try the entire install again from scratch. Does your burning software do MD5 checks? If so, make sure the ISO you are burning from passes the check.

ttysoon, SD

CORRECTION: how many hard disks are in that PC?

Edited by SoccerDad, 06 August 2005 - 12:09 PM.

[sorry_name_taken_already]

Looks like your CD is hooped!
I'd burn another copy and try the entire install again from scratch. Does your burning software do MD5 checks? If so, make sure the ISO you are burning from passes the check.

ermm...I have only ONE hdd in my laptop.

Fark! I have to reinstall? No MD5 check... I burnt the ISO off a PC mag DVD.

PROBLEM CHILD >>xserver-xorg_6.8.2-10_i386.deb (15.6MB) file

There is NO md5 file and how do u check for MD5. I used Nero to burn the ISO

Edited by sorry_name_taken_already, 06 August 2005 - 12:17 PM.

[SoccerDad]

How many hard disks in the PC?

Could you also post the output of:

dmesg

cya, SD

Edited by SoccerDad, 06 August 2005 - 12:16 PM.

[sorry_name_taken_already]

How many hard disks in the PC?

Could you also post the output of:
dmesg

uhci_hcd 000000:00:05.2 irq 11, io base 0xffe0
uhci_hcd 000000:00:05.2 new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
...
piix4_smbus 000:00:05.3: Found 000:00:05.3 device
irda_init()
...
NET: Registered protocol family 23
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] enabled at IRQ11
...
toshoboe: using multiple tasks, version $Id: donauboe.c V218 ven Jan10 03:14:1 6 2003$
ACPI: .. -. GSI 11 (level 1, low) ->IRQ 11
es1968: clocking to 4800
cs: IO port probe : .... : excluding 0x4d0-0x4d7
cs: IO port probe : .... : clean
...
eth%d: autonegotiation gailed.using 10mbs
eth%d: MII selected
eth%d: media 10BaseT, silicon revision 5
eth0: Xircom: port 0x300, irq 3, hwaddr 00:10:A4:F9:A8:F9
ttyS3 at I/O 0x2e8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
root@unbuntu:~#

PROBLEM CHILD >>xserver-xorg_6.8.2-10_i386.deb (15.6MB) file

Now I have to find a tutorial on how to compile source files.
X.Org Foundation Download X11R6.8.2 Source from a Mirror.

Never mind found an index of debian/unbuntu i386 binaries
http://wwwlinux.utc....in/binary-i386/

Thanks to tictoc, esp SoccerDad and browsers.
And trying to get XPde.com, PHP, MYSQL, APACHE installed next...

I hope this thread helps other fellow geeks!

Edited by sorry_name_taken_already, 07 August 2005 - 02:00 AM.

[sorry_name_taken_already]

YES! OH, YES!!

xserver-xorg is installed with the "newest version".



I am thinking of installing icewm or xpde GUI desktop instead of gnome because i have a slow PII 366 porcessor.

Do you know where I can get hold of the Trident Cyber 9525 i386 debian driver?

Xorg SUPPORTS trident drivers? YEAH?
I have a Trident Cyber 9525 or tell me how to install vesa drivers to load gnome/icewm. I need to setup xorg.conf?

Much appreciated!

Edited by sorry_name_taken_already, 07 August 2005 - 07:38 PM.

[telomere]

hi sorry_name_taken,
as u had mentioned,

Look for following entry (this is default entry for up-to-date Hoary):kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.10-5-386 root=/dev/hda1 ro quiet splash

Add vga=791 at the end of this line

Save it

how do u save it after adding the same in the command line before boot up?

Edited by telomere, 19 November 2009 - 08:11 AM.