GDM on Debian 3.0r5

[corey84]

Well i thought i would finally try out a linux type os :) so i decided to user debian as i thought it would be the easiest to use. Im using Gnome display manager, but i cant get it to initialise properly. the error that i get is


Warning: Process set to nice value 0 instead of -10 as requested


the motherboard i am using is a MS6131-2, ive done a google search on this because i dont know exactly what type of graphics card it has, ive figured out it has some sort of ATI Rage graphics card

anyone got any ideas on this

[comprookie2000]

OK first thing to do is find out what grapics card you have post as root;
lspci
also to make thing a little easier you can;
apt-get install links and then from the command line;
links http;//www.htmlforums.com and post so you don't have to shut down

[corey84]

okay the graphics card i have is a ati rage pro 16mb, the linux machine isn't on the internet yet as i havent figured it all out yet. but it seems everytime i run the x server configuration program and change something it just goes back to what it was before...

[comprookie2000]

Try as root;
#dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86

[corey84]

wow thank you for that after a bit of reconfig that way i got it working thanks a lot


time to go learn linux

[comprookie2000]

No Problem, bunch of good stuff here;
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/forumdisplay.php?forumid=26