Re: just got iyonix - searching for software

I demand that P M Noble may or may not have written...

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Just one question - where is the best place to get help for the iyonix
linux issue. It seems that the graphics have no problem until just before
the linux login prompt appears - the last 2 commands are as best that i can
remember are

starting Gnome display manager: gmd

Starting debian 3 : tty1

You've misremembered.

Login:

Between the starting debian and the login the screen goes blank, and seems
to be trying to display things.

It's trying to start gdm (which requires X), but your X configuration
(specifically, either /etc/X11/XF86config or /etc/X11/xorg.conf) is broken.
You therefore end up at a console login prompt.

"dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86" or "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg" may
help, depending on which is installed (sarge has XFree86, etch has X.org).

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