Debian and X-Windows

[dansoccer1010]

I just installed my Debian and it tells me that i dont have a background and so it wont even begin to load xwindows. I had it install KDE and after i type in startx, it goes through some text stuff that makes it look like all is well, but then it comes up with the error that i previously listed. Help me.

dansoccer1010

[fancypiper]

You forgot to mention your video card. Would you need drivers for it?

Try this command:

dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86

# Configuring x
Linux Hardware Compatibility HOWTO (http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Hardware-HOWTO/)
The Linux XFree86 HOWTO (http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/XFree86-HOWTO/)
Common x configuring tools:
Redhat - setup utility leads to several config tools
Redhat 8.0 - redhat-config-xfree86
Debian - dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86
You may have these tools:
XF86Setup
XFree86 -configure
Xconfigurator
xf86cfg
xf86config
xconf
nVidia Driver Installation NHF (http://3dguios.resnet.mtu.edu/nVidia-NHF.html)
nVidia driver page (http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=linux_display_ia32_1.0-4191)

[dansoccer1010]

the video card is an ati radeon 7500

[fancypiper]

You need to get drivers for that card, I think. Try a board search with that and see what turns up.

[Thorin]

If you don't have the drivers yet, try this link http://mirror.ati.com/support/faq/linux.html it seems that they don't have drivers for the 7500, but you'll probably find something if you search around the ATI site.