I installed Debian Etch on a Dell XPS M1530 laptop. It has Intel Core
2 Duo CPU T5750 @ 2.00 GHz, 3 GB Dual channel DDR2 RAM, 256 MB NVIDIA
GeForce 8600M GT video card and 250 GB SATA Hard Disk.

After installation, the X server blinked two times and gave an error
message "X Server Failed. Do you want to see the error report and do
you want to view detailed error report." I saw the details and
couldn't figure anything. How do I make GNOME run on my laptop?

On Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:19:42 -0700, Praveen Kunjapur wrote:

> I installed Debian Etch on a Dell XPS M1530 laptop. It has Intel Core 2
> Duo CPU T5750 @ 2.00 GHz, 3 GB Dual channel DDR2 RAM, 256 MB NVIDIA
> GeForce 8600M GT video card and 250 GB SATA Hard Disk.
>
> After installation, the X server blinked two times and gave an error
> message "X Server Failed. Do you want to see the error report and do you
> want to view detailed error report." I saw the details and couldn't
> figure anything. How do I make GNOME run on my laptop?

The installer might have made a mistake with the X-Server configuration.
I get this every one-in-a-while myself. Post your /etc/X11/xorg.conf
file here, so we can check it for irregularities. Post the error report,
too, if you saved it.

Also, did you install the 32-bit or 64-bit version of Etch?

Stef

On Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:19:42 -0700, Praveen Kunjapur wrote:

> I installed Debian Etch on a Dell XPS M1530 laptop. It has Intel Core 2
> Duo CPU T5750 @ 2.00 GHz, 3 GB Dual channel DDR2 RAM, 256 MB NVIDIA
> GeForce 8600M GT video card and 250 GB SATA Hard Disk.
>
> After installation, the X server blinked two times and gave an error
> message "X Server Failed. Do you want to see the error report and do you
> want to view detailed error report." I saw the details and couldn't
> figure anything. How do I make GNOME run on my laptop?

This is just a suggestion - but when installing many Dell machines it can
help to press F1 and type 'install noacip nolapic'.

Was your install amd64 or 586 ?

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