Hi linux people, I have ati agp video card with an old machine that I am trying to install debian on it "because it is good for updating". the problem is that the xserver faild. how can I resolve the problem? thanks in advance J

What exactly do you mean by fail? Did you at least try to run "xf86config" at the prompt to configure X for your system? taurus

Yes I did, and I got fatal server error :(

Post up the last few lines of output after you do a "startx" and it fails. It should give you the reason why....

here is the whole thing: warning: process set to nice value 0 instead of -10 as requested XFree86 Version 3.3.6a / X Window System (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6300) Release Date: xx November 2000 If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is newer than the above date, look for a newer version before reporting problems. (see http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ) Operating System: Linux 2.4.13 i686 [ELF] Configured drivers: Mach8: accelerated server for ATI Mach-8 graphics adaptors (Patchlevel 1) (using VT number 7) XF86Config: /etc/X11/XF86Config (**) stands for supplied, (--) stands for probed/default values (--) no ModulePath specified using default: /usr/X11R6/lib/modules dbe: Unknown error loading module Config Error: /etc/X11/XF86Config:48 SubSection "extmod" ^^^^^^^^^^^ Module section keyword expected X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown).

It looks like a problem with line 48 of /etc/X11/XF86Config(-4) Try commenting out Load "dbe" from your /etc/X11/XF86Config(-4) file by putting a "#" in front of the line, eg: Section "Module" #Load "dbe" You may need to comment out the whole SubSection "extmod" too. I'm not 100% sure, perhaps you should post up your /etc/X11/XF86Config(-4) too.