Small Problem

[Thrownaround]

im running Debian just recently downloaded so its all up to date i suppose
and the install goes fine but when i boot it up i get this
(EE) (ATI) Cannot Read V_BIOS
(EE) (ATI) Adapter Has Not Been Initialized
(EE) (ATI) Screen(S) found but none have are usable.

Well first thing idk why it says ATI i use NVIDIA. and 2nd my screen is there and i see it lol.
any help would be greatly appreciated.

[newd to linux]

First of all (EE) means that there is an error starting your Xorg system. Common sense should tell you that you're getting these errors because your xorg.conf file is not configured properly. Common sense should also tell you what the problem is: You're using ATI drivers for an NVIDIA card.

The solution is to reconfigure Xorg.

You can do this one of two ways. You can manually edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf to suit the hardware you're using. Or, you can have it done automatically. I believe you have to enter the following commands to configure xorg.conf automatically. As root (#) type:

Xorg -configure

or to reconfigure, type:

dpkg-reconfigure xorg-xserver

You should be able to figure it out from there. Good luck.

[boggy]

newd to linux, well said. Also as newd mentioned your using an ATI driver not NVIDIA. I sugguest you go to the nvidia website, download the linux driver for your card. After you download it make sure you shutdown X and gdm or kde.. everything you are running for GUI shut it down and sh NVIDIA.xxx.xx.bin, run the config. It might tell you that your linux-kernel-headers are not present along with kernel-source.. apt-cache search kernel-header and kernel source. Most likely going to need linux-image-2.6.18-5-686. And if your looking to tweak your video settings once you have things running run apt-cache search nvidia, you'll find a few tools. Good luck.

p.s. If you didnt know apt commands like this existed I sugguest you read the apt guide

[Thrownaround]

ty for the help im not new to linux just for some reason i cant open the file my first time using debian and i didnt know if it was a problem specific to debian