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Finaly got my imac G3 400 in, installed debian for ppc via net install, GDM wont start...what can i do to fix it? its at the text login but cant ...
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    Exclamation Installed debian for PPC, GDM not working

    Finaly got my imac G3 400 in, installed debian for ppc via net install, GDM wont start...what can i do to fix it? its at the text login but cant load GUI
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    what happens when you run
    Code:
    startx
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    Quote Originally Posted by Vergil83
    what happens when you run
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    it says fatal server error: caught signal 7. server aborting
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    check and see if
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    /var/log/XFree86.0.log
    gives anymore information
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    i do that, even though im logged in with SU password (SU'd under my login name) it says permission denied
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    i restarted my imac...i get this error: Ican not start the X server. it is likely that it is not set up correctly

    the error log says: "usr/x11r6/lib/modules/extensions/libglcore.a:m_debug_clip.o": no symbols found

    it says no symbols found for all 5 of them
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    as root run dexconf
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    dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86
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    Quote Originally Posted by derek375
    as root run dexconf
    then
    dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86
    ok, for my imac what video card driver should i select in the Xserver configuration?
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    i went through and did the reconfigure, still getting the same error i was getting on the first post, except now it says (besides no symbols found) Error: No Screens Found

    EDIT: crap. ran it again, accidently selected 15in monitor instead of 14, now it boots, im guessing it loads GDM, but after it blinks the text login, screen goes blank
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    post your XF86Config-4 on here(/etc/X11/XF86Config-4)
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