can't find my video card or my screen please help

[Mba7eth]

Hi everyone,
I am a very newbi to linx and specificlly to debian ....
i down loaded the minimum package for just installing debian ....
then i search for the internet for my vidio card and screen specfications.
i found it on http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/si...58209#graphics . (i have a 1.4 processer, 512ram, 40 GB, my video ram is 32MB ATI mobility RADEON 7500 video chipset and 15 TFT screen see the link for more info) .
then i type the following comman to download the xwindow system :
#apt-get install x-window-system
done downloaded and installed .... then some Questions to answer after that
i type startx ..... it says "fatal IO error 104" and i can see also "no screen found" .
i reconfiger again using xfr86config tryed other options but no results same error ...
also i found on the net the command
#dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86
also no results same error ..... so please guys i need your help !!!!!!!!!!!!

sorry i forget to tell the kernal version is 2.4.27-3-386
i install on my labtop using networkinstall using the bootable cd iso http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/...86-netinst.iso

i red alto but i really can't find or understand what's going on.
also i found those links but it was not usefull to me but may save some of ur time

http://luth2.obspm.fr/~luthier/gourg...phics_X-window
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...d.php?t=224547
Mba7eth

[iwanabeguru]

post the full error message and the output of this command
cat /var/log/Xfree86.0.log | grep EE

if you cant copy the error message to the browser redirect the outpu to a file

cat /var/log/Xfree86.0.log | grep EE >xerrors.txt

and use it from there

[soccercisco]

hi,

Assuming is a video card driver issue:

1) Find out your keyboard and mouse configuration (for US keyboards usually pc104) and your Monitor refresh rates and try (though I read you already did), if any of the info is incorrect then the x-windows system will not boot up:

dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 (or xorg instead of xfree86 depending on which libraries you use).

Select either ati or vesa drivers for the card (I don't know if you tried vesa already).

2) If this doesn't work, download the Linux drivers from ATI.com and follow antidrugue's tutorial @:
http://wizah.blogspot.com/2006/10/de...i-drivers.html

Debian is moving from xfree86 to xorg libraries, so you might wanna give the xorg package a try with the newer drivers.

cheers,

[Mba7eth]

Thanks a lot for ur help soccercisco i going to look at it now