Cant start X on old Dell

[Cobalt60]

My room mate is trying to use an old Dell he has as a print server. After much twisting his arm, I was able to convince him to go with Debian, which, I would install. I used a 5.0.4 Net Install CD I had, and included Desktop Environment (he needs a GUI), and Print Server. Basically, as usually happens when I install Debian, I am having trouble getting X to work. Heres what the errors look like after X fails:

Ring End
Space: 24 wanted 32

Fatal server error:
lockup

Waiting for X server to begin accepting connections
giving up.
xinit: Connection reset by peer (errno 104): Unable to connect to X server
xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error

Well, any help with this would be great. Just trying to bring another Linux box into this world.

-Chris P

[Cobalt60]

Some additional information...

apt-cache policy xorg

xorg:
Installed: 1:7.3+20
Candidate: 1:7.3+2-
Version table:
*** 1:7.3+2- 0
500 Index of / lenny/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

apt-cache policy gdm

gdm:
Installed: 2.20.7-4lenny1
Candidate: 2.20.7-4lenny1
Version table:
***2.20.7-4lenny1 0
500 Index of / lenny/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

lspci | grep VGA

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL [Brookdale -G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device (rev 01)

[devils casper]

Which driver are you using in xorg.conf file? Try "vesa" driver and supported Refresh Rates.

[Cobalt60]

I changed the driver to vesa, and the GUI is working now. Actually, everything seems pretty slow, I think the video chipset is quite weak. I may opt to go with XFCE, but after the computer is fully setup as a print server, there will likely be little interaction with it.

Thanks much for the help. Im still tweaking the resolution and other aspects, but, I think I have it pretty well under control.

Thanks again

-Chris P