[LUNI] Installing Debian on brand new dell dimension 9200

[Jay Strauss]

> Does this happen after you select what type of install to do?  Like where
> it asks you if you want to do a desktop/webserver portion?  I had one
> install that would always freeze at that point of the install. I finally
> just selected none and it finished the install and I just got all the
> packages I needed..
>
> hth
> jeff

It installed when I only selected "Desktop Environment".
Unfortunately X didn't configure correctly.

Conversely, I tried installing Ubuntu, and X configured fine.  As
usual Ubuntu seems to get X correct whereas Debian seems to always
have problems with X (in my experience).  Unfortunately Ubuntu seems
to have a hard time with setting up the Raid + LVM.  Doing the manual
config takes a long time.  It seems to hang throughout the process of
definign the LVGs.

I think I'm going to run the Ubuntu live CD and copy the xorg.conf
file to my debian install.  See if that fixes the X.

Thanks
Jay