HD Install :: How can I install 'make' with a standard install?

Does your computer boot from cdrom? If yes, did you ever get X up with different boot options? fb800x600? Please tell me what kind of hard drive install did you do? Is is dsl-hdinstall, standard, single user? Did you use a different machine to do the install? If it was multi-user, you could login as root. If you said no to multi-user logins, then are you dumped to a shell $ prompt? What does cat .bash_profile say?

Thanks Roberts,
No CD ROM, I did a dsl-hdinstall, standard, multi user. I installed from a 70 MB partition on this machine to a 260 MB partition. I can login as root. X never comes up.

At boot I first see:
You passed an undefined mode number. Press Enter to see video modes available:
(I can pick a 3 or 4)....

After boot I see "box login:_"
I can login as myself, damnsmall or root.
Then on login I get the following:
X10 fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0" after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining."

Then I get a prompt and can operate in text mode.

cat .bash_profile
#!/bin/bash
export IRCNICK=DamnSmall
SSH='env | grep SSH_CONNECTION'
if [ -z "$SSH" ]; then startx; fi
root@tty1[root]#

Thanks for you interest. I would really like to get DamnSmall GUI runninig and there should be a way. What I am trying to install that is supposed to fix this is called "tpdualscan.c" written by a Michael Steiner if that is any help to you.

Ok, Let's start by fixing your invalid mode issue. As root try to edit /etc/lilo.conf and look for the vga=xxxx line. It is probably vga=791 change it to vga=normal. Then run the lilo command to install the changes. Then reboot.

OK Roberts, "vga=normal" then a reboot and no longer get the "You passed an undefined mode number....." part. I still see the "X10: fatal IO error...." but can operate in text mode.
Next?

Have you tried both framebuffer and xvesa? What is your video card? Might be needing a specific K drive server. That C program you mentioned is probably for Xfree86? I remember several posts about other K server code for other non-supported cards.

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