At 04:10 PM 11/5/1999 -0800, you wrote: >Which version of Debian are you installing? Debian 2.1 "Slink" has an old >version of XFree86 that I don't think will work with the Vaio. > >You can get a new version of XF86_SVGA from "http://www.netgod.net/x" >using either apt-get or by downloading it manually and using >"dpkg -i packagename".
I have the Debian 2.1 "Slink" CD's. And I saw that I had XF86_VGA and not SVGA. So I got the SVGA from netgod and then X worked. Thanks Dada