Mon, 15 Apr 2002 13:41:12 -0400, Dutch a écrit : > > OK - Ive been struggling wiht gettin X to work on my new Dell Inspiron > 4100 since January. It has the infamous ATI Radeon card. > > I read through linux on laptops, copied over different xconfig files > and still nothing. > > Upgraded kernels, X, whatever it took or thought to try. > > > Any ideas? > > Another question whihc has COMPLETELY eluded every linux user/expert > Ive asked: Where does the database/list of video cards that are > availibe live - you know, when you run xf86config, eventually it asks > if you would like to see a list of video cards? > > I have gone to xfree86.org and installed the latest and Radeon still > does NOT appear in that list. then I thought it was the kernel > (Radeon does appear there cureing make menuconfig) but has no effect > onthe xf86config - and I was told that was onky for 3D support by the > kernel.
With XFree 4.2 : Choose any ati card, then edit XF86Config and replace "ati" by "radeon". The driver will automatically detect your card. > I dont care about 3D or anything fancy. I just want to run windowmaker > and use the bloody thing! Use the vesa driver then and you won't have to install XFree86 4.2. (Do as above : select any card and replace the driver by "vesa".) > I really do like debian but this is REALLY beginning to piss me off, > not being able to get X to work at all. > > help! > TIA. > > -dutch > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- | Sylvain Sauvage, doctorant/ATER [IAD & SMA] | bzz ? .o:. | GREYC -- CNRS UMR 6072, Université de Caen | ` % ^..^___§ o::o:: | tél://+33 (0)2 31 56 74 31 | @ (oo) ) ::o::o |__ http://www.info.unicaen.fr/~sauvage _______| _____`|'___WW¯WW_____][__ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
