I had the same problem, it was solved by installing X 4.2 . X 4.2 is already available on the 'unstable' servers (which saves you a lot of work!)
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2002/debian-devel-announce-200210/msg00001.html On 22 Oct 2002, Juergen Stuber wrote: > Oleg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > I've installed Debian on half a dozen different machines, and configuring X > > has always been the greatest pain. Currently, I'm trying to do this on a > > Fujitsu Lifebook E-7110 laptop that has an ATI Mobility Radeon 7500 card > > (32MB) and an LCD that can do up to 1400x1050 @ 60 Hz. > > > > When I tried installing Mandrake 9.0 just for kicks, it configured X without > > even asking me any questions (I should have probably saved its XF86Config-4 > > for reference, but I didn't). Now with Debian on the same machine instead, I > > spent all night trying to get ANY graphics to work. WTF? > > AFAIK you need XFree 4.2, which is in unstable. > > Jürgen > > -- There are some micro-organisms that exhibit characteristics of both plants and animals. When exposed to light they undergo photosynthesis; and when the lights go out, they turn into animals. But then again, don't we all?
