Hi Aswin, have a look at www.linux-on-laptops.com and try to locate your Sony Vaio Model there. Chances are good that someone has your model running under X and his hints may help you to get started.
Good luck. Lars On Tue, 2003-10-21 at 21:42, Aswin Venkat wrote: > Hi all- > > This is my first attempt at installing debian (woody 3.0r1) > and i have been running > into a few problems. I have a Sony VAIO laptop. I managed > to have the base system installed and also included > the gmd package. However when the system boots, the screen flickers > for a while before i get the the message that gmd failed. When i > checked the status report, i found the following errors. > > ---- > Chipset generic found > VGA(0) Driver can't support depth 24 > Screens found but none have a usable configuration > > Fatal server error > No screens found > ---- > I had selected VGA as the video driver(am not 100% sure thats the right > choice) and 24in depth color. > > I would dearly appreciate some help. I am not sure what i have to do to > get the x-windows running by default. > > Thanks, > Aswin -- Lars Weissflog | [EMAIL PROTECTED] dot DE Registered Linux User # 329826
