Hi again, Could you please always post your replies below the quoted message, or in between when you are directly answering a question? This makes it easier for others to understand the context and join the discussion.
Wahyu Wijaya H. wrote:
Hi All, sorry for a long time, been so busy follow all suggestion. :) But finally made it. X work on my laptop using "vesa" driver. I edit the /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file and change the value of the driver to "vesa". I found the idea after using Knoppix and see how it probing my display driver to find the best driver --thanks Florian--. Even it's little strange because the X driver works for Knoppix is "fbdev". "fbdev" fails on my laptop, but at least "vesa" works. :) Well, may someone please tell me why this happen?
Knoppix is derived from Debian "unstable" (Sid) and therefore it has newer hardware drivers than Debian "stable" (Sarge). Maybe the Sarge version of "fbdev" does not support your graphics card due to being too old. "vesa" is a pretty basic driver which works almost always, but it does not support hardware acceleration and other advanced features of modern graphics hardware.
It still a long way to go to have all of my hardware works. *sigh* But its worth to try... I also have problem dealing with my sound driver, soft-modem, wireless, built-in camera & mic, and the most important the ACPI feature. The battery indicator is not working, telling there is problem with acpid.socket. and the acpi daemon is not working. There are also suggestion to re-compile the kernel. Could please anyone help me?
Debian Sarge is excellent for use on servers, but it can be difficult with laptops, since they tend to have lots of specialized new hardware. It will be much easier to get all your hardware working if you switch to Debian "testing" (Etch), because then you will get a system which is more like Knoppix in terms of hardware support. It is possible to upgrade from Sarge to Etch, but it can be a bit difficult because it involves a major transition in the graphics system. (XFree86 -> Xorg) For you it might be best to reinstall with the newly released "Etch beta 2" installer. A number of people have reported that it works really nicely. You can find the CD images here: http://www.us.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ Some of your current hardware problems might even disappear automatically, simply because Etch has a newer version of the Linux kernel. Regards, Florian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
