On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 15:31:10 -0500, cga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I followed the directions in the Debian installation manual (section > 3.7) to install woody from an existing RedHat system and everything went > very smoothly. The only annoyance is that the graphical console was not > enabled by default. This is a major problem in my case since I do not > plan to install 'X' as this point. So I need to get this to work before > I can further configure the system (I don't feel too comfortable with > chroot..). I tried to check whether the framebuffer console was enabled > in the kernel (builtin or module) but I cannot find where the kernel's > source is located so I'm unable to run "make menuconfig". I understand I
In /boot you should find the config used to compile the kernel, i'm not quite sure if is the same for Woody, anyway you can look in /usr/share/doc/kernel-image-2.4-X where you should find all the info you need. > need to do this the Debian way. I don't remember being prompted for any > information regarding the video chip on this laptop (ATI Mach64 > Rage/Pro) when I ran "base-config". Is there a utility that I need to > run at this point that takes care of configuring my display? Where > should I look for more information on how to proceed? > Probably you need to install at least "fbset" package. Andrea -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
