Thanks Kent > > > As to your second question what video card are you using? > > > > I have used ASUS's CUSI-M with SiS 630E chipset (all in one mother board) > > on board VGA card with SiS 300 integrates a 2xAGP controller > > on board LAN card with SiS 7016/7014 (10/100Mb) ethernet controller > > on board SOUND card with Cmedia CMI 8738/PCI audio controller > > > > > If you don't know - $ xviddetect will sometimes work in telling you which > > > xserver you need to run. You could also pop the cover and look on the > > > card to see which card you have. XF86Setup does a nice job telling you > > > which xserver you need but VGA16 is fairly generic so there may be a > > > better xserver suited for your card. > > > > Last night I "dpkg" xserver-svga driver, and then run XF86Setup, and > > eventually I got my X server running on 1024x768 mode. It seems > > ok apart from on board SOUND card does not work and LAN card > > have not tested yet. > > > > OK if your using an SiS card you should more than likely install > xserver-sis > # apt-get install xserver-sis > Then run XF86Setup and pick your SiS card. Backup you > /etc/X11/XF86Config file first though so you can fall back on your old > config if the new one fails. You say you have X working but I think it > would run a little nicer for you if you used the SiS driver. Worth a > try anyway.
Ok, I am going to try it tonight. > > But this morning I turned on computer, it automatically used xdm to start > > X windows system (and with runlevel 2, I read some book - runlevel must > > set to 5 for using xdm). Furthermore, mouse did not work anymore > > (X windows system was still working). > > > > # apt-get remove xdm Thanks. > As far as sound goes you need to add support for your kernel to do that. > The LAN card will need a module installed. I looked at - > http://www.uni-paderborn.de/Linux/mdw/HOWTO/Hardware-HOWTO.html > and didn't see an SiS LAN or sound card listed. You might want to post > a separate tread on that topic. Sure. Regards Stephen -- Stephen Jiang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
