on Fri, Oct 26, 2001 at 11:26:11PM -0700, Cary Cherng ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > These are my first attempt at installing Debian. Both my laptop and pc > seem to have video cards that cannot be identified. Is this normal or > am I missing something?
Install lspci:
$ apt-get install lspci
Run it:
$ /sbin/lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 440FX - 82441FX PMC [Natoma] (rev 02)
00:07.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82371SB PIIX3 ISA [Natoma/Triton II]
(rev 01)
00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371SB PIIX3 IDE [Natoma/Triton
II]
00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Lite-On Communications Inc LNE100TX [Linksys
EtherFast 10/100] (rev 25)
00:0f.0 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AIC-7881U
00:11.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq ES1370 [AudioPCI]
00:13.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. 86c988 [ViRGE/VX] (rev 02)
I've got an (old) S3 ViRGE/VX card in this box.
If that doesn't resolve the issue, pull the box open or refer to
documentation on what kind of card you've got. Take a number off the
biggest chip(s) on the video card and run 'em through Google.
Peace.
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