Re: dpkg database rebuild

2005-09-13 Thread Iain Georgeson
"Derek Broughton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Brian Kimball wrote: >> Yes, and you don't have to rebuild anything. Forget all that discussion >> about dpkg --get-selections and --set-selections. Totally unnecessary. > It _is_ totally unnecessary if he just has a single file system. What > happ

Re: Opinions of Sony Vaio VGN-A417S for Debian

2005-09-06 Thread Iain Georgeson
"James Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Iain Georgeson wrote: >> It's not. I've got Debian on my A417M, but it took a considerable >> amount of surgery, and I'm still missing support for some fairly handy >> bits like suspend and soft keys.

Re: Opinions of Sony Vaio VGN-A417S for Debian

2005-09-05 Thread Iain Georgeson
"James Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > My requirements are: > * Can run Debian > * Pentium M Processor (For battery life/performance) > * Large screen (17") > * Large harddisk (>80Gb) > * Reasonably high performance graphics card > > The only laptop that I can find which fits the requirements

Re: X on Vaio A417M (Radeon Mobility X600)

2005-08-11 Thread Iain Georgeson
Hello, I've got my display up, using fglrx on XFree 4.3. Thanks. Using kernel 2.6.12.3, the kernel module fails to install, saying fglrx: Unknown symbol inter_module_get Google suggests the only option here is to wait for ATI to wake up and start using modern kernel APIs. Until then, I can

X on Vaio A417M (Radeon Mobility X600)

2005-07-28 Thread Iain Georgeson
Hello, I'm trying to bring Debian up on a Vaio A417M. I've got the etch base installed from a d-i daily, with help from debian-boot (bug #319486). I'm now trying to get X up. The video hardware is a ATI Mobility Radeon X600. lspci: :03:00.0 0300: 1002:3150 :03:00.0 VGA compatible contro