Re: debian on a sony vaio 505FX

1999-11-23 Thread amita
At 03:16 PM 11/21/1999 +0100, Bruno Waes wrote: >i have a vaio 505 FX too but i still wasnt able to put debian on it (i have >the sony pcmcia interfaced cdrom drive too and the two debian 2.1 cd's) > I just installed Debian in my Sony Vaio 505 TX. Since I am a beginner Linux user, I was waiting f

Re: debian on a sony vaio 505FX

1999-11-23 Thread amita
At 03:16 PM 11/21/1999 +0100, Bruno Waes wrote: >i have a vaio 505 FX too but i still wasnt able to put debian on it (i have >the sony pcmcia interfaced cdrom drive too and the two debian 2.1 cd's) > I just installed Debian in my Sony Vaio 505 TX. Since I am a beginner Linux user, I was waiting f

Re: Debian on Sony 505TX

1999-11-08 Thread amita
At 09:15 PM 11/5/1999 -0800, you wrote: >You want xserver-svga_3.3.3.1-2_i386.deb > >It would also be a good idea to get the latest versions of these >X .debs too: > > xserver-common > xfree86-common > xf86setup > xbase-clients > xlib6 > xlib6g > xfs > xfonts-scalabl

Re: Debian on Sony 505TX

1999-11-08 Thread amita
At 09:15 PM 11/5/1999 -0800, you wrote: >You want xserver-svga_3.3.3.1-2_i386.deb > >It would also be a good idea to get the latest versions of these >X .debs too: > > xserver-common > xfree86-common > xf86setup > xbase-clients > xlib6 > xlib6g > xfs > xfonts-scalabl

Re: Debian on Sony 505TX

1999-11-08 Thread amita
At 04:10 PM 11/5/1999 -0800, you wrote: >Which version of Debian are you installing? Debian 2.1 "Slink" has an old >version of XFree86 that I don't think will work with the Vaio. > >You can get a new version of XF86_SVGA from "http://www.netgod.net/x"; >using either apt-get or by downloading it

Re: Debian on Sony 505TX

1999-11-08 Thread amita
At 04:10 PM 11/5/1999 -0800, you wrote: >Which version of Debian are you installing? Debian 2.1 "Slink" has an old >version of XFree86 that I don't think will work with the Vaio. > >You can get a new version of XF86_SVGA from "http://www.netgod.net/x"; >using either apt-get or by downloading it

Re: Debian on Sony 505TX

1999-11-08 Thread amita
After much struggle I finally got X running. Wow it feels great! Still the display is not so good, but at least X is starting now. Thanks to Mitch, Sean, Greg and the others for your guidance. At 12:03 AM 11/6/1999 -0500, Mitch Lewandowski wrote: >The good news is that you have the hardest part o

Re: Debian on Sony 505TX

1999-11-08 Thread amita
After much struggle I finally got X running. Wow it feels great! Still the display is not so good, but at least X is starting now. Thanks to Mitch, Sean, Greg and the others for your guidance. At 12:03 AM 11/6/1999 -0500, Mitch Lewandowski wrote: >The good news is that you have the hardest part o

Re: Debian on Sony 505TX

1999-11-08 Thread amita
>Could you please send me a copy of my last two messages so I can post >them to the list. Maybe somebody else will be able to add something >useful to my comments. OK, no problem. I will do something better: I will cc the messages to the list, with my comments, to save you the time to post them y

Re: Debian on Sony 505TX

1999-11-08 Thread amita
>Could you please send me a copy of my last two messages so I can post >them to the list. Maybe somebody else will be able to add something >useful to my comments. OK, no problem. I will do something better: I will cc the messages to the list, with my comments, to save you the time to post them y

Re: Debian on Sony 505TX

1999-11-05 Thread amita
>The mouse is /dev/psaux (it is a ps/2 mouse). > >If I can help in anyway, please ask. > That did it, thanks. The XF86Setup recognized the mouse. Then got a message that I successfully had installed a server. Then I run startx and got some error messages and nothing happened. What can I do now?

Re: Debian on Sony 505TX

1999-11-05 Thread amita
>The mouse is /dev/psaux (it is a ps/2 mouse). > >If I can help in anyway, please ask. > That did it, thanks. The XF86Setup recognized the mouse. Then got a message that I successfully had installed a server. Then I run startx and got some error messages and nothing happened. What can I do now?

Debian on Sony 505TX

1999-11-05 Thread amita
Fellow Debian users, greetings. I need help installing Debian on a Sony Vaio 505TX. So far I have managed to install the base system and have dual booting with LILO. But I can't get the mouse recognized, and I can't get X to work. I am a totall beginner in Linux. I heard that Caldera or Mandrake

Debian on Sony 505TX

1999-11-05 Thread amita
Fellow Debian users, greetings. I need help installing Debian on a Sony Vaio 505TX. So far I have managed to install the base system and have dual booting with LILO. But I can't get the mouse recognized, and I can't get X to work. I am a totall beginner in Linux. I heard that Caldera or Mandrake