dselect conflicts (was: Re: Still BIG problems with XFree on Dell C400)

2003-10-10 Thread Jon Haugsand
* Matthias Hentges > > Check the following settings in make menuconfig: Thank you. I solved the problem by moving USB from modules to kernel. I guess I could tweak some settings in /etc/modules or something. > I personally prefer GDM, but KDM is nice,too. Thanks. My current problem took

Re: Still BIG problems with XFree on Dell C400

2003-10-07 Thread Matthias Hentges
Am Die, 2003-10-07 um 18.05 schrieb Jon Haugsand: [...] > Anyway, I downloaded kernel 2.4.20, and recompiled it, and after > several tries, I still have some problems. E.g. the network is not > found. (I used to recompile the kernel often in the old days, but I > seem to have lost the touch.) >

Re: Still BIG problems with XFree on Dell C400

2003-10-07 Thread Jon Haugsand
* Rohan Nicholls > Sorry, I missed the rest of this thread, but was wondering if I can > help, as I have a Dell C600 Latitude with X happily humming along. > > Can you send me the thread, or shorten it to what is and what is not > working? > > I have just reinstalled debian on my laptop, and had

Re: Still BIG problems with XFree on Dell C400

2003-10-07 Thread
At 07 Oct 2003 14:53:42 +0200, Jon Haugsand wrote: > > * Matthias Hentges > > There is nothing wrong to see here. Please post the complete log. > > Or try starting X manually: > > > > $ X > > $ export DISPLAY=:0 > > $ xterm > > > > If you have a working X with a xterm running now, there is proba

Re: Still BIG problems with XFree on Dell C400

2003-10-07 Thread Jon Haugsand
* Matthias Hentges > There is nothing wrong to see here. Please post the complete log. > Or try starting X manually: > > $ X > $ export DISPLAY=:0 > $ xterm > > If you have a working X with a xterm running now, there is probably a > problem with your windowmanager (KDE, Gnome?) or Displaymanager

Re: Still BIG problems with XFree on Dell C400

2003-10-07 Thread kmark
On 6 Oct 2003, Jon Haugsand wrote: > > The Dell C400 is troublesome, in particular with Debian since its > policy of conservative upgrades. Anyway, I have downloaded the > following packages: > > XFree86 Version 4.3.0 (Debian 4.3.0-0ds2.0.0woody1 20030307145421 marcelo@) > kernel-source-2.4.22

Re: Still BIG problems with XFree on Dell C400

2003-10-06 Thread Naitik Shah
Well, if RH works, why not just steal the XF86Config file it generates! Thats how I got my first non RPM system working! I guess you dont have either NVIDIA or ATI but some onboard VGA chip. I've never used this one, so my config file is probably useless to you. Naitik. On 07 Oct 2003 08:17:43 +

Re: Still BIG problems with XFree on Dell C400

2003-10-06 Thread Jon Haugsand
* Naitik Shah > What graphics card are you using? Nvidia or ATI? Did you install the > appropriate drivers? Did you change the driver setting in your > XF86Config ? There's a dell laptop users mailing list on yahoo groups > which is where I figured out how to get my inspiron to work. Go through > t

Re: Still BIG problems with XFree on Dell C400

2003-10-06 Thread Naitik Shah
What graphics card are you using? Nvidia or ATI? Did you install the appropriate drivers? Did you change the driver setting in your XF86Config ? There's a dell laptop users mailing list on yahoo groups which is where I figured out how to get my inspiron to work. Go through their archives and files

Re: Still BIG problems with XFree on Dell C400

2003-10-06 Thread Matthias Hentges
Am Mon, 2003-10-06 um 16.37 schrieb Jon Haugsand: > The Dell C400 is troublesome, in particular with Debian since its > policy of conservative upgrades. Anyway, I have downloaded the > following packages: > > XFree86 Version 4.3.0 (Debian 4.3.0-0ds2.0.0woody1 20030307145421 marcelo@) > kernel-sou