Hi Chaps, Thanks for that. Maybe I'll use something else in the mean time.
The system has a UP1500 motherboard. I purchased off of ebay. I had to sell my SX based system to afford it. Seems pretty speedy so far. I have another Alpha with Debian installed. I can't remember whether I used XF86Config to configure the graphics card. The problem is I'm using a TFT monitor and I'm wary about which settings I use. I was sure there was another method similar to the X config used in the original install. I have some S3 PCI cards maybe I'll use one of those to get refamiliar with the process. The radeon card wasn't to expensive. I had to buy the memory from crucial and whilst ebay is good for somethings the convoluted process to buy something like a Voodoo 2000 which is what I would have bought otherwise gets to you after a while. Aha wait a minute if I remember correctly isn't there a way to re go through the install process which means you can re do the X configure. If that's so could anyone remind me, I've got to get some kip now got to go to work again tomorow. Thanks for any help. Kind regards, Peter Watkinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam C Powell IV" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "debian alpha" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 10:22 PM Subject: Re: Xfree > Helge Kreutzmann wrote: > > >>The graphics card is a Crucial ATI Radeon 8500 AGP card. > >> > >> > >Not supported by woody, I assume. > > > Right, my 8500 on Athlon requires X 4.2.1. The apt line for i386 is: > > deb http://people.debian.org/~blade/woody/i386/ ./ > > and you should be able to get sources from somewhere in there that will > build on alpha. > > [To do that, once you have the orig.tar.gz, the .diff.gz and the .dsc, > and have installed the fakeroot package: > > dpkg-source -x file.dsc [e.g. foo_1.2.3-4.dsc] > cd dir-version [e.g. foo-1.2.3] > dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -us -uc > > I prefer this to "fakeroot debian/rules binary" because it tests for > build-depends and lets you know what's missing.] > > Zeen, > -- > > -Adam P. > > GPG fingerprint: D54D 1AEE B11C CE9B A02B C5DD 526F 01E8 564E E4B6 > > Welcome to the best software in the world today cafe! > <http://lyre.mit.edu/%7Epowell/The_Best_Stuff_In_The_World_Today_Cafe.ogg> > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
