On Thu, 23 Nov 2000, Daniel Borgmann wrote:
> well, thanks.. the problem is how to get X running with potato?
> i don't want to tell my father to install woody.
> i guess he will compile xfree 4 on his own if there is no other solution.
> maybe this will break a lot of things (dependencies) so i don't have a good
> fealing about this.. :(
You could go to
http://www.edlug.ed.ac.uk/Mirrors/Debian/dists/potato/cpbotha
where you will find .deb packages of XFree86 4.0.1 compiled for potato. I
burned everything from dists downward (if I remeber correctly) on a CD and
used it with apt-cdrom. Worked like a charm and got me X running on my
Geforce 2 GTS card. If you want the fancy GeForce 2 Graphics, you will
probably have to get Nvidia's drivers from their website.
I only recently installed this and have not experimented too much with it.
> isn't there ANY way in xfree 3(!) to get a not supported card to work??
> even if it runs in svga compatible mode with only 4mb of detected video ram,
> i wouldn;t care!! but it has to work!
I experimented only briefly, but as far as I remember, I could only get
XFree86 3.3.1 to work in 640x480 and 16 colors.
Regards and good luck,
Manuel
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