On Mon, May 29, 2006 at 07:17:34PM +0200, jbmorla wrote: > > I had trouble configuring my Xcongif file, because I purchased an off the > shelves Acer PC. > > Obviously the video card was OEM and no search could detect no driver on the > WWW.
You should have been able to find _some_ info on the chipset reported by 'lspci' -- do you still have computer? What does it say the 'Display controller' is? > So I just edited the config file with VI and enter « vesa » as generic > graphic card, Good choice when you don't know the hardware on which the install is occuring (or it's not supported) > And I never had any trouble with KDE or GNOME. Shouldn't--just wouldn't have 'optimal' performance > If you have trouble detecting your hard drive, look for the Bonzaï Debian > distribution. The 'etch' installer should detect most harddrives these days, especially 'standard' ones--most IDE and SCSI (I have no experience installing to SATA, might have trouble mixing SATA and SCSI). There are unofficial 'sarge' installers w/ more recent kernels that should recognize most harddrives, too. > For NIC, pick an old 3COM 905 B TX ( for $10 ) I've also had good luck with the realtek 8139 series 10/100 cards. > For mouse, there still are non usb PS2 plug in the shops, same for the > keyboard. I have USB both, and the biggest difference is that is case the USB system goes down, you have no recource to fix it. I'd go with a PS2 keyboard, either on the mouse. > Finally the best mirror I could find for ftp debian is the dot.de one, to > be entered manually in sources.list That depends very largely on your locations. A german mirror would do me, for example, much less good than a USA mirror. > Make sure you backup at least these two files, xf86config and sources.list, > personnally I wrote > > Them by hand, because sometimes you launch startx, I'd personally back up the entire /etc directory, a lot of config gets changed in the initial setup, if I was going to do a selective backup. >then you open a character > console, > > Then you enter some apt-get command, which smartly turns off then on EVERY > daemon, Not on my box..it turns off daemons right before updating them, then turns them back on--and only the daemons it is immediately affecting. My ssh daemon doesn't get restarted when I upgrade sendmail, for example. Did you somewhere configure it to kill everything but the dpkg and bash processes? > And when it comes to killing KDE or Gnome, you find yourself blastered to > outer space, > > Because obviously you were inside the ship. I'm absolutely certain I've upgraded X and my WM while logged into X, with no ill effects. The only thing that dies on me when I upgrade is firefox--hardly a catastrophe. Maybe you could provide us with some output next time your WM is upgraded to figure out why it's blowing away your session? -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm not a level-headed person... -- Bruce Perens -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]