On Sun, Jun 03, 2007 at 01:14:37AM -0400, Kevin Mark wrote: > On Sun, Jun 03, 2007 at 04:45:30AM +0000, rocky wrote: > > Hey, > > > > I got a very old PC which was purchased 6 years ago. I use Debian > > netinstall CD installed the base Debian etch system. I have been > > trying to install basic GUI on it. Therefore I execute the following > > command:[QUOTE]#aptitude update > > aptitude install twm x-window-system[/QUOTE] > > [Commands indented by one tab stop and on a line of their own for clarity only in the text below]
Type dmesg | less This will page you through the kernel messages that come up as you boot the computer. One of them should list the video card. lspci | less will list any PCI devices: mine lists the Radeon card I have here at the end. You may need to install the xorg package, discover (optional here) is also a fairly useful package which attempts to auto-discover your hardware and help configure the card and mouse. aptitude install discover xorg > > I was asked for some questions regarding to my hardware. I was not > > quite sure whether my answer is right because I'm quite new to > > computer hardware and I have no means to find the manuals for the old > > PC. > > <lots of stuff about not finding mouse snipped> As suggested by Kevin, you need dpkg-reconfigure xorg Hope this helps, Andy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]