On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 06:00:35 -0500, Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Sidney Brooks wrote: > > >Here is an update. I wiped out the drive using a > >program from the manufacturer of my computer available > >at www.microtelinc.com. I then was able to use my > >Windows XP disk, which previously simple led to a > >frozen screen, to reinstall Windows. I then > >partitioned the disk and installed RedHat, with no > >trouble, and Debian. The failure to go into graphics > >in Debian persists. > > > >There is some improvement. When I boot into Debian, > >there are no freezes, I get into the text mode. On > >using the command "startx", I could not get into > >graphics. Here are the errors from > >/var/log/Xfree86.0.log: > > > >(WW) Cannot open APM > >(EE) VESO(0):No matching modes > >(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable > >configuration. ..is there a way to specify or override graphics card speeds? My old ATI can do 230MHz but X stops it at conservative 162MHz, so I get 1600x1200x24bpp only at 60Hz. > >I noticed in installing RedHat, which works, that > >instead of using my actual SavagePro card, it chose > >VESA. I did the same with Debian, but it still did not > >get me into graphics. > > > > > > > > Educational, isn't it? :-) > > Try renaming the "/etc/X11/XF86Config" file (or you could delete it, > since it doesn't work anyway), and then copy over the XF86Config file > from Redhat to Debian. That might work. ..and do remember to swap your mouse name in there for /dev/gpmdata, this allows several cool tricks, such as not having to restart X everytime you reseat the rodent plug. ;-) -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]