Are you running Debian 5 or 6? Debian 6 Squeeze just came out. They have removed the binary blobs from the kernel and put them in a non-free repository. You can install it post installation. You can upgrade from lenny to squeeze by just changing a references to lenny to squeeze in your sources list. Then just do an update and upgrade. Afterwards install the non-free packages. Squeeze is worth the upgrade because it has a newer kernel and after the non-free packages are installed then you should be able to install graphics drivers more easily.
This link may be helpful: http://kaigaraonline.wordpress.com/2011/02/13/things-to-do-after-installing-debian-6-squeeze/ Let us know how you do. Roy Using Kubuntu 10.10, 64-bit Location: Canada On 22 February 2011 08:50, Tony Mitchell <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi folks, here I am again with my laptop graphics glitch. > > It's been a rainy day and I have returned to my linux glitches. > On my laptop I have tried other distros than Debian. Earlier versions of > Puppy and Macpup, which I really like, recognise the graphics correctly > and display a full screen, 1024*768. But they fail on Grub. After the > full installation process I am told sda1 is mounted as read/write, but > unmountable, or something like that, so I have reverted to Debian, as > that install runs well - other than the fact it gives me a small screen > on a 14" laptop. > Harking to the advice given here, I can't find the driver and do not > know how to install it. Googling gave me the Intel site, which says > 'In general, many Linux* distributions already include Intel® graphics > drivers. If you are looking to update your driver, Intel recommends > checking on availability and obtaining precompiled driver packages from > your Linux distribution vendor or computer manufacturer. Support for > these drivers will be through your Linux distribution vendor or computer > manufacturer. ' > Not very helpful. Can I extract it from the Puppy (4.2 as the later > version doesn't have it) CD? > The chip is an Intel 815EM, max 11Mb video ram, 3D accelerator. > > At the moment I am setting up two machines, also an Acer tower on which > I have Ubuntu. Seems good. I have dealt with Wine, which required a > command line before it would run exe files (?!), and found the 'mute' > button which was ticked by default and meant my sound didn't work. > (seems to me like having a 'don't work' button which you have to find > buried in the tabs, but I'm a newbie). > At the moment I am stymied by tape backup utilities. I was excited to > find these, as I am a photographer, and have a modest but growing 60Gb > of images backed up on external HD. I want to be able to retrieve the > files as they were at a known date, and have an external Lacie tape > drive and a stack of tapes from my ex employers. > Firstly I couldn't find mondorescue or tob, both installed but not shown > in menus. > I retrieved the documentation from Mondo's website - have no idea where > the installed document went. But, sorry, it's written in computer speak > and cannot interpret the instructions. > Eg, it says 'you must specify one of the following' and, '-t Use tape > streamer as back up device' .... It can't mean that to do so you must > type that command in terminal, for if I do so, I am told 'command not > recognised' > 'mondoarchive-O', again, not recognised. 'mondoarchive' 'Please run as > root' - I thought I was in root? Typed in my password 'command not found'. > Sanity compromised. > > I do emphasise that Ubuntu is described as user friendly. The basic > issue with linux seems to me not so much it's difference, but that > assumptions are made as to what is known. Am I expecting too much or > simply awkward about what I attempt? What do I need to do to be able to > attempt such things, and how do I obtain that information - clearly I > have some way to go? I'm going to do something else this afternoon. > Tony > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
