Re: Re: How to find right video card driver
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]
Re: Re: How to find right video card driver
Hi, 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. So I just edited the config file with VI and enter « vesa » as generic graphic card, And I never had any trouble with KDE or GNOME. If you have trouble detecting your hard drive, look for the Bonzaï Debian distribution. For NIC, pick an old 3COM 905 B TX ( for $10 ) For mouse, there still are non usb PS2 plug in the shops, same for the keyboard. Finally the best mirror I could find for ftp debian is the dot.de one, to be entered manually in sources.list Make sure you backup at least these two files, xf86config and sources.list, personnally I wrote Them by hand, because sometimes you launch startx, then you open a character console, Then you enter some apt-get command, which smartly turns off then on EVERY daemon, And when it comes to killing KDE or Gnome, you find yourself blastered to outer space, Because obviously you were inside the ship. Hope this help. Reenactor.
Re: How to find right video card driver
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Sun, May 28, 2006 at 12:58:02 -0600, Joseph Smidt wrote: >> I am trying to figure out how to configure my xorg.conf file. Is there >> anywhere that shows the whole list of drivers that xorg recognises? Also >> how do you use lspci info to decide which driver is best? Thanks. > > This is a very useful site to get a quick overview of the drivers for > your hardware: > > http://kmuto.jp/debian/hcl/ > > You just copy/paste the output of "lspci -n" into the form, press the > "check" button and you get a list for all your hardware that is known to > be supported by Debian. That's a pretty darned spiffy web page... - -- Is "common sense" really valid? For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins are mud people. However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEeiTXS9HxQb37XmcRAtTMAJ9xuYowJ8HNs44IY5b6/LVhGrIzqQCeJkfk 7m91fAikph+wMx4lh0HJZXg= =gYoX -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to find right video card driver
On Sun, May 28, 2006 at 12:58:02 -0600, Joseph Smidt wrote: > I am trying to figure out how to configure my xorg.conf file. Is there > anywhere that shows the whole list of drivers that xorg recognises? Also > how do you use lspci info to decide which driver is best? Thanks. This is a very useful site to get a quick overview of the drivers for your hardware: http://kmuto.jp/debian/hcl/ You just copy/paste the output of "lspci -n" into the form, press the "check" button and you get a list for all your hardware that is known to be supported by Debian. -- Regards, Florian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to find right video card driver
On Sunday 28 May 2006 14:58, Joseph Smidt wrote: > I am trying to figure out how to configure my xorg.conf file. Is there > anywhere that shows the whole list of drivers that xorg recognises? Also > how do you use lspci info to decide which driver is best? Thanks. What is your video card? If you provide that information, someone on this list can advice as to which driver you should use. Most video cards work with vesa driver but the performance could be sub-optimal. Install the package xserver-xorg-video-all and configure X using dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg most likely dpkg-reconfigure will pick the right driver for you. If it does not pick the right driver then that would be a bug in dpkg-reconfigure. raju -- http://kamaraju.googlepages.com/cornell-bazaar http://groups.google.com/group/cornell-bazaar/about -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to find right video card driver
Joseph Smidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I am trying to figure out how to configure my xorg.conf file. Is there > anywhere that shows the whole list of drivers that xorg recognises? Also > how do you use lspci info to decide which driver is best? Thanks. "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg" will offer you a list of drivers to choose from. Google "site:lists.debian.org $CARD" (where $CARD is your graphics card/chip) should dig out posts that mention what you need to know. lspci should tell you what's in the box: :00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corp. 82810E DC-133 \ CGC [Chipset Graphics Controller] (rev 03) lspci -v will tell you more, and -vv tells even more. The above is for an onboard Intel graphics controller which is used by the i810 XFree86 driver. -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*)http://www.spots.ab.ca/~keeling Linux Counter #80292 - -Spammers! http://www.spots.ab.ca/~keeling/emails.html http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1855.txt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
