HELP!! This newbie is having major problems getting XFree86 to run. The problem: my video card is the Matrox G550, and Debian 3.0 installs XFree86 version 4.1.0.1, which does not support it. And every driver I've tried, including the generic VGA, gives me a "No screens found" error when I try 'startx'.
Matrox provides Linux drivers, but when I use their install.sh, it returns a message that it does not support the version of XFree I have, although the documentation indicates that it does support 4.1.0. XFree 4.2 does support the G550, but when I download the .debs, dselect tells me there are dependencies that I can't seem to clear, even when I add the specific lib files listed. Of course, when I do, then just about all of the gnome specific packages complain, because libc6-2.2.5.11 (which they like) is being replaced with libc6-2.2.5.14 (which they don't, but which XFree 4.2 wants). I have re-installed several times, including re-initializing, and nothing seems to work. I am baffled and _very_ frustrated. I am planning to run dual-head when I get this working. I _don't_ want to use a distro other than Debian, although I may be forced to, if I can't solve this. The other hardware: AMD Athlon 1900+, Soyo Dragon Plus m/b, 1.5GB RAM, 20GB h/d partition (system is multi-boot) + 128MB swap partition. The G550 works great with Windoze, so the hardware is functional. I just don't want that o/s around any more than I absolutely have to. Please reply to n7fzatarrldotnet. Being a newbie, and willing to admit it, a 'cookie-cutter' solution is requested. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]