video cards, the mouse, Xfree86 and Debian installation.....

2006-10-17 Thread Michael Fothergill
Dear Debian folks, I have installed Debian on my PC here. It runs a 1200MHz Athlon CPU and has one 20GB disk on it with Fedora Core 5 on it and now after deleted Windows a second disk (primary) which is 40GB in size has now got the Desktop Debian installation on it. At least I think it

Re: video cards, the mouse, Xfree86 and Debian installation.....

2006-10-17 Thread M-L
On Tuesday 17 October 2006 21:10, Michael Fothergill shared this with us all: -- Dear Debian folks, -- -- I have installed Debian on my PC here. Which Debian? Sarge, Etch or Sid? It runs a 1200MHz Athlon CPU and has -- one 20GB disk on it with Fedora Core 5 on it and now after deleted

Re: video cards, the mouse, Xfree86 and Debian installation.....

2006-10-17 Thread Michael Fothergill
Thanks for responding, mikef From: M-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: video cards, the mouse, Xfree86 and Debian installation. Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 21:42:25 +1000 On Tuesday 17 October 2006 21:10, Michael Fothergill shared this with us all: -- Dear

Re: video cards, the mouse, Xfree86 and Debian installation.....

2006-10-17 Thread Kent West
Michael Fothergill wrote: Dear Debian folks, I have installed Debian on my PC here. It runs a 1200MHz Athlon CPU and has one 20GB disk on it with Fedora Core 5 on it and now after deleted Windows a second disk (primary) which is 40GB in size has now got the Desktop Debian installation on

Re: video cards, the mouse, Xfree86 and Debian installation.....

2006-10-17 Thread Kent West
Kent West wrote: gpm also is a quicker means of experimenting with mouse types than trying to startx over and over until you get it right. Or, to find the correct location, you can type cat /dev/psaux and move the mouse around; if you see a bunch of garbage appear on the screen, you've

Re: video cards, the mouse, Xfree86 and Debian installation.....

2006-10-17 Thread Michael Fothergill
, the mouse, Xfree86 and Debian installation. Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 08:21:54 -0500 Kent West wrote: gpm also is a quicker means of experimenting with mouse types than trying to startx over and over until you get it right. Or, to find the correct location, you can type cat /dev/psaux and move

Re: video cards, the mouse, Xfree86 and Debian installation.....

2006-10-17 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, Oct 17, 2006 at 11:55:05AM +, Michael Fothergill wrote: Depending what you want as a window manager etc.. You have to scan 10 OK. I will now reinstall and scan the pants of the entire distribution. STOP! You don't have to reinstall. You've got a working CLI right?