[XFree86] help with debian on compaq

2004-05-17 Thread Beau
Greetings all. I am trying to get X working on a compaq presario 2105. I'm using debian 3.0, starting with a mini-iso then dselect. So far I have a twm looking result that I could live with, except it freezes whenever I move/resize a window. I used xf86cfg -textmode to do my config; had to t

RE: [XFree86] help with debian on compaq

2004-05-17 Thread Cynthia Grossen
>(--) PCI:*(1:5:0) ATI unknown chipset (0x4336) rev 0, Mem @ 0xe000/28, 0xd010/16, I/O @ 0x9000/8 The version of XFree86 that you are using doesn't recognize your graphics card. That's why you end up with the vesa driver. The vesa driver is unaccelerated and that may be what you are seeing

RE: [XFree86] help with debian on compaq

2004-05-17 Thread Beau
On Mon, 17 May 2004, Cynthia Grossen wrote: > You should upgrade to version 4.4. You may find that your other problems > go away with the update. If not, send us the log and config files again. Any chance that's doable via debian packages? (I completely failed last time I tried to build from sour

Re: [XFree86] help with debian on compaq

2004-05-17 Thread Beau
On Mon, 17 May 2004, Moritz Mekelburger wrote: > But that can only work if you really have a trident. No go; but thanks, you introduced me to lspci. -- beau (c)2004ISR; http://www.semanticrestructuring.com Choose One: ( )Democracy ( )Paperless Voting http://www.verfiedvoting.com _

RE: [XFree86] help with debian on compaq

2004-05-18 Thread Cynthia Grossen
es to this file. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Beau Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 7:51 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [XFree86] help with debian on compaq On Mon, 17 May 2004, Cynthia Grossen wrote: > You should upgrade to version 4.4. You

RE: [XFree86] help with debian on compaq

2004-05-19 Thread Beau
On Tue, 18 May 2004, Cynthia Grossen wrote: > You'll want to read this first > ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/4.4.0/binaries/Common/Install Actually, I had tried that route once, before posting to the list. My attempts to make X work from binary failed, as did my efforts at building from sourc

RE: [XFree86] help with debian on compaq

2004-05-20 Thread Cynthia Grossen
12:57 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [XFree86] help with debian on compaq On Tue, 18 May 2004, Cynthia Grossen wrote: > You'll want to read this first > ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/4.4.0/binaries/Common/Install Actually, I had tried that route once, before posting to the list.