On Tue, Aug 20, 2002 at 09:44:56AM +0200, Alejandro Flores wrote: > Hi all, > > I got a Dell Latitude CPx500 and i intend to have it with windows98 and > linux. So far, the partitioning worked and managed to install the debian > distribution i have on CD's 2.1r13, but the xfree86 does not seem to > recognise the video ATI-Rage. Therefore i only have text screen. :o(
I've installed debian on several of these laptops. I think I initially used X 3.3.x, but I have 4.1.0 on my personal system now. I think I use the ati driver in xserver-common. My system is runnig sid, but I haven't updated it recently. One quirk I've seen on several machines is that if you use grub or lilo to boot windows, APM doesn't report the battery status properly. I rarely use windows, so it's not an issue for me. Battery status is fine in linux. > After downloading the 4.0.1 version of Xfree86, this does not seem to > come to terms with the debian distribution i have. > > Now, I think it would be reasonable to install the Debian 3.0, but i > still have not succeeded. Sounds good. You can download the mks2d utilities and bios from Dell's web site. A12 bios seems to work well for me and it shuts the fans down when not needed. Early bios releases never seemed to stop the fans, and the system was always very loud. With X 3.3, I could suspend to disk from X, but since switching to 4.x that hasn't worked. I had a script to "chvt 1" during the suspend that worked for a while, but that stopped working automatically. Now I switch to a text console whenever I close the lid. Maybe the latest X works better, but I haven't updated it recently. -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] Texas Instruments [EMAIL PROTECTED] GnuPG D8C3BBD2 CC08 D690 0B70 3C70 351E EB05 96A3 3789 D8C3 BBD2
