ok, thanks for the reply. Now, i managed to install debian 3.0 on the laptop. everything went fine until I started up the X windows (either with gnome or kde). It correctly launches the windows and the desktop managers are working smoothly but the other sessions (which should be in text mode, tty1-6) have a completely messed display, and there is no way to interrupt the X session, not even shutting down. The Xfree86 version seems to be 4.1.0.1 prerelease. I stepped back to 4.0.1 but the xdm aborts
Is there any parameter i should tune? the monitor is 1024x768, TFT, XGA. The video card is ATI Rage Mobility (Mach 64). (apparently xfree86 -configure detects this all right; even the mice) or would it work better when using the 4.2.0 version of Xfree86? Thanks Alex Lee Bradshaw wrote: > 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 > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
