Thanks for the help. I did get kde running. All I did was choose fbdev in debconf. I really appreciate the help. I do have alot of work ahead of me if I want to run debian though since many packages seem broken. I can't get my pppd working correctly either, although it does dial out. Maybe its a permission problem but even after I did chmod on most of the ppp files still couldn't get a valid connection. I'll post again when I have more specifics. I wish debian had an easy mode :) system admin is not my strong suit. Thanks again.
Quoting Brad Boyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Mon, Nov 03, 2003 at 10:17:38AM -0800, J Y wrote: > > Hi, I'm having trouble getting the x-server to see a valid video device. > > > > (II) VGA: Generic VGA driver (version 4.0.) for chipsets generic > > (EE) No devices detected > > Fatal server error: > > no screens found > > x connection to :0.0 broken > > (explicit kill or server shutdown) > > Instead of using the generic VGA driver, you need to use the fbdev > driver. There isn't a driver for the control video in XFree86, but > there is an fb driver in the kernel (controlfb). > > > I installed woody (3.0rev1) on a power mac 7600 with a the video that it > came from > > apple with. the video is onboard. Not a pci card. I think apple's method > was to use > > system ram to supplement the vram. I did do apt-get install discover, but > discover > > doesn't discover the video. If anyone has experiance with setting up > older macs to work > > with debian and specifically getting the x-server to work I would > appreciate the > > help-thanks > > Actually, the 7600 (and other similar machines) use the control video > chipset, which is on a separate bus that is almost PCI, but not quite. > It does have it's own VRAM (4 sockets, 1M modules), but it can be > shared with the video input that came with most models based on the > same motherboard. The 7600 has the PlanB video input, which does have > a Linux driver. As far as XFree86 is concerned, the control video is > a dumb framebuffer handled entirely by the kernel. So make sure you > have controlfb running (check /proc/fb and make sure it doesn't say > offb) before you try to configure X. > > Brad Boyer > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ***Protect your PC from local E-Mail Application security holes*** ***Maintain your Privacy - MS Passport Free*** ***Anti SPAM "Whitelist" feature*** http://www.x-mail.net Web Based E-Mail, accessible anywhere Voice Messages, Voice Calls (VoIP), Video Conferencing, Live Chat, X-Mail Messenger, Personal Web Hosting, 128 bit SSL Secure, Calendar, Bookmarks, Forwarding, Virtual Mail Map Aliasing X-Mail Premium: 250MB Storage, 20MB Messages, SMTP, POP3, Ad Free ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anonymous Web Surfing http://www.snoopblocker.com Search http://www.teradex.com
