V Suresh saw fit to inform me that:
>Hi,
> I just wanted to give Debian a try, and I got Network Computing CD
>and managed to get it installed properly. Now the Problems:
> The X server: did xf86config and I was able to run only the
>vga16 server which has very poor color depth and resolution. If I select
>SVGA, startx fails saying can't start SVGA. At present I am using
>RHL6.2, and everything is fine in it. My video hardware is : i810
>chipset, Samtron 45Bn Monitor. (I did install the i810,agpgart modules
>during installation properly(lsmod shows them in)).
In the default kernel on debian (2.2.17) there was no agpgart module not any module
for my sound card (Ensonique 1371). I took the kernel 2.4.1 sources and recompiled
the kernel as per my requirements using make-kpkg (man make-kpkg for more info).
I too have i810 with samtron 75E monitor.
I have configured XFree 4 on debian and it works very well.
For XFree4, please do 'dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86' after U install
all needed X packages via 'dpkg'/ apt-get.
For XFree 3.3.x there will be xf86config binary to configure X. xf86config is also
there with XFree 4. Use that.
Before doing all the above please ensure that agpgart is compiled in the kernel as
module and the module is loaded.
My /etc/modules contains the following :
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# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file should contain the names of kernel modules that are
# to be loaded at boot time, one per line. Comments begin with
# a #, and everything on the line after them are ignored.
loop
vfat
agpgart
i810
es1371
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> usr/src/ : the /usr/src/ directory doesn't contain anything at all, and
>my alsa-driver compilation exited saying something is missing in that
>directory. Is it okay if I copy my RedHat /usr/src/linux directory into
>debian's /usr/src?
For alsa compilation also you can use make-kpkg. I have not tried it though. Running
the module of my sound card.
I don't know what is given in Network Computing CD, but there won't be any kernel
sources in it. The main potato distro comes with 3 CD's. Since the mag has given only
two CD's it seems to be a curtailed version or something like that.
Hope this helps.
I am also a newbie to Debian :-) Listers please correct me if I am wrong somewhere.
Bye
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Kurtarkar Nagari,Bldg-C,T4, http://rajesh.computers.webjump.com
Santacruz,Ponda-Goa-403401-INDIA Powered By : Debian GNU/Linux (Potato)
Kernel 2.4.1
"The expert at anything was once a beginner." -Hayes
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