On Tue, 2003-03-18 at 02:46, Dion wrote: > Just a thought about running xfree86. Have you thought of trying a > generic vga adaptor driver?? I would expext, indeed I believe all video > cards support basic VGA resolutions up to 1024*768 and then there are > the VESA modes also. You may not be able to use mesa or other 3d > acceleration but I don't see why X wouldn't be able to run. > > Anyone beg to differ?
I beg to agree. I was installing on a machine with an SiS card. With Debian it wouldn't run at all. With RH8 the screen was so dark that I could scarcely read it. Everthing fine with VESA driver. Alan > > All the best with this really nice os. I'm muddling about with Woody too. > D. > > > >>>After a busy few weeks I finally had the oppurtunity to sit down and start to > >>>look around my new Debian Woody install. I still don't have Xwindows cause > >>>my radeons not supported. I wanted to start getting to know this OS, when I > >>>started with RedHat, I had a nice BIG book to read from. > >>> > >>>Is there a BIG book of Debian, either downloadable or bought that is highly > >>>recommended for Newbies. (Advanced Network Administration for Debian Servers > >>>is out of the question, something more of the "Using Debian ... the How to > >>>find your arse with both hands guide.", type flavour) > >>> > > -- > "Never ascribe to malice that which may adequately be explained by incompetence." - > Napoleon Bonaparte > > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ > More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug > -- ------------------------------------------------------ Alan L Tyree Tel: +61 2 4782 2670 Mobile: +61 405 084 990 Fax: +61 2 4782 7092 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
