On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 12:51:48PM +1000, DaZZa wrote: > On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 12:37 PM, Amos Shapira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 8:03 PM, Jaime Tarrant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 2 & 3) Another script that might be useful to automatically install > > > proprietary ATI video drivers is here: > > > http://techpatterns.com/forums/about933.html > > > I have used it successfully on Debian machines with NVidia and ATI cards > > > running Lenny or Unstable branches, although I haven't tested it with > > Etch. > > > Still, if you have had no luck so far maybe it is worth a shot. > > > TIP: You can only run the script from the console however (not from > > within > > > X). > > > > Another possible option which I used when I felt particularly lazy or > > out of time to do it "properly" is to boot a live Ubuntu disk on the > > machine and copy the X config file from it to merge with the Debian > > one. > > Not an option on these boxes. > > No floppy disk. No CD. Solid-state HD. > > Suggestions have been received and are being looked into. As far as I > know, we've updates the distribution with the latest patches using > apt-get distro upgrade without success (once we removed the poxy HP > repository from the sources list and actually GOT some upgrades), and > are now trying to find/apply the latest ATI drivers to the video card. > > Damn thing is still refusing to do widescreen modes. :-( Won't even do > 1600x1050 now. something I noticed on my deb leny (amd64) box is that when the monitor was off whilst rebooting X defaulted to 800x600 (couldn't get eddid info ) , this was for an nvidia, but the ati might do the same thing
> > Thanks to all for suggestions. > > DaZZa > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- Paul's Law: In America, it's not how much an item costs, it's how much you save.
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