On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 01:35:47PM +0200, Juergen Stuber wrote: > Oleg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > I've installed Debian on half a dozen different machines, and configuring X > > has always been the greatest pain. Currently, I'm trying to do this on a > > Fujitsu Lifebook E-7110 laptop that has an ATI Mobility Radeon 7500 card > > (32MB) and an LCD that can do up to 1400x1050 @ 60 Hz. > > > > When I tried installing Mandrake 9.0 just for kicks, it configured X without > > even asking me any questions (I should have probably saved its XF86Config-4 > > for reference, but I didn't). Now with Debian on the same machine instead, I > > spent all night trying to get ANY graphics to work. WTF? > > AFAIK you need XFree 4.2, which is in unstable.
Yes. The Radeon drivers are only in 4.2. You could use apt's pinning feature (worked for me; I use testing). Florian -- Florian Thiel - Medienzentrum Kassel Systembetreuung Internet- und Kommunikationstechnik Kasseler Schulen am Netz - http://www.medienzentrum-kassel.de -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
