Just installed Debian 1.1beta. It was pretty smooth, except for X, and
i dont think the X problems are really Debians fault, but what the heck,
i'll ask for help here anyway.
I have two systems...
System 1:
motherboard: ASUS SP3G
CPU: AMD 486 dx4 100MHz
Graphics card: Orchid Fahrenheit 1280 (ISA, S3 924, 1 MB)
Linux: Very old, very hacked Slackware (ELF, X11R6, pretty stable)
System 2:
motherboard: ASUS P55TP4N
CPU: Intel Pentium 166MHz
Graphics card: Diamond Stealth64 VIDEO 2001 (PCI, S3 765 (Trio64V+), 2 MB)
Linux: Debian 1.1beta
I've had System 1 for a long time, it's been really good. I'm currently
building System 2. My problem is this:
When i start X on System 2, the S3 server prints the normal startup
messages, switches video mode, and locks solid. The SCSI light is on, but
there is no disk activity (I use the NCR 810 SCSI controller on both
machines). The machine stops taking keyboard input (NumLock LED doesnt
change state, cant switch VTs, etc), and stops responding to pings.
When i start X on System 1, everything works fine, no problems.
System 2 runs svgalib programs fine, no problems. System 1 with the
video card from System 2 also works fine. System 2 with the video card
from System 1 works fine too. The S3 X server from System 1, when run on
System 2, hangs just like the X server on System 2. It's very confusing.
Any idea what's up here? It seems like maybe the PCI bus is
misconfigured, or the X server is missing some little flag or something...
TIA
Sebastian Kuzminsky
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