I have put 2.6 on a DEll 4000 including sound. I don't have the directions or laptop any more. If I recall I got the sound working with ALSA and changing permissions on sound objects in /dev.
> Dear User Group: > > I have not been able to completely install Debian Linux > successfully on a Dell Inspiron 4000 laptop. The main > hindrance seems to be the video chip/card which is an > ATI RAGE MOBILITY M3 AGP 2X LF. > > The installation was attempted with the Potato 2.2 > CD set. Almost everything except the graphics terminal-- > virtual terminal 7, which is detailed below, appears > functional. I had to use xserver-svga as the graphics > card driver and manually edit the attached version > of /etc/X11/XF86Config--created with xf86config-- > to get a quasi-functional system. According > to the Linux free utility the system has about 256 Meg > of RAM and about 125 Meg is devoted to swap space and > about 86 Meg is free. > > My main question is has anybody ever successfully > installed an Inspiron 4000 with a vanilla Potato > CD set. If not, can the problem be solved by > using an out of the box Woody or Sarge CD set ? > (i.e. References to relevant documents would be appreciated.) > > The main problems with the installation are as follows: > > 1) Automatic reboot--with shutdown -R--doesn't work. > You need to start the machine manually. > > 1.1) If the machine is warm the power needs to be > cycled several times before it will boot. > > 2) The graphics terminal doesn't work. > When the machine is booted it comes up blank. > However all the other virtual terminals work. > The /var/log/xdm.log file indicates the X Server was > terminated because the ATI chipset is not recognized. > It thinks it is a Brooktree 476 or something like that. > > 3) "apt-get update" fails with the following diagnostic > when reading the package lists: "E: Dynamic Mmap ran out of room". > This happens even if the Cache-limit is set to 40000000 bytes ! > As a consequence I can't conveniently update my OS version > with "apt-get dist-upgrade" and get different video > drivers. Note that sources.list has only the > "deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free" > line enabled. > > Best Regards, > > Paul Romero > > > > > > -- > Paul Romero > > RCOM Communications Software > > Phone/Fax: (510)339-2628 > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
