-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 02/03/07 00:50, Mike McClain wrote: >> s. keeling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >> Mike McClain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> I just installed sarge on a box I've happily been running woody on >>> for 5 years and find I can't run X cause the Trident tvga 9800b >>> chipset is no longer supported in the xserver-xfree86 v4.3. Any >> Try the svga driver. I'm using a PCI Matrox card, development of >> which was stopped long ago. svga driver picked up the slack and it >> works beautifully. >> > > Pardon the typo, the board is a Trident tvga 8900b, sometimes my > fingers seem lisdexic. > > I've tried 'dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86' with many different > combinations. > I've tried xf86config, xf86config and xdebconfigurator. > I've started over and done a full re-install on another partition, > thinking my minimul install might have missed something critical. > > Not once have I seen a chance to select svga. > Vga and vesa yes but not svga. > > Can you tell me what package gives you that functionality? > My board predates vesa hence doesn't answer properly and I get a black > screen, that's the case with the latest install now and it's booting
Whoa, that's an *old* card. If it's a PCI card, then you should be able to buy a cheap newer one off eBay. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFFxKq2S9HxQb37XmcRAsY4AJ9s+i0r4qhZBn/gKz9ARI+V9j30vACeIbH4 OXSCVZOcXH/Hpn7gyiwDlh0= =lK+J -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
