On Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 05:35:59PM -0800, Mike McClain wrote: > > Mike McClain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > I just installed sarge on a box I've happily been running woody on
Couldn't you just upgrade? > > > for 5 years and find I can't run X cause the Trident tvga 9800b xorg might support the Trident tvga 9800b, but if its a critical machine, (which seems unlikely cause you are running X), then search the Internet to see if anyone is having trouble. I have a "Cirrus Logic GD 7548" inbuilt video in this laptop, and the upgrade from xfree86 to xorg broke X. Eventually I realised the xorg driver didn't support the Cirrus Logic GD 7548 and worst of all, neither did the vesa driver. I noticed on debian-release a request to allow xserver-xorg-video-vesa (1:1.3.0-1) to enter testing cause it "Fixes shadowfb." I tried this new version, and yay X now works. I honestly thought that I had come to the limits of Debian support for old hardware. > > > chipset is no longer supported in the xserver-xfree86 v4.3. > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> dpkg -P xserver-xfree86 > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> dpkg -i > /CD/pool/main/x/xfree86v3/xserver-svga_3.3.6-44_i386.deb > /CD/pool/main/x/xfree86v3/xserver-common-v3_3.3.6-44_i386.deb > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> xf86config-v3 > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> edit /etc/X11/XF86Config: > Clocks 25.17 28.32 44.90 36.00 57.28 65.03 50.34 40.00 > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> startx > /var/log/X11messages 2>&1 & > > X starts with a resolution that has the tool bar off screen but > CtrlAlt+ a couple of times fixes that What is the output of 'less /etc/X11/XF86Config | grep Modes' -- Chris. ====== Don't forget to check that your /etc/apt/sources.lst entries point to etch and not testing, otherwise you may end up with a broken system once etch goes stable. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
