> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris Bannister)
> Subject: Re: old hardware, newer Debian [SOLVED]
> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> 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?
>
dialup takes too long I hear.
>
> > > > 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.
several copies of these lines:
Modes "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768" "1280x1024"
Modes "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768"
Modes "640x480" "800x600"
However your asking the question caused me to wonder if the order affected
operation so I changed the first line to:
Modes "1024x768" "1280x1024" "640x480" "800x600"
and now X comes up in the desired resolution.
Thanks, Chris.
Any idea why my gpm mouse doesn't work at the CL after starting X until
after stopping and starting it a couple of times? It is only a problem
right after starting X, then once it's working properly at the CL I can
switch back and forth between X and the CL with no more problems.
This happens in Sarge but not Woody or RH62. The mouse runs as:
gpm -m /dev/psaux -t ps2 -r5 -3 -B213
and is in /etc/X11/XF86Config as:
Section "Pointer"
Protocol "PS/2"
Device "/dev/mouse"
EndSection
TIA, Mike
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