Well, if RH works, why not just steal the XF86Config file it generates! Thats how I got my first non RPM system working!
I guess you dont have either NVIDIA or ATI but some onboard VGA chip. I've never used this one, so my config file is probably useless to you. Naitik. On 07 Oct 2003 08:17:43 +0200 Jon Haugsand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Naitik Shah > > What graphics card are you using? Nvidia or ATI? Did you install the > > appropriate drivers? Did you change the driver setting in your > > XF86Config ? There's a dell laptop users mailing list on yahoo > > groups which is where I figured out how to get my inspiron to work. > > Go through their archives and files section, its useful stuff. > > As a matter of fact, the RedHat Rawhide (aka version 9 beta) works > very well. But I prefer Debian, and that is my problem. > > 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corp. 82830 CGC [Chipset > Graphics Contr oller] (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [VGA]) > Subsystem: Dell Computer Corporation: Unknown device 00c8 > Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11 > Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M] > Memory at f4f80000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K] > Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 1 > > 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corp. 82830 CGC [Chipset Graphics > Controller] > Subsystem: Dell Computer Corporation: Unknown device 00c8 > Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 > Memory at d8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M] > Memory at f4f00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K] > Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 1 > > > I'll try the mailing list. > > > -- > Jon Haugsand > Dept. of Informatics, Univ. of Oslo, Norway, > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ifi.uio.no/~jonhaug/, Phone: > +47 22 95 21 52 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
