Hi All; I have played with Red Hat .2 and Caldera Desktop Open Linux for a couple of years and couldnt get them to function, just to let you know. I suspected a large part of the problem was the computer (a 586). I acquired a new up to date system and have had same for 5 months. The new system consists of: Motherboard: Gigabyte 7VAX VIA KT-400, W/USB-2,Audio (AC97), 8X agp. Video: NVIDA GeForce-4 MX-440 4X agp. Modem: Intel 536EP PCI 56K V92. Powered by AMD 2100+ With 512M memory.
I installed Woody from the 7 CD disks and selected bf24 for the kernel. Installation went well except for the driver section. The agp module would not install. I installed what I recognized (Not very much). I do not understand drivers and can find nothing which explains what modules do what not to mention any options. I attempted to post this with the logs attached but it never showed up. I assume that posting w/attachments is a no-no. Therefore the following files are avilable on request in both txt and abiword format, if you request a file or all of them please identify format you want: syslog & syslog-0 XFree86-0 & XFree86-8 scanpci (output) mbox Any other files will be acquired but these are at hand. I am running Windows XP (unstable) which is a good reason to switch to Debian. The system as installed seems pretty solid except for programs that require screns. For instance vi,wc,bc,find,grep,cd,cat,less,man,info. All work fine emacs works (I guess I dont have much success with this one), dc (appears to work. I'm not into reverse polish). I would like to get X to start but dont know how. If it matters pppd also does not start PPP. Its excuse is that the password in chaps-secret is bat however the entry looks correct to me.<password> * <Isp name>. Please advise. Hoyt Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
