On Wed, 2004-03-03 at 17:18, Kent West wrote: > Bob Tilley (AT&T) wrote: > > >I plan on moving my Debian installation from my 600MHz machine to my Dell 2.1GHz > >box. > > > >Drivers exist for graphics (Intel 82845G) and networking (Broadcom 4401) at the > >site > >http://www.lesbell.com.au/Home.nsf/0/16b775253fa0d477ca256d07001cd06c?OpenDocument. > > The last driver sought is for the ADP sound driver. > > > >A review describes KNOPPIX 3.2 installed on a Dell 2350 being totally functional. > >However, I want to be l337 by downloading drivers and manually installing Debian + > >drivers on the Dell. > > > >Can someone help with this task? What sound driver would Knoppix be using? > > > >Robert Tilley > > > > > > > > > I've had trouble with the 82845G on a Dell Optiplex GX270, but it turned > out to actually be a problem with the BIOS version on that computer. It > had version A03, which apparently doesn't report to the OS the shared > video memory size correctly; downgrading to A01 fixes the problem. The > driver that should be used is i810, I believe, but I can only get > success with the VESA driver. Again, this is GX270-specific, not > 82845G-specific.
How exactly did you downgrade the bios? My attempts to do that all failed. I would run the A01 bios flash utility (from dell), and it _appears_ to work (says all the stuff that makes one think it is working: "attempting to update bios", etc, and get no failure messages) but the bios remains unchanged. Also, how successful are you? IOW, what are the resulting capabilities with respect to colors/resolution? -davidc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
