Help with compiling X 4.2.0

I am trying to compile X so that I can use my Geforce2 video card. I am running debian 2.2r2 and did a clean install yesterday. I put the source code on the drive and began compiling. The make World worked fine, but when I did make Install I recieved the following errors... "... rm -f gunzip.o

Re: Kernel 2.4.x woes

From: dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user CC: Ross Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Kernel 2.4.x woes Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2001 13:44:32 -0400 On Fri, Sep 07, 2001 at 05:40:01PM +, Vittorio wrote: | Ross Burton [debian-user] <06/09/01 21:45 +0100>: | > Hi, | > | > After noticing

kernel 2.4.7 questions

Hello, I would like to update my kernel and I have tried before and it wouldn't work because of the initrd problem that seems to be rather common. What exactly needs to be done? I have found Howtos for redhat and others but they do not work. Is there a Debian kernel howto? I last tried upgradin

kernel 2.4.6

I have a problem. I have been trying to get the recent version of the kernel into my box. I am a relatively new user so I have not done this before. I used a kernel-update guide and followed all the directions and everything worked fine until I rebooted. When I did it gave me the following messa

Matrox G450 and X

Hi, I tried to install Debian on my P3 box. Everything went well, anXious detected the video card, but when I started X it was in 16 colors. I used xf86config to change the default server to the SVGA rather than the VGA16, and now the screen gets all screwed up and then it freezes and I cannot