Re: Debian 6

[Doug <appld@sasktel.net>]

At 09:58 PM 02/02/2012, you wrote:
> sounds like x or graphics drivers to me; do some googleing and find 
> out what drivers you need for your machine and then check to see if 
> they are installed or not. An easier way is to google for "smxi" and 
> install the smxi and sgfxi scripts and run them as they will aquire 
> and install packages for xserver-xorg and whatever graphics drivers 
> you need for your machine. You might also want to give Mepis Linux a 
> try.... I've used it since 2004 and been quite satisfied.
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Yes, I have done a little experimenting and found that 6.03 will not 
load in a compaq computer unless it is a d510 oe
higher. The 510 is a 2gig machine and it seems to work fine. However 
If you have a broadcom network card it will
complain about some non-free software missing. To get around it, I 
have installed Ubuntu 10.10 into my PIII and it
seems to be doing the job. I do think that the problem is the video 
card. When I get some time I will look into it.
I have used Mepis and in fact, it is part of a dual boot laptop I 
sometimes carry with me. It is a very stable operating
system. What I didn't like about it is the kernel. After struggling 
with redhat kernels, I discovered with a lot of
help, that doing a Deb kernel was pretty easy. Thus I will stick with Deb.

Thanks for the help.

Doug