Re: [debian-knoppix] Dell Optiplex GX260
On Fri, May 30, 2003 at 02:45:20PM -0400, Scott Patterson wrote:
> Klaus Knopper wrote:
> >On Thu, May 29, 2003 at 03:06:56PM -0400, Scott Patterson wrote:
> >
> >>I wasn't browsing through the archives and noticed someone had a post
> >>about the Dell Optiplex GX260 not working with Knoppix.
> >>
> >>The problem is when the xserver tries to start. If I use the boot
> >>command-line "knoppix xserver=ati", it works fine; however, if I don't
> >>enter anything and let it autodetect, the display goes blank and I have
> >>to pull the power. I suppose the incorrect video driver is being used,
> >>but, I don't know how to debug or prove that. I'd be willing to be a
> >>guinea pig and help fix this problem if someone can give me some
> >>pointers. BTW, this problem still exists in the latest release, Knoppix
> >>v3.2 2003-05-20. The video card is an ATI Radeon VE 7000 (32MB).
> >
> >
> >The main problem is broken hardware. The Dell Optiplex seems to have a
> >LOT of problems related to power management.
> >
> >But maybe you could send the PCI numbers of the graphics card, for
> >hardware autodetection?
>
> Would a "cat /proc/pci" be the best method to do that?
No. lspci -n, but only the relevant entry for the graphics card in
question.
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