Re: Dell Latitude CPx J
On Fri, Dec 22, 2000 at 10:43:30AM -0600, Jeremy Finke wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I am a unix admin of about 4 years doing mostly Solaris, AIX, and RH based
> linux distributions (and a little OpenBSD). In an effort to diversify my
> platfom base, I decided to install Debian. Not one to do things the easy
> way, I decided to install this on my laptop! =)
>
> I downloaded the pieces and built the 2.2r2 iso disk1. I was able to boot
> and install the os. It auto detected my Xircom CardBus Ethernet 100 + Modem
> 56 (Ethernet Interface) but then when I stepped through the ip configuration
> it failed. I also have a port replicator that I primarily use. It has a
> 3com 3c920 which is suppossed to be compatable with 3c905C-TX, which I
> should be able to use the 3c90X driver. I tried to do a insmod and it could
> not find it.
>
> I also could not get the X system to install correctly. Apparently the card
> is an ATI Mobility M1 which I should use a Mach64 driver for. However, I am
> used to running Xconfigurator, which I believe is a RedHat util. But, I
> think that I am going to try and get X 4.02 running instead of the version
> that comes with D2.2r2.
>
> Any help out there??
>
> Thanks!!
>
> Jeremy
I've got a CPx that has been upgraded to debian 2.2r2.
The xf86setup package contains XF86Setup and xf86setup tools. I think I
used XF86Setup to create the XF86Config file and I think it depends on
xserver-vga16.
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Lee Bradshaw lee@sectionIV.com
Texas Instruments bradshaw@ti.com
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