Re: x configuration on sony vaio
thanks a lot! i'll try to do that right away...
> > hello. i just installed debian 2.2 on my sony vaio pcg-sr1k.
installation
> > was succesful and i can boot with lilo without any problems. i haven't
been
> > able to set up x though. i used to have suse7 on this computer and i've
kept
> > the config file. back then i used the command-line program xf86config to
> > set-up x, but that program is not to be found on my debian cd and i
haven't
> > been able to install my pcmcia-ethernet-card yet (i am still new to
linux
> > and i do miss yast a lot! ;-) so basically what i would like to do is:
>
> For the ethercard: you want to install the pcmcia-cs package, and the
> pcmcia-modules that match your kernel.
>
> As you're new to debian, you may not be aware of apt; the above card
services
> install, ought to be
> apt-get install pcmcia-cs
>
> which isn't too bad...
>
> aptitude, or console-apt, are curses based front ends for apt (with
slightly
> different original intent) - so they might feel more comfortable for you.
> Not sure if aptitude will be on your CD. The only place I've ever gotten
> console-apt is from the net tho.
>
> (I'm a SuSE user too, just not on my laptop.)
>
> > -configure x manually (or alternatively get xf86config for debian): i've
got
> > a XF86Config that works with my notebook...is it enough to put it into
/etc
> > and do startx, or do i have to do something else first? and are there
any
> > special packages i need to install in order to run x?
>
> put your good XF86Config into /etc/X11/
>
> edit the text file /etc/X11/Xserver so the top line mentions your server -
> it might say none...
>
> hopefully you have the right X packages installed - the critical minimum
> here is the actual server you need, for example, xserver-svga, and at
least
> one window manager package, for example, fvwm.
>
> > -install my pcmcia-ethernet card...how does that work? i am lost!
>
> Your /lib/modules should contain a directory matching your running kernel.
> Under that there should be a bunch of subdirs for different types of
parts.
> If one of those subdirs isn't pcmcia, then you need to get those extra
> modules:
>
> (assuming 2.2.17 is the kernel version you've got - I dunno, you have to
look)
> apt-get install pcmcia-modules-2.2.17
>
> The card services and the modules together should be enough. You probably
> don't even have to reboot.
>
> > right, i hope those are not terribly stupid questions, but as i
said...i'm
> > still getting to know linux and slowly realising that suse's yast did
most
> > of the installation for me last time ;-)
> >
> > thanks in advance!
> > best,
> >
> > -amael
>
> Welcome to debian, amael!
>
>
> * Heather Stern * star@ many places...
>
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