Re: Flashing display [was: Why Linux on a Laptop? Reality Check.]
> But why hurry it? The debian dependency system lets you
> upgrade the bits and pieces you want and leave the ones that
> work alone. Upgrade the packages you need.
> apt-get update
> apt-get --simulate install pkg1 pkg2 pkg3
> .. and then if it looks OK ...
> apt-get install pkg1 pkg2 pkg3
> (I'm actually to lazy to do that exactly, so I have a little
> script that does it for me...
> dinst pkg1 pkg2 pkg3
> dinst --doit)
I'd already there -- spent months trying the piecemeal approach
and it just wasn't working out.
> dpkg -l '*xserver*'
ii xserver-8514 3.3.6-39
ii xserver-agx 3.3.6-39
ii xserver
ii xserver
ii xserver
ii xserver
ii xserver
ii xserver
ii xserver
ii xserver
> > > - Video chipset
> >
> > 128bit NeoMagic MagicGraph graphics accelerator with video ram
> > Zoomed Video support for both PC Card slots
>
> My Neomagic (older chipset) didn't work well under XFree86
> 3.x, so I changed my /etc/apt/sources.list to point to
> unstable and did an
> apt-get remove xserver-xxx
> to get rid of my old xserver and then did a
> apt-get update
> apt-get install x-window-system
> to get the x-server from the unstable series (4.1.x now)
>
> > > - XF86Config configuration (videocard and monitor bits)
>
>
> > Just ran "find -name XF86Config" and it returned nothing but the
> > command prompt.
>
> Typically it's at /etc/X11//XF86Config or /etc/X11//XF86Config-4
>
> > - Any relevant log messages from /var/log/*
> >
> > There are 13 .log files in that directory, plus a bunch of other stuff.
> > Could you help me to narrow the likely source of relevant data?
>
> Given that gdm is probably starting X on your system, I'd
> look for gdm logs.
>
>
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