Re: Why Woody?

[cyn <cyn@cyn.org>]

Libretto 70CT - 1meg video ram (Chips & Technologies 65550), standard
ps/2 mouse.  if you're using gpm either disable it or set it up as a
repeater (search www.google.com for gpm repeater, or somethint to that
effect) - that'll cover your video and mouse.  The video is 640x480,
super standard - it's probably working just fine ( though it may be
running in 8bit instead of 16bit mode )

-Martin Norland

 On Mon, 8 Apr 2002, Nick wrote:

> Alot of you on this mailing list have told me to stay with Woody rather than upgrade to Potato because Woody will eventually be the stable version.
> What is the major difference between Woody and Potato, why is Woody better than Potato?
>
> I am confused now, I spent a few hours downloading Potato 2.2r5 to upgrade Woody 2.2r3 with the view of having the most stable release but from what I have been told through this mailing list this is not the case so I am now reluctant to install Potato even though on the download page it does say it is stable.
>
> I only started with Debian Woody 2.2r3 over a week ago and although I didn't find it too difficult to install and have already picked up some of the lingo purely by searching the Debian web site and performing copious amounts of searches on Google I have had a few problems in X-Windows with my display and mouse.
>
> I have installed Debian Woody 2.2r3 on my Toshiba Libretto 70CT, which I admit it is an old notebook PC but I want to use it purely for learning Debian before I install it on other computers. I figure if I can have Debian working on this notebook successfully I should be alright with installing on most other computers.
>
> My problem is when I originally installed Debian I opted for the advanced display setup rather than the other which would have been easier. Anyway it wouldn't load X-Windows because my screen was not setup correctly. So I found a solution, I ran dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 to re-setup my display and mouse etc.
>
> This seems to have worked and allowed me to run X-Windows but my mouse is very strange it seems to have long delays when moving the cursor around the screen and I am concerned my display is still not setup correctly although I really have no idea it could just be the mouse.
>
> Has anyone used dpkg-reconfigure xcommon-xfree86 on a Toshiba Libretto 70CT and remembers how much memory they used for the graphics card and which mouse they selected.
>
> Nick
>


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