Re:

[Brandon Richards <hobbes34@gmail.com>]

Darryl Pierce wrote:

> On 5/13/05, Brandon Richards <hobbes34@gmail.com> wrote:
>  
>
> > I put slackware on mine also.  I was talking more along the lines of
> > debian.  I am actually running fedora core 3 on mine dual boot with
> > windows xp.  All other distros seem to work except for debian.  I wanted
> > to try debian first as it seemed like the best distro since it is all
> > made by developers who arent in conjunction with a corporation. 
> >    
>
> So, when you installed Debian on your Sony it just wouldn't go into X?
> What did you do in order to configure it or figure out the problem?
> What video hardware does the laptop have and what video server did you
> select?
>
>  
It just wouldnt go into X!  I tried everything I could think of to try.  
I went to Nvidia's site, downloaded the drivers for it, recompiled the 
kernel, everything.
It actually has an Nvidia GeForce 420 go graphics chip with 32 MBs of 
RAM.  I tried gnome and KDE and xdm. Those  were the only video servers 
the installation package gave me.

Thanks again,

Brandon