Re: X-windows

[Mark Phillips <mark@ist.flinders.edu.au>]

> OK, I called IBM (I'm using an Aptiva 2137-E24).  My monitor is
> SVGA, she said the chipset is ATI (I found more detailed info in
> Windows, it is an ATI RAGE II + 3D graphic controller); 

I think you want the xserver-svga package then.  See what I get
if I do the following command:

$ dpkg --status xserver-svga
Package: xserver-svga
Status: install ok installed
Priority: optional
Section: x11
Installed-Size: 2882
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
Source: xfree86
Version: 3.3.2.3-2
Replaces: xbase (<= 3.3.2-4)
Provides: xserver
Depends: makedev (>= 1.6-8), libc6, zlib1g
Description: X server for SVGA graphics cards
 This package provides an X server suitable for use with many SVGA video
 cards; video chipsets supported include models from Alliance, ATI,
 Avance Logic, Chips & Technologies, Compaq, Genoa, Matrox, MX, NVidia,
 Oak, RealTek, S3, SiS, Tseng, Video7, and Western Digital. At least
 256-color (8 bpp) unaccelerated operation is provided; in some cases
 greater color depths and hardware acceleration are supported.

So it seems the xserver-svga package supports ATI.

> I didn't receive any more error messages so I can't add to
> that. 

When you test a particular configuration, and then you use
Ctr-Alt-Backspace to get out (not Ctr-Alt-Del!!!), I think you should
see a whole load of text on the screen which tells you what has been
happening with the xserver.  (If you aren't getting this, try
Ctr-Alt-F1 while you are in X mode -- and then do Alt-F7 to get back
again.)  There should be some useful information there which you can
tell us.

By the way, I should say that I'm not an expert on this stuff.  I've
been able to configure X on a few different systems, but there's still
much I don't know.  So hopefully a few other people on the list who
know a bit more will reply as well.

Cheers,

Mark.



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