Re: new to debian...
> > Thank you for this suggestion. I tried it last night and the upgrade went
> > very well, except for one problem. X no longer starts. I get a specific
> > socket-related error message, but I left the text of it at home and won't
> > have be able to quote it for a while. However, I can say that even
> > XF86Setup failed to connect to the X server. X was pretty bad for me
> > before the upgrade to potato because the version of xfree86 that came with
> > slink didn't recognize my Matrox G200 AGP card. I'll play with things
> > tonight and see what progress I can make.
>
> If your using XF86Setup, I believe it requires the VGA16 server (so
> you'll need that, as well as the SVGA server). There's also text-mode
> xf86config. Also, I had to set the video ram, XF86Setup didn't set it
> properly (8192 = 8MB).
I would suggest using xf86config as opposed to XF86Setup, on several different occasions I found that xf86config is much more functional. (ie it is more functional in that it works with more hardware than XF86Setup and is capable of higher resolutions.) Also some video cards only support 4M under xfree86. Check the documentation for your particular card.
-ptw-
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