Re: how to extract *.deb files, etc.
Thanks Kent
> > > As to your second question what video card are you using?
> >
> > I have used ASUS's CUSI-M with SiS 630E chipset (all in one
mother board)
> > on board VGA card with SiS 300 integrates a 2xAGP controller
> > on board LAN card with SiS 7016/7014 (10/100Mb) ethernet
controller
> > on board SOUND card with Cmedia CMI 8738/PCI audio controller
> >
> > > If you don't know - $ xviddetect will sometimes work in
telling you which
> > > xserver you need to run. You could also pop the cover and
look on the
> > > card to see which card you have. XF86Setup does a nice job
telling you
> > > which xserver you need but VGA16 is fairly generic so
there may be a
> > > better xserver suited for your card.
> >
> > Last night I "dpkg" xserver-svga driver, and then run
XF86Setup, and
> > eventually I got my X server running on 1024x768 mode. It
seems
> > ok apart from on board SOUND card does not work and LAN card
> > have not tested yet.
> >
>
> OK if your using an SiS card you should more than likely
install
> xserver-sis
> # apt-get install xserver-sis
> Then run XF86Setup and pick your SiS card. Backup you
> /etc/X11/XF86Config file first though so you can fall back on
your old
> config if the new one fails. You say you have X working but I
think it
> would run a little nicer for you if you used the SiS driver.
Worth a
> try anyway.
Ok, I am going to try it tonight.
> > But this morning I turned on computer, it automatically used
xdm to start
> > X windows system (and with runlevel 2, I read some book -
runlevel must
> > set to 5 for using xdm). Furthermore, mouse did not work
anymore
> > (X windows system was still working).
> >
>
> # apt-get remove xdm
Thanks.
> As far as sound goes you need to add support for your kernel to
do that.
> The LAN card will need a module installed. I looked at -
> http://www.uni-paderborn.de/Linux/mdw/HOWTO/Hardware-HOWTO.html
> and didn't see an SiS LAN or sound card listed. You might want
to post
> a separate tread on that topic.
Sure.
Regards
Stephen
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Stephen Jiang <stephenjiang@ieee.org>
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