Kent West wrote:
Uwe Dippel wrote:On the other hand, for a seasoned user after three days too many items are unresolved: The original ATI Rage 128 never made it to start, the Ensoniq 5880 problem remains unresolved, galeon doesn't use the proxy settings; of course I could fiddle with XFConfig to get the TrueTypeFonts recognised (all documented in this group). For a very standard hardware these are too many. Especially, since another distro doesn't find any problems with these. I simply underestimated the amount of problems encountered for a very standard 3.0r1 / bf24 out of the box on average hardware.I've found that I tend to have less success with 3.0r1 than I do with Sid (Unstable) when setting up new boxes. I start with Stable to get a minimal install on the box, then change my /etc/apt/sources.list to pull from Unstable and do a dist-upgrade, and upgrade my kernel to a 2.4 version, and find that I have a lot more success with getting hardware recognized and other things set up. And as others will testify, Debian's Unstable tends to be quite stable for desktop use (not for server 24x7 uptime use). Before giving up, you might want to give Unstable a shot.
What I have found is even better is to boot Knoppix, and then use it to do a chroot install. I like this approach better becuase the machine is usable while you are installing, so it is very easy to see the output of lspci and go googling for the various pieces of information you need. Also, since it is Debian based and autogenerates things like your XF86Config-4, you can just copy those into your new system directly and be reasonably sure that it will work right away. Just google for: debian chroot install You'll find lots of great resources. -Roberto
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