Re: HELP

[Joao Pedro Clemente <jpcl@rnl.ist.utl.pt>]

>  > following: ttyS0 ttyS1 ttyS2 ttyS3). This is the hardware on my machine:
>  > VGA ATI Radeon 7500 64mb AGP; Creative SB Live Player 5.1; a Realtek
>  > Ethernet card(10/100); ASUS Motherboard for PIII Mod.TUSL2-C; a PIII
>  > 700; Monitor LG 44i 14"; Logitech MouseMan  Wheel USB; Alcatel Speed
>  > Touch USB ADSL Modem (512kb). Is there a chance that any of this
>  > hardware won't work under Debian GNU/Linux?

Radeon 7500 is not supported in your version of X.
Search google for "radeon 7500 debian" or something like that.
the solution is adding "testing" or "unstable" to your
/etc/apt/sources.list, and then apt-get install xfree (it will install a
newer version than what you currently have)

step by step
1 - copy one line from /etc/apt/sources.list and replace the "stable" word
    with "testing"
2 - apt-get update [rebuilds apt list]
3 - apt-get install xfree (or xfree86, or xserver.. try a bit)

Do not use "framebuffer" support as debian woody does not have
framebuffer support enabled by default. If needed change your
/etc/X11/Xf86config to disable the framebuffer usage.

Thats it!