On Wed, Mar 26, 2003 at 12:49:00PM +0000, Joao Pedro Clemente wrote: > > > > 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) It's probably even easier to get Blade's woody backport of X4.2 from here: http://people.debian.org/~blade/woody/. -- Rob Weir <rweir@ertius.org> http://ertius.org/ If I want a CC, I'll ask for one! | Do I *look* like I want another damn war?
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