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Re: kernel question



On Thursday 05 February 2004 05:44 pm, Matt Richardson wrote:
> Sorry to ask such a silly question, but I haven't found a good answer
> for it on google.  I've got a Dell GX115 box running a basic Debian
> system from the 3.0r2 installation cds, with kernel 2.2.  I tried the
> bf24 install, but it failed with a bad eic value, which after some
> searching seems to be a problem with that particular kernel and the
> bios on the box.  The 2.2 kernel runs fine, but it doesn't have agp
> gart support, which is preventing the x server from running.  Can
> anyone suggest a kernel version to try?

You can boot to a console and use "apt-get install kernel-image" to see a 
list of available kernel images (with versions). Pick a newer kernel from 
the list and install that.

Adam



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