Re: Debian Drivers -- Dell 2350
On Wed, 2004-03-03 at 17:18, Kent West wrote:
> Bob Tilley (AT&T) wrote:
>
> >I plan on moving my Debian installation from my 600MHz machine to my Dell 2.1GHz box.
> >
> >Drivers exist for graphics (Intel 82845G) and networking (Broadcom 4401) at the site http://www.lesbell.com.au/Home.nsf/0/16b775253fa0d477ca256d07001cd06c?OpenDocument. The last driver sought is for the ADP sound driver.
> >
> >A review describes KNOPPIX 3.2 installed on a Dell 2350 being totally functional. However, I want to be l337 by downloading drivers and manually installing Debian + drivers on the Dell.
> >
> >Can someone help with this task? What sound driver would Knoppix be using?
> >
> >Robert Tilley
> >
> >
> >
> >
> I've had trouble with the 82845G on a Dell Optiplex GX270, but it turned
> out to actually be a problem with the BIOS version on that computer. It
> had version A03, which apparently doesn't report to the OS the shared
> video memory size correctly; downgrading to A01 fixes the problem. The
> driver that should be used is i810, I believe, but I can only get
> success with the VESA driver. Again, this is GX270-specific, not
> 82845G-specific.
How exactly did you downgrade the bios? My attempts to do that all
failed. I would run the A01 bios flash utility (from dell), and it
_appears_ to work (says all the stuff that makes one think it is
working: "attempting to update bios", etc, and get no failure messages)
but the bios remains unchanged.
Also, how successful are you? IOW, what are the resulting capabilities
with respect to colors/resolution?
-davidc
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