[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: Debian Drivers -- Dell 2350



David Clymer wrote:

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


I used this file:
http://faculty.acu.edu/~westk/GX270A01.EXE

In my searching for a solution, I found a posting somewhere, and the poster offered this file. I grabbed it, hoping it was legit (but for all I know, I'm now 0wn3d at the BIOS level).

I just double-clicked on it from within WindowsXP Pro, expecting it to unzip, and instead it popped up a window offering to flash my BIOS. I allowed it to, rebooted, and there I was looking at an A01 version instead of A03.

I still can't use the i810 driver, but with the VESA driver I can get 1600x1200x24 on a Dell 17" flat-panel. No DRI.

--
Kent



Reply to: