Re: Changing Video drivers in Sarge

[Jacob S <stormspotter@6Texans.net>]

On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 10:59:50 -0500
jim tate <mickeyboa@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> When I install Sarge it set my Video up in the Vesa mode, and I want
> to setup my VIA Tech VT8378 (S3 Uni-Chrome)  it works in Fedora3.
> Can I set it up in Sarge 2.6.8 kernel and how do I do it ?

If you don't know what kernel modules it uses, do an lsmod in Fedora3.
Then add the appropriate kernel modules to /etc/modules. Next edit
/etc/X11/XF86Config to use the new driver (hint: do a search on 'vesa'
to find where to specify the video driver).

HTH,
Jacob