Re: Problems with Debian 3.0 when trying to install on an ASUS av8 motherboard with an ATI x800 graphics card
It's more than patches (especially concerning X). Debian 3.0 is calles Woody and
is the stable version of Debian. Sarge is the testing one, that will replace
Woody in a near future. It contains more recent softwares and kernel imageswith
which you should not have any problem in recognising your hardware.
And, in practice, it is already really stable.
Regards
Selon Richard Pullicino <richard.pullicino@gmail.com>:
> Is there a site with the necessary patches ? can someone tell me what sarge
> is ?
> Thanks
> Richard
>
> On 4/15/05, Jean-Philippe THIERRY <jphthierry@free.fr> wrote:
> > Selon Richard Pullicino <richard.pullicino@gmail.com>:
> > Hi,
> >
> > > Hi!
> > > I am a linux newbie and i decided to start with debian (following
> > > suggestions from my friends and colleagues) However when i tried to
> > > install on a sata hard disk it requested me to install certain modules
> > > from floppy so that it can use the hard disk. I tried to see if there
> > > were any sata modules for linux on the mobo cd but to no avail. Next i
> > > tried to download some but again didnt find any.
> > >
> > > When i tried to get the updates through network it couldn't find my
> > > network device (which is inbuilt) thus i couldn't get updates directly
> > > from the Internet.
> > >
> > > After this failed i decided to try and use an IDE hard disk.
> > > Installation went flawlessly but then X wouldn't start. It seems that
> > > X and certain cards from ATI aren't that compatible.
> > >
> > > Thus i cannot use Debian at all. Here is a summary of the fore
> > > mentioned problems
> > > 1) Cannot find module to use my sata hard disk (for asus av8)
> > Woody is only offering 2.4 serie kernels which does not include SATA
> > functionnality (http://kerneltrap.org/node/2926)
> > > 2) Network device isn't being found by debian
> > Perhaps another kernel issue depending on the device
> > > 3) X will not load properly
> > X version is 4.1 -> your video card is certainly too recent for it
> > >
> > > Thank you for your help!
> > > Richard
> > >
> > >
> > In my opinion, you should switch to Sarge
> >
> > Have a nice day
> >
> > Jean-Philippe
> >
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Jean-Philippe
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