Re: Graphics problems with X on iBook 2.2
http://xoomer.virgilio.it/flavio.stanchina/debian/fglrx-installer.html
have a look..
----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick Meade" <veloxi@ticon.net>
To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 11:51 AM
Subject: Re: Graphics problems with X on iBook 2.2
>I think it's an ATI Raedon. Do you know a/the command to verify this
> under Debian?
>
> Patrick
>
> Deephay wrote:
>> what is the type of ur display card?
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Patrick Meade" <veloxi@ticon.net>
>> To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
>> Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 11:26 AM
>> Subject: Graphics problems with X on iBook 2.2
>>
>>
>>
>>>Hopefully this is the right list to ask these questions. If not, gently
>>>refer me to the proper list. :-)
>>>
>>>I've just installed Debian 3.1 r1a on my Apple iBook. I bought it in
>>>2002, so from what I've been able to gather from online docs, it's an
>>>iBook 2.2; although I'm not sure that's the case nor where to verify it.
>>>
>>>I used the network install CD, and installed only the base system, plus
>>>issued these two commands as root:
>>>
>>>apt-get install telnetd
>>>apt-get install x-window-system
>>>
>>>My problem is that when I issue the command "startx", I get a graphics
>>>display with a mouse cursor that looks right, but everything else is
>>>just a mess. It seems the graphics "slant" to the right.
>>>
>>>I'm an experienced computer user with a degree in Computer Science, but
>>>my Unix/Linux knowledge is fairly limited. This is the crux of my
>>>problem; I can probably understand the docs if I read them, but I know
>>>next to nothing about X Windows nor where to begin looking.
>>>
>>>Can anybody help me with getting X to look right? :-)
>>>
>>>Thank you in advance for any assistance you can provide.
>>>
>>>Patrick Meade
>>>veloxi@ticon.net
>>>
>>>
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