Re: Dell Inspiron 4000: Linux Install Fails

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Salve Paul!

On Fri, Mar 10, 2006 at 11:55:48AM -0800, Paul Romero wrote:
> Dear User Group:
> 
> I have not been able to completely install Debian Linux
> successfully on a Dell Inspiron 4000 laptop. The main
> hindrance seems to be the video chip/card which is an
> ATI RAGE MOBILITY M3 AGP 2X LF.

I'm sorry that I'm not good with the X configuration,
but I use a Inspiron 4000 (1024 resolution) with Debian.
Woody wasn't  working automaticaly - but Knoppix do!
So I run Knoppix and copied the xconfig file.

Here a file that I use now - not shure what I changed
after copied it from Knoppix.

Live Linux Debian based: www.knoppix.org

BTW do you know tuxmobil.org?
See: http://tuxmobil.org/dell.html

Greetings
rob


#######XF86Config-4#######

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier     "XFree86 Configured"
	Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
	InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "Module"
	Load  "extmod"
	Load  "xie"
	Load  "pex5"
	Load  "glx"
	Load  "dri"
	Load  "GLcore"
	Load  "dbe"
	Load  "record"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Keyboard0"
	Driver      "keyboard"
# German keyboard support
       Option      "XkbKeymap" "xfree86(de)"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Mouse0"
	Driver      "mouse"
	Option      "Protocol" "PS/2"
	Option      "Device" "/dev/mouse"
        Option      "Emulate3Buttons"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "Monitor0"
	VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
	ModelName    "Monitor Model"
        HorizSync       30-100
        VertRefresh 	50-100
#	ModeLine "1400x1050" 122.00 1400 1464 1784 1912 1050 1052 1064 1090 -HSync -VSync
        ModeLine "1024x768" 65.1 1024 1040 1136 1312 768 768 771 792 +hsync +vsync
        Gamma  0.7
EndSection

Section "Device"
	### Available Driver options are:-
        #Option     "NoAccel"
        #Option     "SWcursor"
        #Option     "HWcursor"
        #Option     "Dac6Bit"
        #Option     "Dac8Bit"
        #Option     "ForcePCIMode"
        #Option     "CCEPIOMode"
        #Option     "CCENoSecurity"
        #Option     "CCEusecTimeout"
        #Option     "AGPMode"
        #Option     "AGPSize"
        #Option     "RingSize"
        #Option     "VBListSize"
        #Option     "VBSize"
        #Option     "UseCCEfor2D"
        #Option     "EnableFP"
        #Option     "CRTOnly"
        #Option     "UseFBDev"
	Identifier  "Card0"
	Driver      "r128"
	VendorName  "ATI"
	BoardName   "Rage 128 Mobility LF"
	BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen0"
	Device     "Card0"
	Monitor    "Monitor0"
        DefaultColorDepth 24

	SubSection "Display"
		Depth     1
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth     4
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth     8
                Modes   "1024x768"  
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth     15
		Modes	"1024x768" 
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth     16
                Modes   "1400x1050" 
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth     24
                Modes   "1024x768"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
EndSection


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