Re: Dell Inspiron 4000: Sarge 2.6 Compatibility ?
Paul Romero wrote:
Dear User Group:
Is it possible to install Linux on a Dell Inspiron 4000
I suppose you mean get 'X' to work?
using the vanilla stable Sarge 2.6 CD set without significant
special procedures ?
I have what is probably the same card and I'm pretty sure it worked out
of the box - with the exception of dri.
One difference is that I use a 2.4.27 kernel.
The real issue
is compatibility with the ATI RAGE MOBILITY M3 AGP 2X LF
graphics card: the one with 8 Meg of ram. Any references
to relevant instructions would be highly appreciated.
I have been doing a bunch of debian installs lately because I need a
recent 2.6 kernel so I cannot be 100% certain but I *think* that with
sarge and the 2.4.27 kernel I was getting a blank screen in 'X' until I
booted to a framebuffer console. Bit of a long story but I originally
did a chroot install of debian off of my - then - RedHat system .. so I
could switch to debian w/o rebooting- just a Ctrl+Alt+F8... and since
the RH system had been patched to boot to an fb 1400x1050 console (with
the atyfb kernel module) I did not notice anything - until I got rid of
the RH system and started to boot directly into the debian install. That
.. I think .. is when I encountered this problem.
Best Regards,
Paul Romero
PS: See my previous posting under
"Dell Inspiron 4000:Linux Install Fails"
to get more details and understand the
rationale behind this question.
I don't have it any more and it's kind of late here in NYC so I'll look
for it tomorrow.. see if I can think of something.
--
Paul Romero
RCOM Communications Software
Phone/Fax: (510)339-2628
E-Mail: paulr@rcom-software.com
as mentioned above - it's too late to research this further tonight.. so
I can't be sure the above is relevant.
Here's what lspci tells me about my g-card:
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage
Mobility P/M AGP 2x (rev 64)
Let me know if it's the same as yours.
-- cga
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