Re: old hardware, newer Debian
Mike McClain <mike.mcclain@nowhere.net>:
> I just installed sarge on a box I've happily been running woody on
> for 5 years and find I can't run X cause the Trident tvga 9800b
> chipset is no longer supported in the xserver-xfree86 v4.3. Any
Try the svga driver. I'm using a PCI Matrox card, development of
which was stopped long ago. svga driver picked up the slack and it
works beautifully.
> body got any idea what risks I'd run to install woody X stuff on
> sarge or is there a better way?
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