Re: old hardware, newer Debian [SOLVED]
> 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.
>
mike@deb31:~> dpkg -P xserver-xfree86
mike@deb31:~> dpkg -i /CD/pool/main/x/xfree86v3/xserver-svga_3.3.6-44_i386.deb
/CD/pool/main/x/xfree86v3/xserver-common-v3_3.3.6-44_i386.deb
mike@deb31:~> xf86config-v3
mike@deb31:~> edit /etc/X11/XF86Config:
Clocks 25.17 28.32 44.90 36.00 57.28 65.03 50.34 40.00
mike@deb31:~> startx > /var/log/X11messages 2>&1 &
X starts with a resolution that has the tool bar off screen but
CtrlAlt+ a couple of times fixes that
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