Re: Fedora guy asking for Debian guide

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 02/18/2009 05:51 AM, Rodolfo Alcazar Portillo wrote:
> Am Dienstag, den 17.02.2009, 15:53 -0600 schrieb Ron Johnson:
> > On 02/17/2009 03:00 PM, Rodolfo Alcazar Portillo wrote:
> > > Downloaded netinst AMD64 but no GUI. Now, installing fglrx.
> > netinst might not have a GUI installer?  (The Lenny GUI looks 
> > exactly like the TUI installer, and isn't very difficult.)
>
> Sorry, I expressed myself wrong. Netinst installed ok (graphical
> expert), but X didnt start. Then, installed fglrx:
>
> # apt-get update
> # apt-get install module-assistant fglrx-driver fglrx-kernel-src
> # module-assistant auto-install fglrx-kernel-src
> # aticonfig --initial
>
> but the screen flashes white. Turned "fglrx" to "radeonhd" in x.conf, 
> works, but no 3d driver. Well, Im not that interested in graphics, note:
> fglrx worked fine on fedora10 until yesterday on the same computer.

So, everything's working for you now?

> > > Is there any short install guide (like http://www.fedorafaq.org/) you
> > > can suggest for a debian newbie?
> > Maybe http://www.debian-administration.org/
>
> Very fuzzy. You can read the former and be crystal clear into fedora in
> 10 minutes. Im sure Debian has something like that.

Bah, who wants clarity????

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