- To: "Amos Shapira" <amos.shapira@xxxxxxxxx>
- Subject: Re: [SLUG] Debian question
- From: DaZZa <dagibbs@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:51:48 +1000
- Cc: Slug <slug@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 12:37 PM, Amos Shapira <amos.shapira@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 8:03 PM, Jaime Tarrant <jaime.tarrant@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 2 & 3) Another script that might be useful to automatically install
> > proprietary ATI video drivers is here:
> > http://techpatterns.com/forums/about933.html
> > I have used it successfully on Debian machines with NVidia and ATI cards
> > running Lenny or Unstable branches, although I haven't tested it with Etch.
> > Still, if you have had no luck so far maybe it is worth a shot.
> > TIP: You can only run the script from the console however (not from within
> > X).
>
> Another possible option which I used when I felt particularly lazy or
> out of time to do it "properly" is to boot a live Ubuntu disk on the
> machine and copy the X config file from it to merge with the Debian
> one.
Not an option on these boxes.
No floppy disk. No CD. Solid-state HD.
Suggestions have been received and are being looked into. As far as I
know, we've updates the distribution with the latest patches using
apt-get distro upgrade without success (once we removed the poxy HP
repository from the sources list and actually GOT some upgrades), and
are now trying to find/apply the latest ATI drivers to the video card.
Damn thing is still refusing to do widescreen modes. :-( Won't even do
1600x1050 now.
Thanks to all for suggestions.
DaZZa
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