Hello you Debian gurus out there:
I'm trying to install Linux on a Compaq Presario 900 notebook. I discovered
to my dismay that there was a problem with one of its chipsets, and that all
the newer distributions (that is, anything with a 2.4 kernel) lock up on the
install. (What happens is that they boot from CD but at some point the CD
drive ceases functioning.) Following the advice of some posting on the net,
I used a network-based install of an older version of Debian (2.2.19 kernel.)
This worked fine, and then I did an "apt-get install" on all the X-related
components I could think of. I ran the configuration, but I can't get X up
and working. The system has an ATI Rage Mobility U1 AGP video adapter and
xf86cfg doesn't recognize it. From a web search, it seems that this adapter
is supported in Linux, but I suppose I need a newer version of X. According
to my error log file, it's 4.1.0.1, released 21 December 2001. Should I try
downloading a newer version from the XFree86 website, or is there some way to
get Debian's site to give me a newer of X without having to upgrade to a
newer version of the distribution? The latter sounds like a cleaner
approach, but I'm pretty clueless when it comes to the Debian world.
Thanks,
Vaughn Treude
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