STEVEWABC at netscape.net wrote:

>Hello everyone
>
>I miss the beer meatings and looking foward to coming back home soon...
>
>I just pick up a new Compaq Presario 2175US and I'm having problems with the Video Card or I think thats my problem any way. I can load Debian no problem but just cant get a GUI at this time... X does'nt like me. hehehe
>
> Here is my System Info Please help...

>
>processor      Mobile AMD™ Athlon™ XP-M Processor 2400+
> 
>memory    512MB DDR SDRAM (2 x 256MB) at 266MHz; Maximum Memory 1024MB DDR SDRAM (2 x 512MB)
> 
>hard drive    40GB enhanced-IDE [gigabyte is defined as 1,000,000,000 bytes, accessible capacity may vary]
> 
>multimedia drive    DVD+CD-RW Combo (CD-read 24x; CD-write 8x; CD-rewrite 8x; DVD-read 8x)
> 
>display    15.0" XGA TFT (1024 x 768)
> 
>communications    Integrated 10/100Base-T Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 connector),Integrated 54g wireless LAN
> 
>video    ATI MOBILITY™ RADEON™ (M6) 4X AGP and 3D architecture
> 
>sound    Internal speakers Volume control button and mute button
> 
>Thanks again for your input.....
>
>I was told to get this driver but I'm not able to download it and dont no how to install it using wget from the comand line.(Dammm GUI people what can I say) ...
>
>ATI Proprietary Linux Driver 3.2.5 Download
>http://www2.ati.com/drivers/firegl/fglrx-glc22-4.3.0-3.2.5.i586.rpm
>Use wget to download the file and alien to convert it into a .deb 


Know I was able to get a GUI by setting the Vidoe Driver to Genetric 32 RAM with a 15 LCD Display but no 3D driver, so I hope we can fix this.... The display is pass able but looks like crap. 

"O" I'm running Libranet2.8

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