I poked around the ATI website and they didn't seem to support laptop mobility chips. Why did you download the rpm package under firegl? Did you find something on the internet that connected the two? I've had a lot of problems getting 3D to work using Debian. Probably to do with the versions that debian uses. I was finally able to get 3D to work on a new Dell GX260 by installing X version 4.3 (unofficial package found on www.apt-get.org) and installing drm-trunk-source (another unofficial packages found on dri.sourceforge.net) then you have to unpack the tarball under /usr/src and run 'make-kpkg clean && make-kpkg --append-to-version -1-686 modules_image' under /usr/src/linux I found all the information that I needed under dri.sourceforge.net but it wasn't easy. I finally found a webpage by someone creating the driver for dri that mentioned what versions were necessary before 3D would work. I'd be happy to help you look for more information. Jeff Rasmussen -----Original Message----- From: STEVEWABC at netscape.net [mailto:STEVEWABC at netscape.net] Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2003 10:03 AM To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org Subject: [TCLUG] Problems installing on my new laptop Help..... 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 __________________________________________________________________ McAfee VirusScan Online from the Netscape Network. Comprehensive protection for your entire computer. Get your free trial today! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/computing/mcafee/index.jsp?promo=393397 Get AOL Instant Messenger 5.1 free of charge. Download Now! http://aim.aol.com/aimnew/Aim/register.adp?promo=380455 _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20030923/e05c01cf/attachment.htm