On Thu, 2 May 2002, Marco Valente wrote: > I have a quite old Suse 6.4 distribution (kernel 2.2.14, XFree86 Version > 3.3.6) that I am now trying to install on a new laptop. Unfortunately, I > encountered serious problems in configuring the X server, which I already > did smoothlessly on different machines. From a quick tour in some mailing > lists I understand that I am not alone with this problem, but the possible > solutions I have found (e.g. Gato drivers) necessitate a newer version of > the kernel and Xfree, which are difficult to obtain with a home connections > and I would not need otherwise. Is there a possibility to have a basic X > system running? > The computer is a ASUS LK8470, includes a ATI ATI M6-P AGP 4X 3D VGA chip > with 16MB Video SGRAM > (read as Mobility Radeon LY under Windows), and a TFT 14.1 monitor, capable > of a definition of 1024x768. 3.3.6 is too old to support the M6. Marc. +----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Marc Aurele La France | work: 1-780-492-9310 | | Computing and Network Services | fax: 1-780-492-1729 | | 352 General Services Building | email: tsi@ualberta.ca | | University of Alberta +-----------------------------------+ | Edmonton, Alberta | | | T6G 2H1 | Standard disclaimers apply | | CANADA | | +----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ XFree86 Core Team member. ATI driver and X server internals.
