[KLUG Hardware] Dell Inspiron 2500 laptop

[Peter Buxton]

On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 08:51:37PM -0500, Mike Morrett wrote:

> > Are you the guy who tried to load Knoppix CD, and then what appeared to
> > be RedHat on that laptop at the meeting last night?
> 
> YES

Just for future reference, I used the "knoppix noscsi screen=800x600"
boot parameters to get Knoppis to boot on that laptop. Now, as to why it
stopped when X loaded...  <shrug>

> > Intel I810/I815 DC100/I810e support
> > CONFIG_AGP_I810
> >   This option gives you AGP support for the Xserver on the Intel 810
> >   815 and 830m chipset boards for their on-board integrated graphics.
> >   This is required to do any useful video modes with these boards.
> 
> Putting on my novice hat... Can you translate into English the above?
> 
> I'm assuming I'll need to get the BSware source CD from Bruce.

Not yet: you may need some boot parameters.

uname -r

Will tell you your kernel version:

ls /boot

Will show us:

System.map
System.map-2.4.18-bf2.4
System.map-2.4.19-wLVM
System.map-2.4.20-wLVM
config
config-2.4.18-bf2.4
config-2.4.19-wLVM
config-2.4.20-wLVM
grub
vmlinuz
vmlinuz-2.4.18-bf2.4
vmlinuz-2.4.19-wLVM
vmlinuz-2.4.20-wLVM

See if that 'CONFIG_AGP_I810' line is in the proper config-X.X.XX-xxx
file. That way we'll know if the support is in there (probably yes).
Also, type "dmesg | grep -3 -- '81[05]'" and see what came up when you
booted.

I would also edit /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 (IIRC) to limit your resolution
to 800x600. 


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