Re: [Sheflug] Debian Box

[Craig Andrews <nospam [at] fishbot.free-online.co.uk>]

Richard, Richard, Richard...

The graphics card works, as you said. However, without proc/pci, how the
hell was X supposed to use it?

If you want to check the kernel, why not run 'make menuconfig', or copy
the config file from a backup (waddya mean no backup...) or original
disks.

You can't blame someone for the death of a system which, lets be honest,
was fairly naffed anyhow. It seems that the whole system was configured
for an ISA based 386 or 486 system. Not good.

Oh yes, and we all know the monitor was screwed. And that the graphics
card wasn't. And everything else. So lets stop blaming each other and
start fixing stuff like we're supposed to, eh?

Craig Andrews
craig@fishbot.free-online.co.uk

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On Wed, 10 May 2000, Richard wrote:

> Alex
> 
> Al Hudson wrote:
> > 
> > On Wed, 10 May 2000, Richard wrote:
> 
> > > Nothing wrong with that card it works fine :-)
> > 
> > Yeah, but if Linux can't see the PCI bus it doesn't stand much of a chance
> > of sohwing how fine it works, does it?? ;))))
> 
> The only thing that's wrong is that the operator who screwed it knows
> nothing about graphics cards.  He couldn't tell the difference between
> a crap monitor (which it was) and a working graphis card.
> 
> >Why can't you recompile and install the modules? Are the other problems
> >with it?
> 
> ok I'll just throw the hard drive up the road.  I've no clue at all
> what's been compiled into the kernel or what's missing.
> 
> I *did* make it very clear to Bob not to do anything he shouldn't. 
> Looks like he's got ears like foam bricks ?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> 
> -- 
> Richard
> Sheffield UK
> 
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