Bad experiences with distros (was Re: [H-GEN] CRUX (A programmers linux distro))
Michael Anthon
michael at anthon.net
Mon Aug 9 23:16:46 EDT 2004
Russell Stuart wrote:
>With Debian, this happens to me all the time. Recently I
>installed Debian on a laptop. The screen doesn't work under
>XFree86, despite several days of on and off tinkering.
>The really frustrating thing is I know it can be made to
>work - I just haven't figured out how. I know it works
>because Knoppix works, and Knoppix is Debian based.
>
>
Have you tried booting Knoppix and copying the X config file into your
debian install? Knoppix is obviously generating a working config file,
may as well use it.
Cheers,
Michael
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