[ale] Debian Sarge new hardware problem

[Geoffrey]

Jim Seymour wrote:

> Thanks Geoffrey, I tried lynx but was able to grab the driver with
> wget. I'll give alien a try. Also of note regarding my resolution
> problem. Near the start of the boot messages I have.
> 
> Initializing CPU#0 Detected 2290.856 MHz processor Console: colour
>
> 
> Could this console size have anything to do with horrible resolution?
>  Example: When I can load the xwindow system I can only view a small
> part of the login screen.

This is referencing your console layout, has nothing to do with X.

Send me your X config file and I'll compare it to my working one. 
should work, since we're using the same driver.

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Until later, Geoffrey                     Registered Linux User #108567
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