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[baby-Hackribs]

Holy fuck this is frustrating, ok it sounds like a dumbass question but what is the difference between XFree86 and the Xorg distributions?
And I am having problems with XFree86 recognizing my graphics card, it's like a i945 something or other.
PS. trying to run Debian, if it helps.
Further, is the Intel Core 2 Duo IA64? Because I keep downloading the IA64 ISO's and they never fucking boot
I implore you, please help ME!!!

[Ohm]

No, IA64 is Itanium. Stick to the i686 (or i386) images.

XOrg is a fork of XFree86, and is where all the new development is happening. XFree86 is (I think) still being maintained, but most of the developers moved over to XOrg. If XOrg is available and you have a newer chipset (and/or want the newer features of XOrg), use XOrg. For older chipsets, XFree86 will still work fine.

[Alk3]

What are your computer specs? (ie if you are using a Dell...) If you search google for, lets say... 'Dell Inspiron E1505 Debian' you can come up with sites like this for many different specs.

http://www.cs.hbg.ps...dell_e1505.html

[chefninja]

Sometimes a distros amd64 iso will cover your Core 2 Duo as well. Make sure to check it out first though.

Edited by chefninja, 17 February 2007 - 02:51 PM.

[Dr. Z2A]

I've had a somewhat similar problem with X. I have an i915 card, which is close to yours. I tried using xfree86 with it once, didn't work, but it runs beatifully with Xorg. So yeah, move to Xorg, its better maintained in general even if xfree86 worked with your card.

Also just a personal opinion, if you are on a desktop box, then try using ubuntu instead of debian. Its essentially debian without any of the hassle.

[baby-Hackribs]

Wow, thank you so much guys!
Sorry I couldn't post back a little sooner, went to the movies.
But yeah, I thought that XOrg was newer.
Thanx!
PS. Found out some scary shit today go here [url="http://www.freedomto...ofascism.com/"]
I'm looking into the subject more closely because I vowed never to take information from one side, but this is extremely compelling.
To return from that digression; Thank you!!

Oh, the sepcs: Dell Inspiron E1405, WiFi, 8Mbs video ram, 80 gb hitachi HD, CD-R/W drive

Edited by baby-Hackribs, 17 February 2007 - 10:58 PM.