You could try Mint Debian Live CD...
Joan in Reno
--- On Fri, 2/4/11, Paul <pfrederick1@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Paul <pfrederick1@yahoo.com>
Subject: [LINUX_Newbies] Re: Debian Lenny install monitor resolution glitch
To: LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, February 4, 2011, 5:02 PM
--- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com, Roy <linuxcanuck@...> wrote:
>
> See where it say UNCLAIMED. It means that you are using a plain vanilla
> driver and need an Intel specific graphics card driver to get full potential
> from your card. I am not a Debian user. Ubuntu which is what I use does this
> fairly well and drivers are easy to install. In Ubuntu with GNOME you go to
> System, Administration, Hardware Drivers, I am not sure if Debian GNOME has
> the same feature, but it is worth a try.
>
> One of the ongoing problems with Debian is its insistence on no proprietary
> bits and I am not sure how far they are taking this vis a vis graphics
> drivers. Good luck!
>
> Roy
>
> Using Kubuntu 10.10, 64-bit
> Location: Canada
>
I couldn't get the X driver to synch up to the kernel driver in Debian Lenny and had to upgrade to Squeeze in order to get my i915 Intel graphics accelerated.
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