Difference between revisions of "Installing Debian on a ThinkPad T20"
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| + | ==Debian 4.0 "etch"== | ||
| + | ===Personal Experiences=== | ||
| + | Many things from [[Installing_Ubuntu_on_a_ThinkPad_T20]] can be useful with Debian(4.0 - "etch") too. | ||
| + | Thats because [X|K|Edu|Flux|U]buntu are all based on Debian. | ||
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| + | ===X and window managers=== | ||
| + | To get X working on your T20 you should maybe edit the xorg.conf (which can be found in {{path|/etc/X11/xorg.conf}} , needs root rights!): | ||
| + | Here are some parts that I have changed: | ||
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| + | Section "Device" | ||
| + | Identifier "Generic Video Card" | ||
| + | Driver "savage" | ||
| + | BusID "PCI:1:0:0" | ||
| + | EndSection | ||
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| + | Fluxbox works great and "out of the box" with {{cmdroot|apt-get install fluxbox}}. | ||
| + | With that command it is normaly set as default window manager and you can start it with | ||
| + | {{cmduser|startx}}. | ||
| + | I got no configured Menu for Fluxbox, but {{cmduser|man fluxbox}} provides useful information for that. | ||
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| + | ==Debian 2.2 "potato"== | ||
===External Sources=== | ===External Sources=== | ||
*[http://www.spack.org/wiki/ThinkPadT20 Installing Debian 2.2 Linux on A Thinkpad T20] (Debian 2.2 "Potato") | *[http://www.spack.org/wiki/ThinkPadT20 Installing Debian 2.2 Linux on A Thinkpad T20] (Debian 2.2 "Potato") | ||
[[Category:Debian]] [[Category:T20]] | [[Category:Debian]] [[Category:T20]] | ||
Revision as of 15:19, 2 August 2007
Contents
Debian 4.0 "etch"
Personal Experiences
Many things from Installing_Ubuntu_on_a_ThinkPad_T20 can be useful with Debian(4.0 - "etch") too. Thats because [X|K|Edu|Flux|U]buntu are all based on Debian.
X and window managers
To get X working on your T20 you should maybe edit the xorg.conf (which can be found in /etc/X11/xorg.conf , needs root rights!): Here are some parts that I have changed:
Section "Device"
Identifier "Generic Video Card"
Driver "savage"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection
Fluxbox works great and "out of the box" with # apt-get install fluxbox.
With that command it is normaly set as default window manager and you can start it with
$ startx.
I got no configured Menu for Fluxbox, but $ man fluxbox provides useful information for that.
Debian 2.2 "potato"
External Sources
- Installing Debian 2.2 Linux on A Thinkpad T20 (Debian 2.2 "Potato")
