From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: To: Juergen Braukmann Cc: parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] Installing on C110 In-Reply-To: Message from Juergen Braukmann of "Thu, 04 Jul 2002 18:41:16 +0200." <3D247AAC.EF70A4CA@ruhr-west.de> References: <3D247AAC.EF70A4CA@ruhr-west.de> Date: Thu, 04 Jul 2002 12:07:59 -0600 From: Grant Grundler Message-Id: <20020704180759.C5FF44843@dsl2.external.hp.com> Sender: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org Errors-To: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: parisc-linux developers list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Juergen Braukmann wrote: > I an stuck with three problems, for one my german keyboard doesn't work > as expected (the <>| key in particvular). I should get round that with > kbdconfig as suggested in another mail, but I diddn't fint that program > installed. ;-( Since this is my first ever debian install, it's more a > problem of finding and reading the docs to the packet manager and some > more general info about debian systems. "apt-get" is your friend. Once upon a time, "apt-cache search " would tell me which package contained the program. But I've forgotten the explanation of why that stopped working. > More annoying is the system clock, that always puts me back to 1970. Set > the date, wrote it back to CMOS, checked it, rebooted and was back into > the seventies. The device /dev/rtc exists with the suggested major/minor > numbers from the FAQ. At this time, I enter date time after bootup like > with my first PC. ;-) Could the battery be dead? You might take that out and measure it with a volt meter. > I cannot get X to run. "No screens found". I tried the good old > xf86config setup, but don't realy know what to enter for a video card > (thinking that's the problem). Help on that is also appreciated. Is > there any tool to identify hardware in general? www.parisc-linux.org has lots of FAQ info and HOW-TOs. Look at the boot console output to determine which type of graphics card you have and start hunting from there. grant