[plug] XWindows failure on Debian sarge

[Tomasz Grzegurzko]

# apt-cache search vga
find something related to xfree & vga stuff, that will give you
something to go off.
On my ubuntu system, I see
"xserver-xorg-driver-vga - X.Org X server -- vga driver" in the
apt-cache search vga.



On 5/2/06, Bret Busby <bret at busby.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 2 May 2006, Tomasz Grzegurzko wrote:
>
> >
> > Its a protocol/standard for communicating with hardware. SOunds like
> > trident is dependent on the VGA module.. if you're missing vga, I'd
> > try to locate and install that. A
> > # man vga
> > should give you something...
> >
>
> man vga displays a man entry for vga. No parent package is listed, that
> would indicate that vga is included in a package of a different name.
>
> Running apt-get install vga, gives
> "Reading Package Lists.... Done
> Building Dependency Tree.... Done
> E: Couldn't find package vga".
>
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