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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Mon, 8 Jan 2007, Lee Forrest wrote:

> I just want to set the record straight. Sindi keeps dissing this
> computer, posting information about it that is utterly false
> according to my experience.
>
> It has a 1000Mhz Celeron CPU, 128M SDRAM, a 20G hdd, a floppy
> drive, parellel port, modem, sound, ethernet, lots of USB ports,
> 17" monitor, mouse, keyboard, speakers, and a CDRW. It is a
> "low-profile" box.
>
> For debian and windoze, it has 1M video RAM.

I found only two hits on 'Gateway 300S PRB', one of which was your first 
posting to the list and the other someone to Debian (not relevant).

There were more hits on Gateway 300S - they all have Phoenix BIOS but 
Phoenix adapts the BIOS for each manufacturer.  (For our HP they goofed in 
one spot, cannot disable onboard video tho it says you can).

A search on PHOENIX BIOS got me 'Phoenix BIOS setup and help' (F2) which 
said to 'Consult the setup manual that came with your system'.  Did your 
new system come with a setup manual?  Your BIOS is likely to be different 
from ours because the computer is a bit faster therefore newer (ours are 
800MHz) and a different manufacturer.  (Ours are HP, IBM and DELL).

Perhaps Phoenix did not supply a way to change BIOS video RAM on this 
computer.

Obviously the hardware can be made to work with more video RAM (in XP and 
Debian) and with a different X server (a later svga).

What versions of libX11, XFree86, and xterm does Debian use?