On Aug 21, 9:36 am, Tony Peardon <rWorldDesi...@yahoo.ca> wrote:
> On Sun, 22 Jul 2007 23:35:08 +0000, AJackson wrote:
>
> Hello again everyone,
>
> Thanks for all the replies...
>
>
>
> > On Jul 21, 6:38 pm, Tony Peardon <rWorldDesi...@yahoo.ca> wrote:
> >> Hi All,
> >> This is my first post to this group, and before I get to the
> >> subject of my troubles, I'd just like to say that Debian really
> >> impressed me. I've got an old computer (Dell Optiplex GX1), and
> >> it use to run very slow on Windows 98, and crash often. Now I
> >> feel like I have a whole new computer, and it's never crashed
> >> once, but I do have some questions, mainly because I'm a total
> >> newbie.

> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host
> bridge (rev 03) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX -
> 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge (rev 03) 00:07.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation
> 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02) 00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation
> 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01) 00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation
> 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01) 00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corporation
> 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02) 00:11.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com
> Corporation 3c905B 100BaseTX [Cyclone] (rev 24) 01:00.0 VGA compatible
> controller: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage Pro AGP 1X/2X (rev 5c)
>

Did you get 3D working?

> Thanks everyone, but I managed to get this issue sorted out on my own,
> though perhaps not with the greatest solution. I installed LAMPP, now
> XAMPP, from the internet. It works wonderfully, although I don't any way
> to start or stop it, other than opening a root terminal. I'd like it if
> it just started when my machine starts up.

You should run those LAMP application that Debian distribut as
packages. That is much safer, as you will automaticly get an update
with rest of your system. If you install software yourself, you have
to have check when new update/security fixes are there for you to
download. With debian packages, it get fixed for you automaticly, not
like MS Windows.

If you want to run something that isn't packed, then you need to
install it yourself.

Good luck.