Is that video card NOT a 3DFX???? I have a similar one called Alliance AT24 with Pro Motion using the AT25 3DFX drivers for Windows ( on my Windows box). Haven't tried this card with Linux as I have a Cirrus Logic 5465 in mine. Try setting up with Glide enabled. HTH Jaguar Adrian Skywalker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I installed Mandrake 7.0 about a week ago, and since then I've been having > trouble with my X configuration. Specifically, I can't get it to accept the > correct resolution. > > I am running a 233 MHz Intel clone with OpenGL and MMX support, with 48 megs > of RAM. My video card is an Alliance ProMotion 6422 and my monitor is an > IBM 6540 G42, both as recognized by my Windoze software. (Unfortunately, as > I purchased this computer secondhand, I do not have the specific > documentation.) Both the video card and the monitor appear in the lists > provided by the Mandrake installer. My Windows configuration is 800x600, > with high-color (16 bit). > > The trouble is, when I feed this information to the installer, the screen > flickers a few times, and comes back with the error message "Hung in > ApmSync(), try changing some parameters." This happens no matter what > resolution I try to use. I tried some other video cards, just for the fun > of it, and if they worked with my card at all, they came up with the same > "Hung in ApmSync()" error. > > The only way I could get X to run was using the VGA16 server by selecting > the "Unknown VGA compatible" video card. My card _should_ be using the SVGA > server (which is what Mandrake selected for it), but when I try to use it I > get the above error message. > > If there is anyone that can help me on this one, or at least explain what is > happening, I would very much appreciate it. > > Greetings, > Adrian > > ===== > ___________________________________________________________ > "But how am I to know the good side from the bad?" > "You will _know._ When you are calm. At peace. > Passive." -Luke and Yoda > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Photos -- now, 100 FREE prints! > http://photos.yahoo.com The Dogma chased the Stigma, and was hit by the Karma. ____________________________________________________________________ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
