Ok it's the video card, now we need to identify it..?
On Fri, 31 Dec 1999, Sean Armstrong wrote:
> This attempt was tried on a DELL. It is an old pentium 133Mhz chip. It uses
> 9fx graphics card(I think that is what it is called) and a Sony 200sx
> monitor. The rest of the computer is the generic DELL hardware that comes
> with it. I tried to install Oxygen using a CD iso I downloaded from tucows
> and burnt to a blank CD. This is how I usually obtain differrent Linux
> dists. I also checked the checksum to make sure everything was burnt to the
> disk correctly. So I guess it was a cd that I used for the install media. I
> just loaded it into the drive and booted the computer. I got the standard
> install boot screen that comes with all of the Redhat/Mandrake distribution
> so I pressed the enter key to continue with the Install. That's where all
> the problems start. I was going to try and install it on my computer at home
> which is similar but has a generic packard bell graphics card and monitor
> along with an AMD K5 133Mhz chip. They usually work about the same except
> the AMD runs faster than the Pentium. (But that seems to happen alot with
> these older chips). Anyways, I'll try to get that going this weekend and see
> if it works. I'll let you know. If you need anymore info about my earlier
> attempt to install let me know.
> Thanx,
> SA
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Axalon Bloodstone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, December 31, 1999 11:08 AM
> Subject: Re: [Cooker]
>
>
> > On Fri, 31 Dec 1999, Sean Armstrong wrote:
> >
> > > I've encountered my first problem ever installing Mandrake. Granted
> Oxygen is BETA, but I can't even install it on my machine to test it. After
> the install software initialized the CDrom, it went into second stage
> install. I then received the following error message before it went down:
> > > _X11TransSocket UNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111
> > > _X11TransSocket UNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111
> > > ThuDec30 13:50:22 1999 Gtk-WARNING**: Cannot open display: : 0 at
> /usr/bin/
> > > perl-install/my_gtk.pm
> > > line 139
> > > install exited abnormally
> > > sending termination signals...done
> > > sending kill signals...done
> > > unmounting filesystems...
> > > /tmp/rhimage
> > > /proc
> > > you may safely reboot your system
> > >
> > > Anyways, that was the error message I received. Anyone know why this is
> happenning? I've never had a problem installing any of the other Mandrake
> distributions on this box before, so I assumed that Mandrake would have
> carried over the same video drivers for this distribution. But I can't even
> get past this error message to install it.
> > > Thanx,
> > > SA
> >
> > what install method/media, and pc specs plz?
> >
> > > God made the integers;
> > > all else is the work of Man.
> > > --Kronecker
> > >
> >
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> > MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/
> > --Axalon
> >
>
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