On Saturday 14 April 2001 17:14, you wrote: > Elton, > > Thanks for the response! > > No I haven't tried disabling the on-board video -- I'm sure it would > work but my son would not be happy using an older video card for his > Windows games. I'd really like one of the developers to recognize the > problem -- it should not be hard to fix and it should be fixed before > shipment of Mandrake 8.0. You know that you are talking about an SiS video card with framebuffer. Inserting an older card may actually improve gaming. Matsonic 8308 (isn't that a shell for pcchips) has a SiS 730 chip not an 630 > > Thanks, > Randy Kramer > > Elton Woo wrote: > > Randy Kramer wrote: > > > The big problem is that, whichever choice I make, I then get the > > > following error message, and the installation hangs: > > > > > > "Can't call method "set_active" on an undefined value" > > > > > > PS: The system includes a Matsonic 8308 motherboard with on board > > > video, sound, and ethernet. The on board ethernet is disabled so I can > > > use a 10 Mhz. coax ethernet card (Realtek 8029). It has a Duron 700 > > > Mhz. processor and 192 MB of RAM. > > > > Have a look at http://lhd.zdnet.com/ (Linux Hardware Database). > > A quick search for "motherboard video" and brings up the Matsonic 8106C. > > Have you tried *disabling* the onboard video, and using a plug-in PCI or > > AGP card instead? .. at least, I hope this helps to point you in the > > right > > > > direction...
