hey,
I was searching dejanews about S3 virge not installing in mandrake 8.0. I
too noticed that this problem was present in Mandrake 7.-- vesions. I am
just wondering why mandrake hasn't fixed it yet. Btw if anyone is wondering
Redhat 7.1 installs fine with my S3 virge 4mb. I would use Redhat but it
just isn't as good as mandrake. RH is more directed towards servers while LM
is for desktop users. I also like the mandrake conf tools. I really hope
mandrake fixes this problem in the next verison.
----- Original Message -----
From: "L. A. Lawless" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 12:48 PM
Subject: Re: [Cooker] Can't install Mandrake 8.0 with S3 Virge
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> > >
> > > I am trying to install mandrake 8 with X4.03
> > >
> > >
> > > > I don't know about the Virge, but I had a Virge DX in one of my
systems
> > > > and Mdk8 installed fine on it. Are you trying to run XF 3.3.6 or
4.0.3?
> > > >
> > Do you get a XF86Config-4
> >
> > Does it work if you use 8bpp or 16bpp.
> >
> > If that doesn't work you can always try to use the vesa driver.
>
>
> I'd guess that it just freezes and never produces any config file,
> plus leaves all x servers in a directory called post-install
> rpms. That's what I get, whether it's XFree 4 or 3.3. This is a bug in
> the Mndrake installer that has existed in everything since M7.0 (except
> for 7.2, where it was fixed.. hurray). All I can suggest is that you
> either pu5t a copy of the config fole on a floppy and copy it to /etc
> using a console editor, and install your X server with rpm, or start
> with a basic 7.2 installation and upgrade. I do the latter now, then I
> have to get rid of an old kernal and a lot of unwanted LILO entries.
> If you haven't set up any X server then kudzu should put you into
> setup, although I haven't managed to configure X in 8.0 yet from a
> console. Don't know why I always get erreno 2, it worked with the 7
> series.
>
> --
> Anna Lawless
>
>
