Well, I have the same card, running with a Gateway 17" monitor and
Mandrake 8.1 at home. I haven't yet tried 8.2.  I can send you a copy
of my XF86Config file later if you wish.  Send me your private e-mail
if you want me to do this.

-Cheers,
 -sen

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On Tue, 26 Mar 2002, Chad wrote:

> Greetings all,
>
> I have been stumped at this problem for a substantial amount of time.  I've
> searched through Google, Yahoo, the expert & newbie mailing list archives
> and anything else I can think of.
>
> My hardware:  Biostar M7VIB, AMD Athlon 1.4 GHz (266 FSB), 512 MB RAM, ATI
> All-In-Wonder Rage Pro 128 16MB 2xAGP, 3 HDD's (160 GB total), a Promise
> Ultra 100 IDE controller for disks /dev/hda - hdd, onboard IDE controller
> for /dev/hde (boot drive) - hdh, Dell Ultrascan 21FS 21" monitor.
>
>
> My Problem:  Back in the day, I was running MDK 7.2 on this hardware and
> MAYBE 8.0.  I have tried upgrading to 8.1 & now 8.2.  The problem has always
> been with the video.
>
> On my most recent run through with MDK 8.2, everything goes fine until I
> reach the video setup (in Expert/Install mode).  It gives me the choice of
> Xfree86 4.2.0 w/ 3D, 4.2.0 w/o 3D or 3.3.6.  If I choose either of the
> 4.2.0's and go with the correct monitor, Dell Ultrascan 21FS, it apparently
> succeeds in finding the right video card, then I choose a conservative
> resolution (16-bit, 800x600).  If I go to test, the screen blanks and the
> light that *blips* when I use the brightness or contrast control starts
> flashing.  Nothing is displayed on the monitor ever again, until a reboot.
> I have tried dropping down using C-A-F1 through F8, C-A-DEL, C-A-BS, pushing
> all the keys, crying on the keyboard, etc.  It doesn't make a sound, a beep
> or anything.  The screen is blank and it will stay that way for up to an
> hour (after which I rebooted).
>
> If I try the 3.3.6 version, I get an error of "XFree86- rpm not found".  I'm
> using the downloaded 3 CD set for MDK 8.2.  MDK 8.1 gave the same type of
> problem.
>
> I know the video card is good.  It works full featured when I boot into
> Win98 & Win2k.
>
> Any suggestions?  If you need more info, I would be happy to provide it.
>
> Thanks,
> Chad
>
>
>
>



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