Mike Rambo wrote: > > I have an IBM box (300PL) that has integrated S3 video. > > My son wants better video so I've obtained a 64MB Radeon > 7000 PCI video card. I can't use an AGP card even though the > machine has an AGP slot because of the way the case is built > - one of those proprietary designs that only a few cards > will properly fit. > > I was surprised to find that the hardware drake didn't > detect any hardware changes when the box started up. I > finally have the box booting to init 3. When I run XFdrake > it finds both video cards now (new Radeon 7000 and the > original integrated video) but I cannot find a configuration > that'll work. I really only want the Radeon card set up so > that's the one I select. It loaded XFree 4.20 the first time > I selected the Radeon card but the system displays a > scrambled screen and freezes when I try to test the > configuration. I skipped the test one time and tried to > 'startx' but that also displayed garbage and froze. > > Can anyone offer advice on how to get this to work? > Thanks... > Check bios, turn off "on-board video".
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