I agree that XFree is still not as bullet proof as it should be. This is probably mostly due to the lack of card/chipset data from the video card makers as well as just the pure difficulty in writing drivers. There are lots of cards that are working well and I would suggest to anyone that wants to try Linux that they check into hardware support and stick with the most popular mainstream hardware because that gets the most attention from developers and testers. I know this does not help you. Sorry. If you still need help and you can manage a command line, I suggest that you post your xfree log file here. Maybe we can give you some hints.
--- Tim Werner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mike, > > Thanks for the info and advice. > > I tried re-installing in expert mode, which allowed > me to configure the boot > manager, so that part I'm happy with. > > As far as X is concerned, right now it's pretty much > a disaster. I tried > all sorts of configurations, and I either get a test > screen that doesn't > work, or I get an error message about "no keyboard > configured", or other > confusing error, and a suggestion that I should try > to change some > parameters. > > Any attempt to select XFree3 resulted in suggestion > to try some other > parameters. Same thing with attempt to select > XFree4 with VESA. Just about > the only config that actually resulted in a test > screen was the one with my > actual SiS card (as auto-detected) > > [emotional outburst on] > Apparently Xfree is still not ready for prime-time, > which is a little > discouraging to me. This really isn't any easier > than it was 9 years ago. > From the mailing list and other linux-centric web > sites that I've been > reading, I can tell that a lot of other people are > at least able to get the > desktop up and running. I really expected to get > past this point before I > started running into trouble. :-( > [emotional outburst off] > > Not sure where to turn at this point. I seem to > have a combination of bad X > support for my video card, and Mandrake > X-configuration bugs. Probably I'll > have to wait until broadband becomes available in my > area and try redhat or > else the next rev of mandrake. Maybe after a nap > things will seem different > and I'll try something else. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:expert-owner@;linux-mandrake.com]On Behalf > Of Mike Morrell > > Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 10:49 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: [expert] Display messed up after > install > > > > > > I find that the VESA driver usually works on > XFree4.x > > on the unsupported cards. No acceleration though > and > > not sure if you can go bigger than 1024x768. You > can > > change your default boot OS by editing the > > /etc/lilo.conf file. Change the line with > > default=linux to default=windows or whatever the > label > > is for that partition. See the man page for > lilo.conf. > > Also, make sure you run lilo from the command > prompt > > after you edit the file to update the boot sector. > > Hope this helps. > > > > > > --- Tim Werner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Mikko, > > > > > > Thanks for the info. ML9.0 install didn't give > me > > > many options -- it seemed > > > to be making most decisions for me. I was > > > surprised, in fact, that it > > > installed boot manager with linux as default > without > > > even asking. I > > > couldn't figure out how to change the default OS > > > later, which is why I had > > > to uninstall. > > > > > > I'll give it another try, and see if there's > some > > > way to pick the X version. > > > It's a shame they would be dropping support for > > > perfectly good hardware that > > > isn't that old. :-( > > > > > > I was running Slackware in '93, on a 486 box, > and I > > > liked it a lot, but I > > > started to get busy with the Windows side and > when I > > > got a new system in '98 > > > I didn't want to go through all that pain again, > and > > > have been admiring > > > Linux from afar since then. Mandrake has been > > > getting a lot of good press > > > about ease of use. I was hoping I wouldn't be > > > spending a lot of time > > > fiddling with X config files etc., especially > since > > > my video card was (I > > > thought) kind of generic. > > > > > > It took me two weeks to download 9.0 over my > dial-up > > > connection. Don't > > > think I want to go through that again to get > 8.2. > > > :-) > > > > > > Anyway, I'll give it another shot. Thanks > again. > > > > > > Tim > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > [mailto:expert-owner@;linux-mandrake.com]On > Behalf > > > Of Mikko Lipasti > > > > Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 9:23 AM > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Subject: Re: [expert] Display messed up after > > > install > > > > > > > On Tue, 2002-10-29 at 16:15, Tim Werner wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > the display was all messed up. > > > > > > > > > > > You probably got gdm/kdm login screen. Sounds > like > > > poorly supported > > > > video controller. > > > > > > > > From > > > http://www.xfree86.org/current/Status30.html#30 > > > > > > > > --- [quote] --- > > > > 30. Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) > > > > > > > > 3.3.6: > > > > > > > > Support (accelerated) for the SiS 86C201, > > > 86C202, 86C205, 86C215, > > > > 86C225, 5597, 5598, 6326, 530, 620, 300, 630 > and > > > 540 is provided by the > > > > XF86_SVGA server with the sis driver. > > > > > > > > 4.2.1: > > > > > > > > Support (accelerated) for the SiS 530, > 620, > > > 6326 is provided by the > > > > "sis" driver. The 630, 300, and 540 are also > > > supported, but this code is > > > > new and there are some problems with it in > this > > > version. > > > > > > > > Summary: > > > > > > > > Support for the 86C201, 86C202, 86C205, > > > 86C215, 86C225, 5597 and > > > > 5598 is currently only available in 3.3.6. > > > > --- [end quote] --- > > > > > > > > > > > > You specify the display driver as 5598/6326. > Seems > > > to me that 5598 isn't > > > > supported by XFree86-4.2.1, which is the > default > > > (right?). However, 9.0 > > > > does provide XFree86-3.3.6, which supports > them > > > both. > > > > > > > > At least Mandrake 8.2 install asked which X > > > version to install when > > > > installing in Expert mode. I haven't checked > if > > > this is still the case > === message truncated ===> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? 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