Mike, Thanks for your encouragement. I would indeed like to spend more time on this if I can get some help with it.
I had to return the video card on my first PC system (it was a Diamond Viper) for an ATI Mach32, for just the reason that Diamond considered their specs to be proprietary and thus no one could write a linux driver for it. At the time, I sent the Diamond people an email letting them know that I had to return their card because they couldn't be supported by linux. I'm sure they couldn't have cared less; I never heard back from them. It always irked me that the Mach32 card wasn't quite as snappy under Win3.1 as the Viper card, but at the time I felt the little sacrifice in Windows performance was worth it, because I was running Unix at home! I'd forgotten all that. Now you mention it, I have to admit the situation hasn't really changed. At any rate, if you could tell me how to generate it, I'd be happy to post the xfree log file here. I have been able to log in as root without starting X, and can do ls and cd commands, but that's all I remember, so far. Thanks, Tim > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:expert-owner@;linux-mandrake.com]On Behalf Of Mike Morrell > Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 2:40 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [expert] Display messed up after install > > > 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. > --------------------------------------------- Introducing NetZero Long Distance 1st month Free! Sign up today at: www.netzerolongdistance.com
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