On Saturday 06 Sep 2003 12:45 pm, Greg Meyer wrote: > > > >>If you are installing 9.1 with an LCD monitor, the > > > >> appropriate driver for the video card may not be present. > > > >> For instance, I have an Nvidia video card and a Viewsonic > > > >> LCD; I had to download Nvidia's driver before I could get > > > >> KDE to load onscreen. > > > > > > > >Hi, Steve. No, it's not the video card. That's an old SiS > > > > card that was working under 9.0. Of course, it may be that > > > > 9.1 can't handle that card. If that's so, I'll have to work > > > > out how to vi lilo.conf to get back to the old 9.0 install > > > > > > > >Anne > > > > > > Does it work with Knoppix? Maybe you could boot up with > > > Knoppix and copy the resutling XF86Config-4 file to your new > > > install. > > > > I have to go out this morning, but I'll try that when I get back, > > thanks. > > Anne, if this is an older card, it might not support the render > extension, in which case you have been bitten by the libqt bug in > the version of qt that shipped with 9.1. This was subsequently > fixed with an update, so if you have not added any updates yet, try > updating libqt first.
Dreadful consequence - I had to boot it into windows so that he could play solitair over lunch <g> However, at that point I realised that the problem actually is with the card - or at least with its driver. I don't know where it got it from, but it has set up the driver for an early SiS card, which is what used to be in their. It's actually got a Matrox Mystique card in now. There must be a way to get it to look again at this. Does harddrake run from the cli, and will it allow me to set the graphics card? I should be able to get to the machine again in around 1/2 hour <g> Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet?
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