Gandalf Mithrandir wrote:
> Just a problem that I thought that I'd ask around if someone had seen
> this before. I was recently installing an Intel i810 card on a massive
> 17" machine. I just printed Shanu's instructions, followed em, and the
> machine was working like a dream - thanx maan I owe you one!
Fame at last! [smiles]
> The interesting thing popped up later, when I had configured Loadlin for
> the machine - when the person tried running startx, the machine showed
> all the symptoms of an SiS card (black blocky Cursor). Then X crashed.
> After which it was not possible to run X anymore. I've tried this many
> times - every time it's the same response..... whatzup any ideas?
<speculation>
Hmmm... looks like the card is getting junked when going from DOS to
Linux without a hard reset. Real mode to protected mode switching
problems???
</speculation>
<reality>
I have no idea. :-(
</reality>
-- Shanu
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