I have a ATI Rage IIc card and had the very same problem. My fix was to
choose a unlisted video card during the initial setup, then go to xf86config
and set the card to the resolution you want.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Andre Baron
> Sent: Thursday, February 25, 1999 3:36 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Virtual Desktop
>
>
> On Wed, 24 Feb 1999, Nick wrote:
> > I have been attempting to get KDE to function properly since
> the release of
> > Mandrake 5.3. I have tried a Matrox G200, two brands of RIVA
> TNT cards, a
> > Matrox Millennium II, and an ATI Rage Pro AGP, and the result
> is always a
> > virtual desktop in KDE. I have tried editing out the XF86Config file to
> > remove the virtual settings, but I have had no luck. With
> Mandrake 5.2, the
> > Millennium II was properly found and worked fine. This is
> happening on more
> > than one machine, and also with Red Hat 5.1. I can't figure it out, can
> > someone shed some light on this?
>
>
> I was having the same problem with my ATI Rage Pro card, it's
> actually not a
> function of the card, it's the display settings. When I turned
> my display to
> *only* 1024x768 (higher may work but my monitor doesn't do it) the virtual
> desktop dissapeared (thank goodness)
>
> Andre
>
