Hello, Alan:
I'm a newbie just like you and I think what you need to do is to go to this
website:
http://www.xfree.org/cardlist.htm
print out this list of video cards and pick one and give it a try.
This has been my experience as I had a card, a SoundBlaster 3D Banshee,
ordinarily a good card for Windows but not directly supported by Linux
unless you can download some drivers from Creative labs, install them and
all that.
What I had to do was to replace the SB 3D card with a card on the list that
was directly supported by Linux-Mandrake and that solved the video problem
for me.
Yes, the console came on just fine but the video images were very overly
large and distorted. I don't know if they appeared that way to you but you
might think about another card. But _not_just any card. By all means
consult the list above and pick from there.
Hope this helps
Richard
-----Original Message-----
From: Alan Lott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Monday, September 06, 1999 8:36 PM
Subject: [newbie] screen res
>hi there,
>i've seen various posts about screen resolution probs (with no answer to my
>particulart situation).
>unfortunately, the ctrl-alt-plus does nothing. in
>fact, the resolution isn't even 640x480, its some
>sort of default resolution (like 240x310). i've
>tried to install on two different boxes, both have
>the same problem, and both have AGP video cards
>(but not the same card)... is the AGP card the
>problem? if it is, what's the work-around for it?
>the text console runs fine and even the GUI works
>correctly (what i can see of it), so this just
>seems to be a video issue. any help would be
>greatly appreciated. thanks in advance.
>
>alan
>
>
