On 12 Sep 99, at 11:03, bgf wrote:
> I am installing Linux-Mandrake 6.0 on a Cyrix P166+ machine with 32mb of
> RAM.
>
> I have an STB Velocity 3D PCI (4mb) video card and a Princeton Ultra 17+
> monitor and can not, for the life of me, get things configured so that I
> can run KDE. I have attempted letting the install program probe things
> and this has gone better than in the past. It probes without crashing
> but it always reports that there is a problem setting things up and
> cannot start X.
>
> So I have been trying to do the XF86Config file on my own (reading from
> _Running Linux_) but it would seem that I am not smart enough. Ugh!
>
> Here are the problems I'm having:
>
> Squashed screen (doesn't fill the whole monitor) either it loses half an
> inch on bottom and one side or it is a letterbox screen.
>
> Mouse pointer is a one-inch white square.
>
> Wavering image or totally blurred.
>
> Left side of icons (on left side of monitor) cut or both cut and
> duplicated over on the right side.
>
> That's probably enough for now. Any ideas? If anyone wanted to help me
> out with an XF86Config file, I would love it. I think that my problems
> are coming in the ModeLine area. I just can't seem to get anything going
> there.
>
> I have manuals on both the card and the monitor and will gladly provide
> more details.
>
> Thanks.
> --
> bgf
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>
>
Are you using the latest Xfree86? Always try the latest version of a
software before committing to discussion. I can't tell you how
many times upgrading the latest fixed an otherwise obscure
problem.
Joe
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