I figured that it would be at least close to the latest as it's a fairly new distro.
I'll
check it out and see what I can find. Although, I'm not sure how I would go about
getting it
on my machine when I can't get it running right. Oh well. Living and learning.
--
bgf
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> 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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