I make two consessions to getting video working.. 1. Never do the test suggested in the install.. if it dies you sometimes have to start again. 2. Never have the system initially boot straight into Xwindows. (at least not straight after install.)
That way if there is a problem, you can use drakconf to fix it from the console once the system is fully installed and running. its saved me many an install. rgds Frank -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:newbie-owner@;linux-mandrake.com]On Behalf Of shane Sent: Saturday, 26 October 2002 12:17 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Drake 9 don't do video -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 26 October 2002 8:36 am, Jimmy Montague did speak unto the huddled masses, saying: > Problem is that during the install, Xconfigurator sees the vid card as > an ATI Mach 64 with a Utah chipset. Default config is 16 million 24-bit > color, 800x600 res. > > If I accept that and run a test, the screen goes black for about 30 > seconds and then comes back on. If I then tell it to load X at boot-up, > what happens is that the system reboots and looks good until it loads X. > Then the screen goes black and stays that way forever. i would try the recommended video card but use a different monitor setting. if i run my other machine with too high a refresh rate i get the same behavior. - -- Windows: Where do you want to go today? MacOS: Where do you want to be tomorrow? Linux: Are you coming or what? shane Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 Mandrake Users Club Member http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/club/ Registered linux user #101606 @ http://counter.li.org/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE9uhc9Bwq+ZwvIN/oRAmaUAJ4vZ7y4ttKpVYCNaKuj/JEGYgTimgCfTMcF 0cE687eLeANGfzP7QwqUAJ8= =GjDQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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