don't mount the music cd On Sunday 27 October 2002 12:51 am, Nick Adams wrote: > Erik wrote: > >On Sat, 2002-10-26 at 17:37, Nick Adams wrote: > >>Nick Adams wrote: > >>>Spencer wrote: > >>>>On October 26, 2002 08:36 am, Jimmy Montague wrote: > >>>>>Hi, Everybody: > >>>>> > >>>>>I downloaded the isos and burned them onto 3 CDs. > >>>>>I booted from CD1 and ran the install per directions. > >>>>>It's slick until comes time to configure the video/Xwindows > >>>>> environment. There I hit a stump. I've installed 4 times, now, and > >>>>> still can't get it right. > >>>>> > >>>>>System is: > >>>>> > >>>>>FIC VA503+ mobo > >>>>>AMD K6-2/350 processor > >>>>>256 mb Crucial RAM > >>>>>2 Maxtor 13 gb hdds > >>>>>1 generic 50x CD-ROM > >>>>>1 fdd > >>>>>Creative Ensoniqe sound > >>>>>ATI 3D Rage Pro vid card with 8 mb RAM > >>>>>Compaq V50 monitor > >>>>>IBM model M keyboard (101 key, US English) > >>>>>Logitech MouseMan PS2 > >>>>> > >>>>>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. > >>>>> > >>>>>So I reinstall. Tell Xconfigurator that the vid card is really an ATI > >>>>>Rage Pro 3D. Then, no matter what config I set up (65k colors @ > >>>>> 16-bit, for example) the system returns an error when I test it. > >>>>> > >>>>>The error is: "You must specify a keyboard in XF86Config try to change > >>>>>some parameters." (sic) > >>>>> > >>>>>So I boot to the command line as root. Issue a command xf86config. Run > >>>>>through all of THAT. At the end, it tells me it's going to save the > >>>>>configuration, and then it saves. When I tell it "startx", I get > >>>>>execve failed for /etc/x11/x (errno 2) > >>>>>giving up > >>>>>xinit: No such file or directory > >>>>> > >>>>>After install no. 4, I'm whipped. > >>>>> > >>>>>Ideas, anyone? > >>>>> > >>>>>Thanks. > >>>>> > >>>>>Nick > >>>> > >>>>Mach 64 Utah drivers are correct. I use the same card along with > >>>>Xfree 4.2.1. It may be choking on your monitor. Try using generic > >>>>settings. I am using 1024x768 @ 70 and 800x600 at 24 as final. Works > >>>>perfect > >>>> > >>>>Spence > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>----------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>>- > >>>> > >>>>Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to > >>>>http://www.mandrakestore.com > >>> > >>>Spencer: > >>> > >>>You use Xfree 4.2.1 on a generic monitor -- but do you set Xfree to 3d > >>>or 2d? > >>> > >>>Nick > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >>> > >>>Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > >>>Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > >> > >>Spencer: > >> > >>Been there. Done that. Three times now. > >> > >>Same result. It doesn't work. > >> > >>More suggestions, anyone? > >> > >>Thanks > >>Nick > > > >Nick, > > > >I'm running the same chipset (according to the setup in 9.0). Do don't > >say what OS you ran on this machine before..or what resolution or color > >depth. Without that info, it looks like your card handles the default > >settings, but your monitor is choking on them. I'd suggest dropping > >back to 800x600 at 16-bit and see if it will work. You need to find a > >setting that works with your monitor, then you can experiment with the > >color depth and resolution to get optimal display. > > > >If you are doing the setup manually, you might also check the frequency > >that is being used with the monitor...a freq setting that is too high > >(or too low) could be a show-stopper, too. > > > >The default for my card (ATI mach64 Utah) and monitor (Optiquest Q55) > >worked fine...XFree 4.2.1, 2D (I also have only 8MB onboard vid ram) and > >1024x768, but my monitor will handle the 24-bit color depth. > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > Erik: > > I tried EVERY ATI driver in Drake 9. None of them work with this card. > > The card is a 3D Rage Pro. Drake 9 HAS no driver for that card listed, > and the default (Utah) driver doesn't work. > That monitor and vid card worked fine with a SuSE 7.3 distro for six > months, before I installed Drake 9. I had them running at 1024x768, 16 > million colors, etc. That card and that monitor have worked with DOS and > Win 3.x, with Win 95, 98, ME and 2k, with Corel Linux and with SuSE. > They don't work with Drake 9 -- go figure what's at fault. > > Using Drake 9, as I said above, I tried every ATI driver in the > selection. None worked. I got refresh specs off the Web for that monitor > and tried plugging them into "generic" monitor configurations in Drake > 9. It didn't work. > > But gee. I swapped the ATI 3D Rage Pro vid card for a Hercules > Terminator 128 3D and everything works just fine. The monitor monitors > and the accelerator accelerates. I say Drake 9 DOES do video, but not > with an ATI 3D Rage Pro vid card. > > Nick.
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