On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 22:09, Hutton Daniel wrote: > Hello, > I'm installing Mandrake for an association that I'm part of and I'm > having trouble getting x configured on a dual boot pc with a newly > installed Madrake 9.1. I got all the graphics card info from windows > which tells me that the graphic card is; > S3 Grphics ProSavage DDR with 32Mb memory and a "S3 P4M266" chip set. > I didn't open the box to check it and the documentation doesn't say > what the card actually is. >From the position of the video port it > looks like the grafics card might be inetgrated into the motherboard. > X just won't start. I've tried all the savage drivers but none of them > pass the test during installation. I skipped the X set up during > installation and then went and tried again with XFdrake but still no > luck. I've tried both the versions of XFree86 offered to me during > installation. Using XFdrake I checked that the monitor is set up ok > and it has used values which exactly match the values in the manual > so I'm pretty sure the autodetect has worked well for the monitor. > Sorry if this is a tough one but I'm really stuck. Many thanks in > advance to anyone who can help. > > Ciao, > Daniel Hutton
You might want to check the true specs on the motherboard so that you can get the real video card information prior to mucking around any further. You should be able to get the model number off the motherboard just from opening the case without actually having to remove anything. -- Thu Jun 12 23:10:00 EST 2003 23:10:00 up 23:08, 4 users, load average: 0.16, 0.14, 0.07 ----------------------------------------------------------------- | __ __ |kuhn media australia | | /-oo /| |'-. |http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | |================================| | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' |stephen kuhn | | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | ----------------------------------------------------------------- linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1 & RH 7.3 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 ----------------------------------------------------------------- * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * You know you have a small apartment when Rice Krispies echo. -- S. Rickly Christian
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