I am very new to the Linuxworld. What is AIR?
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From: Dennis Robertson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, January 24, 2000 10:58 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Problem installing Air on a machine.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Burger, Matthew R" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, 25 January 2000 02:02
> Subject: [newbie] Problem installing Air on a machine.
>
>
> > I installed Air at work on a machine, no problems. My home (test)
machine
> > is another story. Auto detect finds my video card just fine, but when
it
> > asks for a monitor type and I specify the correct one............ no
> dice.
> > The correct monitor is listed in the list, but still won't work. The
> video
> > card is a generic Trident 3DImage 985 AGP, the monitor is a NEC
Multisync
> > 3FGx, and the machine is a k6-2 350 w/ 96 MB, 2G drive. Any suggestions
> or
> > help? I have tried almost every other video driver, just trying to get
> one
> > that works, NO GO there either. I tried installing Corel Linux 1.0, RH
> 6.1,
> > Mandrake 6.1, etc. with the same results.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Matt
>
> Matt (and Tim),
>
> I am in Windows :( so this is from memory. You need to edit the
> /etc/X11/XF86Config file which you can access through Midnight Commander
by
> typing mc at the command line. It is best to specify your monitor, video
> card and desired resolution and color depth during install but do not
test.
> ( If you test you will not have an XF86Config file to edit, only
> XF86Config.test. Been there,done that.) Install will then leave you at
the
> command line. If you are at a command line you can run Xconfigurator to
> refine your settings before editing XF86Config, but again do not test.
> Anyway, in mc and XF86Config go down to the Graphics device section where
> you will see something like Device configured by Xconfigurator. There
will
> be headings like Identifier, Vendor name, Board name, video ram (probably
> commented out) and possibly Chipset. In my setup (Trident 975 3d image) I
> insert the line after Board name:
> Option "noaccel"
> exactly like that.
> You may need to play around with mode lines and if you need pointers on
this
> or on using mc I will try to help.
> This problem with Trident cards has existed since at least RH5.2. XFree
> must be hoping Trident will go away before they actually have to fix the
> bug.
> HTH.
>
>
