Anyway, I've attatched IBM's directions for setting it up in Frame Buffer mode, but if you are looking of better performance... I suugest that you buy another card and save yourself the months of sleepless nights trying to make it work, the saved time really makes this cheaper.
Just substitute in the latest 3.3.6-x version (not 4.0.x, a whole diff game):
Appendix A: Installing the VESA/Frame Buffer server After the installed system has restarted, at the boot: prompt, type linux text. With the system started in command mode, login as root. Mount the Red Hat Linux 6.0 CD and install the frame buffer server package by typing the following text: # mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom # cd /mnt/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS # rpm -ivh XFree86-FBDev-3.3.3.1-49.i386.rpm 4. Save the current symbolic link by running # mv /etc/X11/X /etc/X11/X.old. 5. Create a new symbolic link by running # ln -s ../../usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_FBDev /etc/X11/X. 6. Edit /etc/lilo.conf to add a new entry for the frame buffer server by copying the existing entry. Only add a vga=773 line after the image line and change the label so that it is unique to other entries. The following is an example of a kernel entry with frame buffer server installed: image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.5-15 vga=773 label=linux-fb root=/dev/sdxx initrd=/boot/initrd-2.2.5-15.img read-onlyWarning: Do not remove the existing entry. Do not make any changes to the root line in the new entry. The first kernel entry in "/etc/lilo.conf" is loaded by default. 773 indicates 1024 x 768 pixel density with 8 bit color depth. For more information, see /usr/src/linux/Documentation/fb/vesafb.txt (kernel-source-2.2.5-15.i386.rpm package). 7. Update the master boot record and the LILO boot loader by running # lilo -v. 8. Edit /etc/X11/XF86Config to create a new section entry for the frame buffer server under the Screen section. Copy the following example of a Screen entry and make the necessary changes. NOTE : xxxx and yyyy depend upon predefined strings in XF86Config. Replace "xxxx" with the string following "Identifier" under "Device" in the Graphics device section. Replace "yyyy" with the string following "Identifier" under "Monitor" in the Monitor section. Section "Screen" Driver "fbdev" Device "xxxx" Monitor "yyyy" Subsection "Display" Modes "default" EndSubsection EndSection 9. Reboot the system and remove media. 10. At the LILO boot prompt, press Tab for kernel options or press Enter if the new kernel was set as the default kernel. 11. After the system restarts in command mode, issue the startx command to enter the X Window ______________________
Hope this helps, I'm trying to work up the guts to try X 4.0.1-2
after 4 months of trying with 3.3.6. Although, I did buy a $30 Permedia
II just in case.
Victor
Dennis Myers wrote:
I tried Xconfigurator and was unable to bring up the Xserver. I have a S3
Trio 3D/2X video card and Linux seems to have a problem with it. I guess this
answers the question of should I upgrade. Hopefully 7.1 will support S3
better. Or maybe I should get a new card. The AGP slot is easy to swap out.
Anybody know of a totally compatible video card that linux has no problems
with? Or any other suggestions would be helpful. I sending this out of a
'windows' box and it is just killing me. DennisEunice Thompson wrote:
> Dennis Myers wrote:
> >
> > I lost my Xwindow again. The common thread seems to be Star Office.
> > Whenever I mess with SO my xserver crashes. Any way I have tried going
> > to XF86Setup and XFconfig and every other xf or XF I could think of and
> > I either get not a command or can't communicate with the x server. Any
> > one no of some command line input to get me to the configuration. Oh,
> > one of the messages I saw flash up briefly said something about not
> > enough memory. Any help would be appreciated. I'm about ready to do a
> > clean install again and throw out Star Office altogether.
>
> Try Xconfigurator.
> I don't thnk you need to do a clean install.
> you might be able to use Kpackage to uninstall Star Office.
> There is a remove command 'rm'.for more info on how to use it
> type 'man rm' or 'info rm'
> Or you can always add more memory to you box or ( here I'm just
> guessing) increase the swap partition
>
> Good Luck
>
> Eunice Thompson
