Strange... The S3's are fairly well supported cards... maybe you had misconfigured your monitor and X went screwey from this? I'll assume you are(were) running XFree86 3.3.x. You'll want to edit the /etc/X11/XF86Config file and look for the lines that say "HorizSync xx-xxx" and "VertRefresh xx-xxx". You'll want to change the values you see in x's. these are the ranges of Horisontal and Vertical sync rates. I would try to find the correct ranges on the internet, or maybe they are written on the back (of course, if you still have the manual, that would be the first place to look). I looked on the internet, but the only pages I can find with anything resembling specs for Olivetti monitors are in German, and I cannot understand German. Anyway, if you can find the correct values, enter them in the XF86Config file, and try to restart x. The monitors that i could find that had specs following the names mentioned 64Khz... so I'd start with ranges that don't go too far above that. At thr first sign of trouble, hit CTRL-ALT-Backspace, and try something else. That's about as much as I can offer in this arena. --Greg ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > In a message dated 15-Sep-00 16:09:37 Central Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > << > Hi everybody, > I had my Linux working fine, only that I wanted to change the screen > resolution to 800 x 600 (it was setup to 640 x 480 and some windows are too > big and I can't see the OK, CANCEL, HELP, CONNECT, etc... buttons and can't > change the size of some of those windows). So from DrakeConf I tried to > change it to 800 x 600, and something terrible happened: > the screen keeps blinking all the time and it won't start XWindows, it stays > in the login screen (text mode)and it's almost impossible to type anything > unless I do it very, very slowly and making sure I type each letter just in > the exact moment that it blinks, which is every 2 seconds approx. > I've tried a new install of LM 7.0 (Air), but it hangs after it gets to the > second stage install. > > Is there a command or a way that I can get back into de screen configuration > again and change it back to where it was?(although its gonna be very > difficult to type, but I don't mind trying) > Or, > Is it better to download (with W98) LM 7.1 and install it over the old one? > > I've also tried to boot with the boot disk but no way, it doesn't work, I > guess I didn't make it correctly. > > If someone could help me it would be really great. > > My pc is: > Pentium 133mhz > 2 hard drives (one with W98 and the other LM 7.0 (Air)-kernel 2.2.14-15) > 24M of RAM > CD-ROM OTI-Hermes 10x > Monitor: Olivetti DSM 28-142 PS / LOW EMISSION > Graphic Card (or whatever it's called): S3 Trio64V+ PCI(765) > > In Linux Mandrake list of Monitors the olivetti doen's show, so it was set > as Generic SuperVga something (I don't remember the rest) > > Another thing: I tried with another old Compaq Monitor I have lying around > unused, but exactly the same problem. > > TIA > Carol^ > > P.S.: I was so happy with my Linux working, included the internet > connection. I don't why I had to fiddle with the screen resolution, it > wasn't so terrible. Now I don't know what to do!!!!!!! > > >> > well you did what i did once for some reason the refresh rate is not > configured properly the only way to fix it is to use the "xf86config" program > i dont know why they named it the same as the file it creates but ohwell, the > other way you might be able to do it is load linux in single user mode i > believe you could also use failsafe in the grub menu it should work, at the > command prompt log in as root, type "login" just in case you havent loged in > like this my comp loads x at start up here you will have something like > [$root@ /root] something like that i dont remember basically it says your > loged as root and your current location, type "xf86config" and you will have > to select mouse keyboard, monitor and graphics card MAKE SURE you use the > factory defaults in your selections anotherwords match the specs of your > monitor and graphics card! > > OPTION #2 same as before but you are going to do some browsing instead of > using xf86config, your going to type cd /etc/x11/ > you may have to do some "ls" what your looking for is something like > xf86config.old, > your x11 folder may have more to the name like x11f86, unfortunately you cant > use console which color codes your text so you can be sure your opening a > folder some things are just named wierd, you could try a text editor to help > you such as vim or emac > > have fun! > ______________________________________________________________________________ Vous avez un site perso ? 2 millions de francs à gagner sur i(france) ! Webmasters : ZE CONCOURS ! http://www.ifrance.com/_reloc/concours.emailif
