Paul/Larry
you suggested running Xconfigurator from the command
line to change my settings.
Thanks, tried that, unfortunately when I ran
Xconfigurator my monitor goes dark immediately (just
as it did in the last bit of the Linux install
sequence). I then have to reboot to get out of that
one.
seems to be a tricky one..
Matt
--- Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It was Sep 30,
2000, 19:36, when Matt Usselmann
> keyboarded:
>
> >Tried your suggestion, but cannot change the
> settings
> >for my video card on my BIOS (I presume that's what
> >you meant?!) It defaults to detecting the PCI video
> >card and default cannot be changed.
> >
> >Set the Windows display property settings to the
> >values you suggested (16bit, 800*600), but that did
> >not make any difference. Still no X windows when
> >rebooting Linux.
>
> When you run Xconfigurator, you have to select these
> lower values. You
> can, indeed, not change the settings through the
> Bios.
> Select the settings when setting up X-Windows. Sorry
> if I was unclear.
>
> Paul
>
> >2000, 14:51, when Matt Usselmann
> >> keyboarded:
> >>
> >> >Tried to install 7.0 for the first time. It
> >> installed
> >> >ok up to the point where it should configure X
> >> >Windows. Instead of seeing the "Is this the
> correct
> >> >setting?" display, monitor went completely dark.
> >> >
> >> >That seems to indicate that the graphics card is
> >> not
> >> >supported?!? It is a #9GXE64 (powered by S3 Trio
> >> 64) -
> >> >the original card in my 5 year old Dell.
> >>
> >> Hi Matt,
> >>
> >> When setting up X, there often happens something
> >> like you describe.
> >> Happened with me also when I still had the S3
> card.
> >> The way to go is NOT
> >> to let the setup probe the card, just tell it to
> use
> >> conservative settings
> >> (800x600, 16 bit colors, something like that),
> make
> >> sure that things work
> >> that way when booting, and then gradually go up
> with
> >> the requirements upto
> >> what you want.
> >> You can bet that a 5 year old card, as common as
> the
> >> S3 Trio, is
> >> supported.
> >>
> >> A note: many applications do not like 24bit
> colors,
> >> so try to avoid that
> >> setting.
> >>
> >> Paul
> >>
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> >>
> >
> >
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