I had similar problems installing Mandrake in my laptop (a Toshiba) and
I solved them using the text installation. It seems that sometimes the
graphic installation gives more problems that the text one.
Try it! Perhaps it works also for you!
Francisco Alcaraz
Murcia (Spain)
----- Mensaje Original -----
Remitente: Robert Hershberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Fecha: Martes, Diciembre 26, 2000 10:52 pm
Asunto: [newbie] Problems running X on a Compaq XL118
> I asked this Question last week but missed the response, so please
> forgiveme for repeating...
>
> I have a Compaq 1200XL 118 Laptop (using all the internal drivers and
> adapters) and after installing Mandrake 7.2 I can't get the X
> Window System
> to display properly. I run Xconfigurator and it appears to properly
> configure my monitor (using a generic 70hz, superVGA) but when I
> run X the
> screen refresh does funky things.
> It writes to the display in funky ways causing the screen to have
> ghostimages. The whole screen will be covered with multiply parts
> of the desktop
> and any open windows in a confusing array of hash, broken windows
> and icons.
> Does anyone know what I should set the display settings too to get
> X to work
> properly.
> Further I asked Compaq for info regarding the screen and they sent
> backSIZE: 800 X 600 X 24b, & Cyberblade 3D Adapter. The rest of
> the info
> regarded the video output port. Anyway I tried the settings but
> still no
> joy. Has anyone got any ideas? Thanks again for your time....
>
> Robert Hershberger
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