Peter,
XFree86 is the X-server that comes with Mandrake. Without it, Linux would be
a command-line only affair (unless you spent $$$ for a commercial X-server).
I had a very similar problem just over a year ago when trying to install
Caldera OpenLinux 2.2. It looks as if nothing has changed since then with
XFree86's Trident 3DImage 9750 support. My card had 4MB of RAM, and I easily
was able to reach 1024x768 with 16-bit colour in Windos. In Linux (both
Caldera 2.2 and Red Hat 6.0), however, the best I could get was 640x480 with
16 colours. This was after I manually adjusted my monitor refresh rates. I
spent many hours researching websites in an effort to find a solution, and I
was rather frustrated since the XFree86 site said that my card was supported,
although it obviously was not very well supported at all. In the end I just
gave up and bought a new card. The 3DImage is an old card, and nowadays you
can get far better ones for less than the price it cost back then. It was a
nuisance having to do this, but I can honestly say that it was one of the
best investments I've ever made, since I now use Linux all the time.
On Thu, 11 Jan 2001 17:05, BIRKLE Peter wrote:
> I have just tried to install Mandrake 7.2 and all goes well up until the X
> Server configuration.
>
> I have a Trident 3D Image 9750 AGP video card 2MB Ram and a Sampo Alphascan
> 70 15" monitor.
> When I configure X during the install process and use the 9750 Driver that
> is available and and select the Sampo Monitor I have and click on the test
> button the penguin appears about 5 times on the screen from the middle
> right off the far righthand side of my monitor.
>
> I have tried all the generic settings Monitor settings and SVGA and even
> the failsafe FBDEV and still get the same result. Even if I select a
> generic 640x480 Resolution.
>
> I had a similar problem with Mandrake 7.1 but was able to fix this with
> custom monitor settings by specifying a custom vertical and horizontal
> refresh rate of 70 while leaving the graphics card set to Trident 9750 AGP
> but when I select custom monitor settings and specify a custom refresh rate
> the same problem occurs in mandrake 7.2
>
> In the end I accepted the 640x480 resolution just so that I could finish
> the install. So upon starting Mandrake 7.2 all the services start fine and
> a login prompt box appears to the right of center. When I click on the
> Drakconf icon it spans right across the monitor and I have to move the
> window to the left hand side of the screen just so that I can see the X
> configuration screen.
>
> I have heard references to Xfree86 but don't know what this is or if it
> comes with 7.2 or whether you have to download it or do you run this from
> the command line.
>
> Its quite frustrating, any help would be most welcome.
>
> Peter Birkle
>
>
>
>
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