On Wednesday 19 December 2001 11:23 pm, Roy Barton wrote: > Ok. Here is the deal. I am working on computer for my friend. Here are the > specs: Athlon 1Ghz CUP > Via Motherboard > 512 MB RAM > S3 Savage 4 video (on board) > ESS modem (winmodem) > > I have installed Mandrake 8.1 so many times I can count them all. His pc > kit (including cpu, mb, case) came with Red Hat 7.1, so we tried that. > Guess what?! The second CD is BLANK! No go on that one. So some one told me > about the 'setuptool' command. I installed MDK 8.1 again and used the > 'setuptool' option. No go on that one. The Red Hat booklet stressed the > fact to use the generic SVGA drivers. So I used the generic drivers under > 8.1. No go. Just a flashing screen on boot. I have to get it working. Any > ideas???? > > Thanks > > > Roy Use expert mode and select XFree 4.1.0 set for the S3 Savage Graphics card--test it... If that doesn't work set for the FBDev (yes, the framebuffer worked during install and is capable of 1024x768x16 on most cards.)
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