Re: [newbie] eMac Video Card Config. Problem

[Gabriel Morales]

Two more quick questions:

The installation instructions tell me to leave the linux partition as 
"Free Space" using a partitioning utility in Mac OS, but can I also use 
"UNIX File System"? Can the Mandrake OS use this? See, I can't see the 
partition when running under Mac OS X, but the UNIX File System is a 
supported format, so I reckon it would see that.

BTW, what are all these "Short Message Delivery Report" e-mails I'm 
getting each time I post?

Thanks,

Gabriel Morales 


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Re: [newbie] eMac Video Card Config. Problem

[Gabriel Morales]

Stephen Kuhn wrote:

You might want to get to a console login - try hitting CTRL-ALT-F2 - 
see
if that brings you to a text based prompt - if so, then login as root,
and run XFdrake - change the monitor settings and video settings as you
see fit to suit your monitor and video card, then reboot...
Unfortunately, it didn't work. That key combination seemed to do 
nothing.

Can I do this via Open Firmware by any chance? Or is there another way?

Thanks,

Gabriel Morales 


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Re: [newbie] eMac Video Card Config. Problem

[Gabriel Morales]

I think my post may have been a bit unclear. Let me re-phrase it

The first part should read:

Hello,

I am on a 1 Ghz eMac with a (standard) built in ATI Radeon 7500 GPU 
w/AGP 4X
support. I have successfully installed Mandrake 9.1, but the screen 
goes black when it
should give me the GUI. Things is, I don't even know how to change the
configuration or what to change it to. Any suggestions?

--
Stephen Kuhn wrote:
You might want to get to a console login - try hitting CTRL-ALT-F2 - 
see
if that brings you to a text based prompt - if so, then login as root,
and run XFdrake - change the monitor settings and video settings as you
see fit to suit your monitor and video card, then reboot...
I am going to try your suggestion, Stephen. I'l get back to you on this.

Thanks,

Gabriel Morales 


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