Re: [newbie] new computer means new linux questions

1999-07-21 Thread Alan Schussman

Thanks, Sean. The nvidia drivers did the trick!

-alan

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Re: [newbie] new computer means new linux questions

1999-07-20 Thread Sean Brzozowski

Alan,

Get the drivers from nvidia.com.  Install them and run Xconfigurator again.
On my computer it didn't show separate entry for TNT2, but I selected Viper
V550 (regular TNT) and everything was fine.

HTH
Sean Brzozowski

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From: Alan Schussman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: [newbie] new computer means new linux questions


I'm installing mandrake 6.0 on a new PC, and the first problem I've run
into is with X. Xconfigurator identifies my video card (Diamond v770), but
is then unable to probe it, and when I try to manually configure it I get
a prompt for my clockchip -- and I have no idea what my clockchip is. I
assume that means the clock on the video card, but I'm not positive. Does
anyone know what the chip is?

If I don't enter a clockchip, all I can select is low-resolution x 8-bit
color, which sure seems like a waste of good computing power. Otherwise,
Xconfigurator errors out starting the x server.

Thanks, all-

-alan

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[newbie] new computer means new linux questions

1999-07-20 Thread Alan Schussman

I'm installing mandrake 6.0 on a new PC, and the first problem I've run
into is with X. Xconfigurator identifies my video card (Diamond v770), but
is then unable to probe it, and when I try to manually configure it I get
a prompt for my clockchip -- and I have no idea what my clockchip is. I
assume that means the clock on the video card, but I'm not positive. Does
anyone know what the chip is?

If I don't enter a clockchip, all I can select is low-resolution x 8-bit
color, which sure seems like a waste of good computing power. Otherwise,
Xconfigurator errors out starting the x server.

Thanks, all-

-alan

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