On Wednesday 03 April 2002 10:03 pm, John P. Chambers wrote:
> The machine I am running is a Pent II 350MHz Intel with an ABIT BH6
> Motherboard. Linux 8.2.
> My Video adapter is a Hercules Prophet MX II. It is running in Linux, but I
> don't think it has the proper device drivers. I also have an NEC Multisysnc
> LCD Monitor 1700 M+. I can't find it in Linux either. Doesn't anyone know
> anything about these. I do get one listed as GEForce and it does work, but
> the monitor has to be adjusted and isn't real stable.
>
> Thanks,
> John
>
That card uses an Nvidia Geforce II chip set. If Mandrake says it is a
Geforce, then it is no big deal since all the Nvidia based cards use the same
driver.
You might find selecting a different monitor will have an effect since
different scan rates can make a significant difference to the appearence.
(Selecting different monitors basically just sets up the scan rates)
You do not say in what way the image is 'unstable' It may be for example
that you need to enable anti aliased fonts in order to make them 'smoother',
or if you are dual booting with Windows you could import your Windows fonts
which are sometimes better quality.
To select a different Monitor, Mandrake Control Centre>Hardware>Video
To enable anti aliasing KDE Control Centre>LookNFell>Fonts
To import Windows Fonts Mandrake Control Centre>System>Fonts
If you want to run 3D applications on that card, then you will need to change
the driver from the Open Source default driver to the proprietary Nvidia
driver. It will not help your 2D performance however so do not try it until
you are fairly comfortable with your system.
Instructions on installing the proprietary driver are here:-
http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/hardware/index.html#nom
HTH
derek
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