Re: Complete novice: Monitor won't work with RH8

2003-02-14 Thread Todd A. Jacobs
On Fri, 14 Feb 2003, Josef Oduwo wrote: > I have no trouble at the console - only when I attempt to startx. Then it's definitely a problem with the X server. Make sure you've read the XFree86 site, and are using the correct server for your chipset. Autoprobing doesn't always get it right. > Ho

Re: Complete novice: Monitor won't work with RH8

2003-02-13 Thread Edward Dekkers
> > Any on-board video that is not supported by the main XFree86 servers > should be bypassed in favor of a supported video card. I often threw in a > decent Trident card ($30-50) into all SiS systems until XFree86 started > supporting SiS video directly, and saved myself a world of pain. > Amen

Re: Complete novice: Monitor won't work with RH8

2003-02-13 Thread Josef Oduwo
IL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Complete novice: Monitor won't work with RH8 Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 16:15:59 -0800 (PST) On Thu, 13 Feb 2003, Josef Oduwo wrote: > Well, I see "wrong" colors and either a garbled or no screen at all. Is your video card even supported

Re: Complete novice: Monitor won't work with RH8

2003-02-13 Thread Todd A. Jacobs
On Fri, 14 Feb 2003, Edward Dekkers wrote: > As per his original post, he has one of those 845 Intel Extreme chipset > graphics. I know a lot of people have had problems with that. He's Any on-board video that is not supported by the main XFree86 servers should be bypassed in favor of a supporte

Re: Complete novice: Monitor won't work with RH8

2003-02-13 Thread Edward Dekkers
> > Well, I see "wrong" colors and either a garbled or no screen at all. > > Is your video card even supported? Is the garbling only in X, or at your > console, too? If you have trouble at the console, it's either your video > card or your monitor/cabling. > > If you have on-board video, have you t

Re: Complete novice: Monitor won't work with RH8

2003-02-13 Thread Todd A. Jacobs
On Thu, 13 Feb 2003, Josef Oduwo wrote: > Well, I see "wrong" colors and either a garbled or no screen at all. Is your video card even supported? Is the garbling only in X, or at your console, too? If you have trouble at the console, it's either your video card or your monitor/cabling. If you ha

Re: Complete novice: Monitor won't work with RH8

2003-02-13 Thread Josef Oduwo
PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Complete novice: Monitor won't work with RH8 Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 20:23:10 +0800 On Thu, 13 Feb 2003, Josef Oduwo wrote: > Screen keeps flickering and I can't see anything When you say "flickering" do you mean you may see the colors and such of what

Re: Complete novice: Monitor won't work with RH8

2003-02-13 Thread Ed . Greshko
On Thu, 13 Feb 2003, Josef Oduwo wrote: > Screen keeps flickering and I can't see anything When you say "flickering" do you mean you may see the colors and such of what would make a good display but the screen is not stable? If so, then it sounds as if the refresh settings in your XF86Config

Re: Complete novice: Monitor won't work with RH8

2003-02-13 Thread Josef Oduwo
Screen keeps flickering and I can't see anything Original Message Follows From: "Edward Dekkers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Complete novice: Monitor won't work with RH

Re: Complete novice: Monitor won't work with RH8

2003-02-12 Thread Edward Dekkers
> I though the problem could be with my videocard (a 64MB Intel Integrated ExtremeGraphics 845GL) so I downloaded the latest Linux driver from the Intel website but I cannot run this. Why not? --- Edward Dekkers (Director) Triple D Computer Services P/L -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscrib

Re: Complete novice: Monitor won't work with RH8

2003-02-12 Thread Josef Oduwo
latest Linux driver from the Intel website but I cannot run this. Any thoughts? Original Message Follows From: "Todd A. Jacobs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Complete novice: Monitor won't work with RH8 Date: T

Re: Complete novice: Monitor won't work with RH8

2003-02-11 Thread Todd A. Jacobs
On Wed, 12 Feb 2003, Josef Oduwo wrote: > Couldn't start X Server > ddcprobe returned bogus values Your monitor is not returning valid information when probed. No biggie, as long as you have your video card and monitor manuals; just run xf86config instead. -- "Of course I'm in shape! Round's

Complete novice: Monitor won't work with RH8

2003-02-11 Thread Josef Oduwo
Hello, I have just done a new install of  RH* for the very 1st time. However, when I try to "redhat-configure-Xfree86" to work with my monitor. I get the following message: Couldn't start X Serverddcprobe returned bogus values ID: OEC15dbName: noneetc etc And if I try again I get a "DeprecationWar