> This is related to xfree86 as i am told.  i have an AMD Athlon XP2500
> system with an Nvidia GeForce FX5200 video card.  when i am trying to
> install Redhat 9 on this sytem, Anaconda detects my video card and
> assigns the Generic VESA driver--this is where things go wrong.  The
> installer appears to start X but the screen goes blank and my monitor
> button goes amber as if in sleep mode.  I have tried several workarounds
> like loading as "Linux lowres" "Linux resolution = (several sizes)"
> "Linux xdrvr=nv" stc.  i have even set the AGP to 4x in bios and the
> video still crashes.
>
> several sources have told me that all of this is due to Redhat's install
> disk using an older version of XFree86, which doesn't detect the FX5200
> card.  do you know of any workarounds other than putting in an older
> video card or installing in text mode (that has other issues)?  please
> let me know whatever you can.
>
> thanks in advance for your support.
>
> david valencia
>

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