Subject: Re: X Configuration (Newbie)
From: Jim Gribbin (jewelrysupplier@gci.net)
Date: Mon Nov 04 2002 - 11:49:14 AKST
What happens when you try to change the card? It sounds like you don't
have the correct XFree driver installed. It looks like what you should
have is XFree86-S3 (not S3V).
You can do:
rpm -qa | grep XFree
to see which XFree packages installed.
On Mon, 2002-11-04 at 06:03, Robbie Soares wrote:
>
> I have installed Red Hat Linux 7.3 on a workstation that has a Diamond
> Stealth 64 VRAM video card. The X server comes up with errors and fails to
> start X. I am starting Linux at Level 3. I have tried running the
> Xconfigurator and it automatically identifies the card as a Virge S3. It
> will not let me change the video card type. After configuring the memory, 4
> MB, monitor, Gateway Vivitron 17, and setting display properties, 8 bit -
> 640 x 480, it still fails to start. HELP!!
>
>
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