[linux-help] Re: Redhat

["Randi See" <rsee@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have a 3D banshee Blaster video card and am using a old packard moniter it
is 60HZ and will do 1024 by 768 pixels in windose. I can not find any model
number on it. I have reinstalled Red Hat using the expert option. Red Hat
recognized the video card and the video settings. It look ok on boot until
the loggon screen it does not load correctly. When I finally get logged on I
still have the same problem.

-----Original Message-----
From: linux-help-bounce@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:linux-help-bounce@xxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of John M. Resler
Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 10:22 PM
To: linux-help@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: [linux-help] Re: Redhat



I used the xf86config program in the past when I used slakware as my
distro. You will need to do a little research on some info before you
start but it is not a terribly difficult program to use. The information
you'll be asked for is :

mouse type: usually ps2
keyboard layout: us 104 key usually works
monitor horizontal and vertical frequencies
the tuff stuff :
        video card - onboard memory
                     is it a clone
                     ramdac
                     probing options
if the video card is a clone picking the correct clone from the server
list can be frustrating but you'll learn alot about the hardware on your
system. I'd visit the Xfree86.org site to see if your card is supported
before proceeding. Most cards lately are supported but there are some
idiosyncracies and not all features on every card is supported. You can
obtain a lot of the card and monitor info if you presently run windows
on the same machine by going to control panel and looking in the devices
section. Good Luck.


FORTRAN, "the infantile disorder". by now nearly 20 years old, is
hopelessly
inadequate for whatever computer application you have in mind today; it
is
clumsy, too risky, and too expensive to use.

        --Edsger W. Dijkstra, SIGPLAN Notices, Volume 17 Number 5
- John

Greg House wrote:
>
> On Wednesday 09 May 2001 09:17, you wrote:
> > I am new to Linux and am very intrigued.  I have loaded Redhat on my old
> > computer ( Compaq Pentium 200MHz + MMX ) it works Fine I tried to load
> > Redhat re-spin 7.0 "same version" on my new computer ( one I built 566
> > Celeron ) with windose 98 & ME. Redhat won't run correctly I can  not
see
> > any words under the footprint menu and the screen looks very static'e.
My
> > question is will Redhat work with Celeron processor's and if any ideas
as
> > to what's wrong.
>
> Linux/RedHat work just fine with Celeron processors. What it sounds like
> you're describing is a graphical problem. It may have autodetected your
video
> card or monitor correctly. Configuring XFree86 (the graphical interface
> package) is one of the most difficult tasks facing a new Linux installer.
If
> you're lucky, you have a well known video card and a monitor which can be
> autodetected at system installation time. Unfortunately this isn't always
the
> case.  This is what you need to look into.
>
> In the mean time, dump the graphical login and use the command line
interface
> to get it worked out. You can press <ctrl><alt><F1> to get a command line
> login.
>
> What kind of video card and monitor do you have? Perhaps someone on this
list
> is familiar with configuring them.
>
> Greg
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