[linux-help] Re: XF86Config for RH-7.0

[BOB GOODWIN <bgoodwi3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Greg, I think a working configuration file might be enough for me to make
it work.

Bob GGreg House wrote:

> On Wednesday 25 July 2001 10:07, Bob wrote:
> > I have never been able to make this computer
> >           display anything but 640 x 480 since changing
> >           to RH-7.0. That's the default scan after
> >           installation.  In Windows on the same box it
> >           runs 1024 x 768 so I know the hardware should
> >           not be the problem.
> <snip>
> >           This is an old IBM Aptiva Pentium 100 mHz,
> >           with 64 megs of RAM and a 2 G HD, video chip
> >           is a trident tgui 9680, vid. mem 1024,
>
> In my experience, those Trident 9xxx chipsets are extremely finicky. I've
> gotten them to work at 1024x768, but not EVERY video card (with the same
> chipset...). On the machines I was working with when I last abused myself
> trying to get them to work, they would lock the machine's hardware up if you
> selected the wrong parameters. It was all trial & error and you'd have to
> wait for a reboot & fsck between every attempt. Took forever and it was
> extremely frustrating. I've had about 4 machines that worked with those
> cards, one never did. This was in the RH 6.2 days, newer versions of XF86 may
> do better.
>
> I _might_ have an XF86Config file from one of those left somewhere at work.
> I'll check and get back to you.
>
> Greg
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