Hi
First time poster and Linux Newbie. I've installed redhat 8 on a machine that will be used as a file server and developement webserver. I'm having some trouble with the machine freezeing up when I'm using the gnome or kde desktops. The machine was a pain to install in the first place as we bought it on the cheap and just using built in components ie video card. The motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-7VKMLS with VIA KM266+VT8233A CE chipset. I originally tried to install RH 7.2 but the Xserver wouldn't work at all with the on board video, and 8 says its a VESA generic card. I haven't been able to find any drivers for it on the net, only winXP/2k/98 drivers. I mean it works now under RH 8 but with the intermitant total lock up which requires a total power off and then disk integrity check. Anyone have any suggestions on what I can do yo possibly stop these freeze ups. Oh I've upgraded the kernel using the RH update service thing twice and its current version is 2.4.18-27.8.0 on an i686.
Evan,
What kernel do you have installed? You should be running an athlon kernel and not a i686 kernel.
As for lockups, it's hard to guess what is causing them but it definitely could be video. There's a number of things you can try.
1) Find the proper drivers for the video card. I expect you had tried this one and I really don't know if there are drivers which leads into the next suggestions.
2) Since this is a server, you could use framebuffer. You would set framebuffer mode by giving the kernel the "vga=" directive. For instance, you may want to try "vga=785". Then run X using the framebuffer driver instead of the vesa driver.
3) Add another video card. You can pickup a cheap Radeon 7000 these days as PCI card. I notice that this motherboard doesn't have an AGP Port. You will want to disable the onboard video though which may or may not be possible.
regards,
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