On 02-04-17 23.55, "Ben Reser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 17, 2002 at 11:37:51PM +0200, Stefan Strandberg wrote: >> Hi, me again.. >> >> I have installed Mandrake 8.2Beta2 on my QS 867, Gefroce3 LG Flatron 915+. >> But when I start it, my monitor goes to power save mode. It is as if it goes >> out of sync .. I think its just when KDE are about to start( just after all >> the [ok] flashes by and it says something about login). I have tried >> different monitor settings under the installation, but I get the same thing >> every time. >> >> When I installed YDL 2.2 I had to change the /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file so >> that it should work with my GF3 card. (change the driver to "nv") Do I have >> to do that now also? And if so, how? How do I start so that I can edit those >> files? In YDL I used Pico, but I don�t know how to do that in Mandrake. > > There should be no difference in how you edit those files. As long as > you have the pine package installed you'll have pico. > > You can choose not to start X by default on boot in the installer or if > it's already installed you can at the boot prompt instead of just say > entering: > linux > > enter: > linux 3 > > That will put you in boot you into boot level 3 which won't start X. > Then you can edit the XF86Config-4 file. If you have the config file > from YDL you should be able to just use it. The linux 3 thing worked great but, I noticed that I don�t have pico installed... =( So how can I edit XF86Config-4 file? And if that�s not the problem? Have anyone else had problems like this? The monitor goes to power save mode just before KDE about to start. Thanks for the help /Stefan
