Greetings again,
Original post at the bottom. Problem solved, here are the steps taken:
# mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
# cd !$/Mandrake/RPMS
# rpm -i XFree86-SVGA-3.5.5-3mdk.i586.rpm
# Xconfigurator --card "Matrox Millennium G200 SD 8MB" --expert
>From there, answer questions to suite your needs.
Test your Xserver
# rpm -e XFree86-VGA_S3 (Because you don't need it anymore.)
That's it.
== Original Post ==
>Greetings!
>
> I'm installing Linux-Mandrake 6.1 (Helios) on a Dell Dimension
>P200v system. The P200v is a P5-200 with on-board S3 graphics chip as
>a frame buffer. The machine also has a Matrox G200 8MB PCI frame buffer.
>Installation is being performed using the G200 instead of the S3.
>
> During installation, this S3 chip gave me problems and an error
>during X server testing followed. Several retries, using different
>parameters, also led to the same error message. Options from there was
>either retry (which I did several times) or quit. Quit led to "Congratulation
>and bla bla".
>
> Of course, when the system is booted, it comes up without an
>X server. Starting /usr/bin/gnome or fvwm (or any other X server
>dependent apps) is a sure "Can't open display". Tried setting:
>example% setenv DISPLAY localhost:0.0 with no success.
>
>Any ideas?
>
>Thank you, will summarize.
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