On Friday 05 Sep 2003 11:22 pm, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: > Anne Wilson wrote: > >On Friday 05 Sep 2003 11:09 pm, Steve Browne wrote: > >>On Fri, 5 Sep 2003 22:40:50 +0100, you wrote: > >>>I was installing 9.1 on David's box while he was out. It has > >>>booted to the point of the blue wave, then it can't get the > >>>display up. > >>> > >>>I tried going to init 3, then running XFdrake as root, the menu > >>>comes up, but I can't find any way to change any part of the > >>>configuration. I have to set it to a generic lcd screen. > >>> > >>>I have to get this fixed before he gets home, or I'll be > >>> divorced <g> What do I do now? > >>> > >>>Anne > >> > >>If you are installing 9.1 with an LCD monitor, the appropriate > >>driver for the video card may not be present. For instance, I > >> have an Nvidia video card and a Viewsonic LCD; I had to download > >> Nvidia's driver before I could get KDE to load onscreen. > > > >Hi, Steve. No, it's not the video card. That's an old SiS card > > that was working under 9.0. Of course, it may be that 9.1 can't > > handle that card. If that's so, I'll have to work out how to vi > > lilo.conf to get back to the old 9.0 install > > > >Anne > > Does it work with Knoppix? Maybe you could boot up with Knoppix > and copy the resutling XF86Config-4 file to your new install.
I have to go out this morning, but I'll try that when I get back, thanks. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet?
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