On Mon, 2 Apr 2001, Kenny Donahue wrote:
> I'm trying to get Linux installed on my new machine but I'm having
> problems getting X to come up. I have an Abit KT7ARAID mb and an Abit
> Gforce 2 MX graphics card.
In another message, Kenny Donahue wrote:
> I'm trying to install a stock version of Redhat 7.0
According to <http://www.redhat.com>, Red Hat Linux 7.0 shipped with XFree
4.0.1. According to <http://www.xfree.org>, XFree 4.0.1 only supported the
original GeForce, not the GeForce 2. XFree 4.0.3 (released 16 Mar 2001) added
support for the GeForce 2.
So, a stock RHL 7.0 system will not support your video card. Also
according to Red Hat's website, there are no XFree 4.0.3 packages available in
any "production" release.
You could switch distributions. (Pause for flamewar.) However, I would not
be surprised if no Linux distribution has a production XFree 4.0.3 release.
That is pretty recent.
So let's assume you want to stick with Red Hat 7.0, and update XFree after
the install. First thing you want to do is not configure X during install.
I am not familiar enough with the RHL 7.0 installer to say exactly which
options to choose, but if you do not choose any X server components during the
install, the installer will not try to configure them. It may be easier to
pretend to install an X server (e.g., the VGA16 server), but choose "Skip"
when the option to configure or test the X server is presented. This gives
you a nearly-complete XFree install to work with.
In any event, once you've rebooted and managed to login in text console
mode, you need to find updated XFree RPMs, or install a non-RPM version of
XFree.
A quick search of rpmfind.net and Red Hat's website seems to indicate that
the only XFree 4.0.3 RPMs out there are in pre-release development trees, like
Red Hat's Rawhide. Exploring the wonders of development packages can be
productive, exciting, educational, or disastrous. Do you feel lucky? :-)
Alternatively, you can head on over to <http://www.xfree.org>, download
their binary packages for Linux, and follow their instructions. While not as
easy as "rpm --update", it has the advantage of being "Tested and Approved" by
*somebody*, at least.
Feel free to ask if you want additional pointers in any of these directions.
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