Hi there!
> 5)If you have windows installed sometime/now, check out the display card
> properties using, right click->properties->setting->display types. That
will
> tell you all the info. you need.
I checked that, it says:
(Unknown Monitor) on Cyrix XpressGraphics(TM)
I don't think, RH has an option for this kind ? =/
> Once you know which card you have, you can proceed for configuration. Be
> ready with oyu rmonitor frequency manual...
I don't have a monitor frequency manual that was given to me by the
manufacterer ? It just came in with the HCL pack .. there was no manual as
such, just a safety for everything.
> 3)I figure that linux is working on your machine.
Yes, the shell is working great on this machine. Since, I am not well
conversant with Unix commands, I prefer to use initially.
Thanks again,
jay
----- Original Message -----
From: Shridhar Daithankar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2000 10:21 PM
Subject: Re: [LIH] Linux Indeed!
> Hi Jay
>
> It's very essential to know the card details. There are various ways to
> obtain this information.
>
> You can do following
>
> 1)When you run any type of X configuration utility like 'setup' in RHL, it
> tries to detect the card. Most of the time it does it correctly whether or
> not card is detected. Can you find some card as recognised there?
> 2)Check out documentation shipped with your system, especially
configuration
> section. Does it mention anything relevent?
> 3)I figure that linux is working on your machine. Can you detect something
> related to a display card in the file /proc/pci. Do 'cat /proc/pci
> >somefile;vi somefile' and read it with you leisure.
> 4)If you can go into the bios, check out whether you get some relevent
info
> there.
> 5)If you have windows installed sometime/now, check out the display card
> properties using, right click->properties->setting->display types. That
will
> tell you all the info. you need.
>
> Once you know which card you have, you can proceed for configuration. Be
> ready with oyu rmonitor frequency manual...
>
> HTH
>
> Bye
> Shridhar
>
> P.S. Looking at your machine configuration, I don't think you may have a
card
> unsupported by RHL6.2... BOL...
>
> jay wrote:
>
> > I have been trying to install RH 6.0 for 2 months and RH 6.1 this time
for
> > about 7 times with the X server.
> >
> > Unfornately, I haven't been successful even once for installing the X
> > server. Perhaps because, I don't know the display card details of this
> > machine. I got this 'readymade' from HCL with this configuration:
> >
> > HCL BusyBee GX
> > Media GX 233 MHZ
> > 16 MB SDRAM (later I put another one slot and made it 32 MB RAM)
> > 2.1 GB UDMA HDD (Removed this and put a 20 GB Seagate HDD)
> > 32x IDE
> >
> >
>
>
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