On Thu, 20 Aug 1998, David A. Mason wrote:
> Dear Linux Folks,
>
> I am a new subscriber, so I apologize in advance if these questions have
> already been addressed.
>
> I've been trying to get RedHat 4.2 to cooperate with my PC, which has a
> 3c905B TX NIC and Diamond Stealth 3D 2000 Pro (Turbo) display adapter (using
> S3 Virge).
>
> The netcard is not recognized when I select it for probing during
> installation.
>
> X-probeonly can't seem to communicate with the video card, either. I can
> only get a straight VGA16 display through it. (These components do function
> as expected using Win95 and BeOS.)
>
Which X server do you use? There is a S3V server that works, and the svga
server has some virge accelerations as well. I use an S3V based card with
no problems.
> Any ideas? Any updates?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> An aside: I just purchased the Linux Unleashed package with RedHat Linux
> 4.2, only to learn that 5.something has been out for a while. Do they have a
> free CD update offer, by any chance? I don't quite have the bandwidth...
>
There is no free update, but some companies sell CDs with all free parts
of Red HAt (and others) on them. That means you don't get any commercial
software that't on the official CD. You could try www.cheapbytes.com, they
sell CD's for hust a few dollars (usually $1.99 + shipping and handling)
Frank
