Quoth Joel Hammer:
> I just got a new 19 inch monitor (ViewSonic).
> 
> My video card only has 32 megs of ram, and, so I cannot get 24 bit depth
> to work properly at higher resolutions.

Bah. With 32MB RAM, you can run 24-bit color depth at stunningly
high resolutions.

> Could someone offer some video card recommendations that could
> be installed without much hassle on my machine with the following
> specifications? Price is no object. Convenience is, however.

I've had good success with Matrox cards here and Matrox plays 
pretty nicely with the open source community.

> I have an 800mh Athlon machine with 780 megs of ram.
> 
> This is what X -version reports
> 
> XFree86 Version 4.0.1 / X Window System
> (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6400)
> Release Date: 1 July 2000
> Operating System: Linux 2.2.14 i686 [ELF]    

This is the version of Linux on which XFree86 was compiled, not the
version on which it is running. Here's what I get:

[kwall]$ X -version

This is a pre-release version of XFree86, and is not supported in any
way.  Bugs may be reported to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and patches submitted
to [EMAIL PROTECTED]  Before reporting bugs in pre-release versions,
please check the latest version in the XFree86 CVS repository
(http://www.XFree86.Org/cvs).

XFree86 Version 4.3.99.6
Release Date: 18 June 2003
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.6
Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.21-krw i686 [ELF] 
Build Date: 24 June 2003
        Before reporting problems, check http://www.XFree86.Org/
        to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present

I think your issue is that the version of XFree86 is *way* too old.

> That last line is somewhat puzzling because uname -a reports:
>      2.4.5-win4lin #3 Wed Jul 4 16:01:48 EDT 2001 i686 unknown

Kurt
-- 
Cynic, n.:
        One who looks through rose-colored glasses with a jaundiced
eye.
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