Re: [newbie] Diamond Stealth Video Card, X and WaitForFifo

[Ross Bleakney]

I'm afraid that XFdrake didn't work. I didn't see where I could pick the chip set. In the list for video card, there was my card again (Diamond Stealth Video 2500) and the card that XFdrake thinks I should pick, (Sis 5597). However, neither of these settings worked. The closest thing to what you recommended was a generic "XFree 4.0|apm" selection. This didn't work either. I like the XFdrake interface, the only problem is, it doesn't seem to work for me. I'm thinking I need to change the XF86Config file by hand, but I'm not exactly sure how to do this. I've got a rought idea based on the book I have, but it doesn't seem to work. Is there a source of information for configuring the file that you recommend? If not, I can hunt around some more on the XFree86.org.
Thanks,
Ross
P.S. This whole thing is getting rather frustrating. I am thinking of spending the money on either a different video card or different Linux vendor. I assumed that the vendor differences where minor, so I chose Mandrake because it was cheap and "easy to install". I'm thinking of shelling out the $40 for RedHat instead.

From: Charles A Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: [newbie] Diamond Stealth Video Card, X and WaitForFifo
Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2002 11:25:43 -0500

On Tue, 31 Dec 2002 16:05:56 +0000
"Ross Bleakney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> OK, sounds good. So, what is the best way to go about making the
> chages? How did you find out that information? Again, I have a book,
> but little of the information in there for changing XFree86 settings
> seems to match what is on my machine. I don't know if Mandrake does
> things a little differently, or if my book is out of date. If anyone
> could point me to a good source of information, I would greatly
> appreciate it.


You can run XFdrake and make the changes there.

The info on the card is from here:
http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/linux/mdw/HOWTO/Hardware-HOWTO/video.html


    Charles

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