Your #1 problem is that you do not have enough power or Ram to efffectivly
run 7.2 using X.
You need at least 64MB.
Sorry
Charles
----- Original Message -----
From: "Vladimir Morozov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2000 5:01 PM
Subject: [newbie] display or videocard problems
> Dear Mandrake Linux people:
>
> PLEASE HELP!
>
> I have installed Mandrake Linux 7.2 on my Pentium 1,
> 90MHz, 32MB computer. My videocard is ATI Tech
> Mach64GX, rev D, display is ViewSonic 7, 1024x768,
> 70Hz
>
> During the installation Linux said something like
> "cannot recongnize your ISA SCSI ... " smth, I didn't
> know what it was, so I just ignored that. (may be it's
> not even related to my display problem)
>
> At the time of the first login, my x-display couldn't
> start. I had to change in my x configuration file the
> "color depth" from 24 to 8. Frequency and everything
> else I left as it was. As the result, I can run
> x-display and IceWM window manager, but it dies
> suddenly and often - at any time, it really seems to
> be a random thing - sometimes opening a new window
> kills my system, sometimes typing in x-console kills
> my system .... I think it's a video-error, because
> Linux runs just fine without x-display, in text mode
> it never crashes.
>
> Please tell me what can be wrong with my video setup.
> How can i find out correct settings for my display?
>
>
> BTW: i used to have RedHat and Corel Linux on my comp,
> and i never had any problems with those.
>
>
> Thank you very much,
> Vladimir.
>
>
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