Thanks for the reply. I found a combination that works; 8514
compatible, 1028 X 768 @ 87 Hz, interlaced (no 800 X 600). Phew! (G) I
found the manual on the monitor, in the back the was a chart showing
"factory preset display modes." This was one of them that appeared on
the list in Mandrake install.
Thanks,
CR
Riker wrote:
>
> I had a similar problem with an S3 TRIO and the only way I could get the
> card to work was during the installation processes. Boot from the CD and
> hit F1 when the CD first boots (you should see and option for it). Then
> type 'vgalo' in the command line. Once I did this, my video came up and
> worked pretty good. Hopes this helps, 'cause I know how frustrating this
> problem can be. I worked on it for three weeks in my spare time.
>
> Please let me know if this was a help, as I'm a newbie myself. :)
>
> Riker
>
> Charley & Peggy Robinson wrote:
> >
> > I loaded L-M 7.2 Complete on my K6-2 based PC w/Diamond stealth 3d
> > video board and SVGA monitor. I used the dual boot option on a 4.2 gig
> > HDD with Win Me on the DOS partition and L-M on the second partion. On
> > initial boot up, Win ME works fine. When I selected Linux, boot up
> > screens passed by and a rather blocky penguin showed
> > up and asked for a user log in. Before I could type in my user name,
> > the screen shut down as if the power management system in the BIOS had
> > taken over.
> >
> > Rebooted and disabled pwr mgt; no help. tried to reinstall from the
> > boot disk so as to modify the screen res settings. Couldn't get to the
> > install routines. Grrr..
> > Said to hell with it and watched the pro bowl. ;^)
> >
> > After trying several different things, managed to kill the HDD's boot
> > track. Wound up reloading the HDD from a backup and here I am, much
> > chagrined.
> >
> > What's my best bet for getting one of the GUIs to display? None of
> > the choices in the dusplay menu fitted my video board/monitor combo. I
> > suspect that the 1024 x 768 monitor is the issue. I tried 800 x 600 on
> > a reload. It died again. Suppose I choose the wrong combo again. How
> > do I get the screen to come back on? This is getting old!! ;^)
> >
> > TIA,
> >
> > CR
