here is my answer to roy which i have accidentally sent to roy. so civileme was the somebody <grin>. but i am using 4.1.0 and the probo tip is the only one that enabled me to use 8.1 at home. i am also using a dial-up connection at home so choosing a <100Kb driver sure beats downloading the updated Xfree86 packages. ;-)
but as long as it works for you, then it must be good! ciao! -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [newbie] X Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 16:40:39 +0800 From: "Anuerin G. Diaz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Roy Barton wrote: > Ok. Here is the deal. I am working on computer for my friend. Here are the specs: > Athlon 1Ghz CUP > Via Motherboard > 512 MB RAM > S3 Savage 4 video (on board) > ESS modem (winmodem) > > I have installed Mandrake 8.1 so many times I can count them all. His pc kit >(including cpu, mb, case) came with Red Hat 7.1, so we tried that. Guess what?! The >second CD is BLANK! No go on that one. So some one told me about the 'setuptool' >command. I installed MDK 8.1 again and used the 'setuptool' option. No go on that >one. The Red Hat booklet stressed the fact to use the generic SVGA drivers. So I >used the generic drivers under 8.1. No go. Just a flashing screen on boot. I have >to get it working. Any ideas???? > > Thanks > > Roy > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com ok so maybe somebody posted about upgrading the Xfree86 packages but i havent and i can still use my mandrake 8.1 at home even if i have an onboard ProSavage chip. The quickest way is to download the updated driver found at www.probo.com/timr/ im not 100% sure at that site but do a search at the mandrakeuser.org/mub site and you will find it there as this has been tackled there over and over again. the instructions are also there so it would be pretty useless to reiterate it here. ciao! -- "Programming, an artform that fights back." ============================= Anuerin G. Diaz Design Engineer Millennium Software, Incorporated 25/F Equitable-PCI Tower ADB Avenue cor. Poveda St. Ortigas Center, Pasig City Tel# 638-3070 loc. 72 Fax# 638-3079 =============================
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