On Wednesday 27 March 2002 04:04 am, Chad opened a hailing frequency and 
transmitted:

> On my most recent run through with MDK 8.2, everything goes fine until I
> reach the video setup (in Expert/Install mode).  It gives me the choice
> of Xfree86 4.2.0 w/ 3D, 4.2.0 w/o 3D or 3.3.6.  If I choose either of the
> 4.2.0's and go with the correct monitor, Dell Ultrascan 21FS, it
> apparently succeeds in finding the right video card, then I choose a
> conservative resolution (16-bit, 800x600).  If I go to test, the screen
> blanks and the light that *blips* when I use the brightness or contrast

maybe this is no help at all, but, on one of my older ATI cards testing 
_any_ config did exactly that.  if i simply did the install without the 
test however i was able to run at 1024x and 16bit color and everything was 
fine.  only the "test" didn't work,  actually running worked fine.

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