Bill Davidson wrote: >I've just upgraded from Mandrake 8.1 to 8.2. Actually it was a clean >install. It appears that XFree 4.2 doesn't work well with my video >card(Tridend 3DImage975). My screen appears very dark and is impossible >to read if I try to go higher than 8-bit colour. > >Are there any other packages I need to install if I downgrade to XFree >4.1. drakxtools perhaps. > >Bill > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > IIRC, the 975 works even better in XFree 3.3.6 provided you tune it correctly. Try that first or get the source rpms for 4.1 and make sure you are setup for development
urpmi rpm-build urpmi rpm-rebuilder rpm -ivh (each of the XF4.1 source modules AND XFdrake ) urpme XFree86-server rpm --rebuild (each of the XF4.1 nodules AND XFdrake) and put all the new binary rpms in a separate directory, cd there, then urpmi ./* That woll build XFree4.1 for this distro and install it. Fome there you need XFdrake --expert Civileme
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