On Tuesday 16 Aug 2005 04:13, Erylon Hines wrote: > When you asked before, I mentioned that the T20's that I installed on > had a Savage card, and the driver wasn't provided on 9.2. It seems as > though this may still be the case. If you type "startx" without the > quotes, and it doesn't go, you will have to configure your vid card. To > do this, type "su" and then the password for root when prompted. Then > type "xf86config", again without the quotes. Follow the rather > complicated instructions, and see if your Savage card is in the list > (still assuming it really is a savage). If not, choose the generic > video card, which has a max 640x480 resolution. After completing, try > the startx command again. If it starts, you are going to need to go out > to Google, and find the proper driver. Sorry, I can't recall where I > got it, but it works. And by the way, the native screen resolution > wasn't 1024x768, it was 1150 something (I think). > I don't think anyone mentioned that XFDrake runs from the command line and will help you sort out this sort of problem. Again, you need to su and give the root password. You may have to experiment with the capitalisation in the command - I can never remember it, but try it the way I typed it.
Anne
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