Hi Tony
I don't know the exact address but if you could get to another machine and
search http://www.google.com for linux and laptop there are some specific
sites about getting Linux to work on laptops.
Robyn
On Tue, 18 Sep 2001 17:58, Tony Cunningham wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I really am a newbie, so please go easy on me. I
> have a laptop PIII 933 with a Trident CyberBlade
> i1 AGP it has a 8520 chipset. I have installed Red
> Had 7.
>
> During install the graphics card was not
> recognised and I continued with the text install.
> Running Xconfigurator. When asked to select my
> graphics card the closest I could find was the
> Trident 8900/9000 Cyberblade Generic.For the
> monitor I selected a
> generic LCD panel 800x600. After probing,
> XConfigurator announced that it had found suitable
> settings.
>
> the command "startx" produces a grey rectangle
> with an "x" in the middle. Its smaller than it
> should be, about one third of the screen size. My
> touchpad (mouse) works, then slowly, very slowly,
> the Gnome window manager starts. It takes about 10
> minutes to produce the monochrome introduction
> page. Other popups start, and the mouse pointer
> moves around ok but I am unable to "click" on
> anything. Finally it hangs. Ctrl+Alt+Backspace
> does nothing. Ctrl+Alt+F2 gives me a black screen.
> This is where the only thing that'll work is the
> "off" switch.
>
> SuperProbe says that I have a Super-VGA Trident
> chipset (unknown) PCI probed. Signature data 8520
> 1023.
>
> PCI? Should this not be AGP? Would this make it
> slow? Does anyone know if there is a driver for
> this card or some way I can get it to work with my
> PC. I am really out of my depth and any advice
> would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tony Cunningham
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