just one question...is there any way I could send that to the installer, or would I have to just skip the test stage and edit the lilo file...? and yes its an advent laptop, not the 4470 though...but its got the Sis 630
-----Original Message----- >From : [EMAIL PROTECTED] To : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date : 15 January 2002 15:26:54 Subject : Re: [Newbie]Help needed with XFree86....:( >This wouldn't be an advent laptop would it? > >I've recently installed RedHat 7.2 on my Advent 4470 with an SiS 630 >chipset. > >I had exactly the same video problem. To fix it all you have to do is put >vga=791 into your lilo.conf (or grub.conf), and restart. > >(you won't be able to get back to text mode once X has started, but I don't >find that a problem.) > >andy. > > > > > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED]@XFree86.Org on 15/01/2002 15:22:55 > >Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >cc: >Subject: [Newbie]Help needed with XFree86....:( > > >I have a problem installing Mandrake 8.1, well its with the Xfree86 server >I think...thats why ive turned to here... > >I've just shifted the three ISO images off the ftp site for 8.1, so I >decided to burn them off, and install them on my new Laptop... > >The actual installation went fine, all packages I wanted installed, users >setup, root password done, NIC card configured for internet access here (@ >the deanery), modem detected (At least I think so...), Sound card detected. > >Theres just one problem...the Video card. It did pick up what it was (SiS >630), and how much ram I had allocated to it(Its a shared thing, and I >picked 16M)...But when it actually tries to display anything, my TFT screen >goes a funny white...kinda scarily like when the tube goes on your >tv...I've tried both XFree86 options I got presented with (in expert mode), >but I couldnt see any 4.1 servers for installation. So it was between 3.6.x >and 3.6.x +Experimental 3D thingy. Both didnt work. Then I tried just an >unlisted card, with the SVGA server option...didnt work... > >then, to make things more confusing (im lost by now), I plugged an external >monitor into the VGA port on the back of my laptop...the display came up, >and sure enough as i tested the screen, the laptop went white. But, the >external monitor displayed correctly!!! > >Yay I thought...and pressed the �yes� button...then it locked up and >scrambled the display on my laptop(which stopped going white...)...I've >tried pressing no, and waiting for it to time out, and it dont work... > >Im stuck as you can see, I'm not really a linux guru (although to solve >this might help ), so please....any ideas? > > >ste > > >---------- >Get a free, personalised email address at http://another.com >TXT ALRT! Stop wasting money now. Send FREE, personalised txt >msgs to UK mobile phones from http://another.com > > > >-- > >NOTICE: The information contained in this electronic mail transmission is >intended by Convergys Corporation for the use of the named individual or >entity to which it is directed and may contain information that is >privileged or otherwise confidential. If you have received this electronic >mail transmission in error, please delete it from your system without >copying or forwarding it, and notify the sender of the error by reply email >or by telephone (collect), so that the sender's address records can be >corrected. > > >_______________________________________________ >Newbie mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >*** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: >http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie > ---------- Get a free, personalised email address at http://another.com TXT ALRT! Stop wasting money now. Send FREE, personalised txt from http://another.com
