update: I have tried passing the VGA= command on through the setup program, and it didnt work...but at least the whitness has gone...any more suggestions?
-----Original Message----- >From : [EMAIL PROTECTED] To : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date : 15 January 2002 22:00:01 Subject : Re: [Newbie]Help needed with XFree86....:( 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 ---------- 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
