On Tuesday 15 January 2002 09:22 am, you wrote: > 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
Mandrake should ask you what kind of monitor you have. If you can, pick LCD, because you know that at least your installation works. Also, on some laptops, you can choose either the LCD, the monitor or both. -- Lloyd Osten [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ # 63460821 _______________________________________________ Newbie mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
