I agree that you should get a newer distribution than 6.0. I am using red Hat 7.2 and Xconfigurator will allow you to specify the exact horizontal and vertical rates of your monitor not just pick from a list of choices. I had to do this for one of my monitors as it was not recognized by 'probe' either. You also get a newer version of XFree86, from 3.3.* to 4.1.0 which supports more video cards and newer features of the 3D capable cards.
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From: Jim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 10:17 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Newbie]Xwindows, monitor not supported?
Thanks!
The card is a SiS 6326 which is on the Xconfigurator list of supported cards.
The monitor is a DiGiview HR-1510 that is not on the Xconfigurator list of
supported monitors.
The specs for the monitor are Horizontal = 30Khz - 69Khz, Vertical = 47 and
104 Hz and is supposed to "offer compatibility with VGA, SVGA,8514/A AND VESA.
Jim
At 12:40 PM 02/21/2002, you wrote:
>First of all: welcome! Wise decision ;)
>
>Try getting sth newer like RH 7.2 (or whatever is latest), or don't do RH
>at all and get debian. Or maybe Mandrake. Personally I like Slackware, but
>I'm not allowed to say this aloud :)
>
>What vid card exactly is it?
>
>Dex
>
>
>On Thu, 21 Feb 2002 10:10:29 -0600
>Jim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I'm finally making the switch from Windows to Linux (red hat). I installed
> > >from an older CD RedHat 6.0, Kernel v 2.2.5-15 which seems to have all
> gone
> > fine except the Xwindows configuration. I'm using a DigiView monitor that
> > is not on the Xconfigurator list of supported monitors. My SiS video card
> > is, and was chosen in the setup. The problem is that every single monitor
> > option I choose under Custom (have tried all of them including generic
> > monitor and video card) comes back with the "There is a problem" screen
> and
> > X does not display correctly. It starts, but the display is way out to
> > lunch. I'm able to back out of the server with the Alt, Ctrl, Backspace
> > sequence, but can't switch between video modes with the Alt, Ctrl, + key
> > sequence. I have chosen all available sync rates but still no luck. Does
> > anyone have any suggestions?
> >
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