a good place to look is usually: www.linux-laptop.net/ Lionel --- Martin Chaney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm totally new to Linux, but I've managed to get Red Hat Linux 7.2 > distribution installed on my laptop. > Unfortunately, the GUI is totally toast. All I get is some flickering > vertical lines. > > This machine is a Dell Inspiron 8100. The video driver 'card' is an > NVIDIA GeForce2 Go, 16MB, with a flat panel display that's supposed to > work at 1600x1200 dpi, 32-bit color. > > Anyone have a similar machine working that can tell me what driver to > use and how to configure it? > > I think the XFree86 version with my Linux 7.2 distribution is 4.0.3, so > I'm thinking I should upgrade to 4.2.0, but I see that the man page > specifically says that while GeForce2 is supported, GeForce2 Go is not > supported. > > Thanks, > Martin Chaney > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________________ > Newbie mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
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