Forest,

Thanks for your help!


> > I encountered the following problem:  Red Hat 7.1 was
>...> special).  However, after it found the card - it didn't go
> > thorugh the
> > process of configuring the screen resolution - returning back
> > to setup's
> > main page.  At this point - it would still die when I tried
> > to start X.
> >
> > Questions:
> >
> > 1.  What did I do wrong ?
> >
> > 2.  I'm sure that there are multiple ways of configuring this
> > - what are
> > some alternatives that I could/should try?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > EL
>
>First, I would use Xconfigurator --preferxf4, and thus use the newer X
>version 4.  The problem is that you only have one X server installed, and
>the S3 virge requires a different one.  Thus, you must install the other
>server (XFree86-S3V-3.3.6*) to get it to work with XFree86 version 3 (and
>use Xconfigurator --preferxf3 or just Xconfigurator).

Thanks for the steps!

Is there a good HowTo that would help me understand how Xconfigurator 
works?  I did a search on linuxdoc.org for Xconfigurator and there are
  ton of How-Tos.....I"m not sure which one to look at.

EL


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