new installation
steve doerr
sdoerr at qni.com
Sat Mar 25 02:13:41 CST 2000
WWryoung at aol.com wrote:
> I could use some help here!
>
> I just installed RED HAT 6.1 on my Gateway machine. It iss on a seperate
> spindal.
>
> The system installed properly - however Linux complains about my video card
> and won't start XFree86 server.. Says it has problems accessing the memory
> on the card.
>
> The card is an 'ATI Rage 128 GL AGP (English)'.
>
> The question is: Has anyone used this card with linux? Any suggestions on
> getting X to work.
Hi Randy, you might want to read the xf86 howto at:
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/XFree86-HOWTO.html
It doesn't sound like RedHat's installation routine got your video card right,
so I would use one of the x configuration packages, xf86setup (gui) or
xf86config (text based). Pick the x server that corresponds to your video
card, answer the questions (have the video card and monitor manuals handy) and
give it a try.
The command to start the x server is "startx" (from the command line).
To get back to the command prompt if you've done something wrong,
simultaneously press the "ctrl-alt-backspace" keys to kill the x server, and
run the configurator again.
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