Install of RH 7.3 on "older" laptop

[Chris Hoelscher]

Hi.  Having some fun.  I have an old Compaq LTE 5300 laptop laying around, and thought I'd try 
loading Red Had 7.3.  All goes 
well (albeit a very "light" install on the 1.3 gig disk), and at the end of the install, I 
configure X for 800x600 with 16bit 
color.  The test works o.k., so I think I'm in...

After I reboot, however, when I try to 'startx', it crashes.  The error log indicates not enough 
memory for any of the configured 
modes.  The thing has 32 Meg of ram, and a 1 meg video card, what more could it want? ;)  

Am I just out of luck getting X up on a P-133 with 32 Meg ram?  Or is there some secret that can be 
shared?

Thanks -
Chris.