On Sat, 29 Jun 2002, Travis Murphree wrote: >I'm brand new to Linux. I mean an absolute virgin, so don't >laugh too hard at my question. My PC's a homemade clone built >with name-brand parts, and I just added an ATI Xpert 128 PCI >video card. I just got Red Hat Linux v7.2 with a book I bought, >and I got Red Hat v7.2 up and running in console mode, but when >I tried to launch X windows with XFree86, I got a fatal server >error message. It said something like "video card recognized, >but not included in xfree86." I could write down the exact >message if needed if someone thinks they can help me out. I'm >trying to get this up and running on my computer so that I can >learn it to help a client of mine. The Linux CD's you got with that book, may claim to be Red Hat Linux, but are more likely a clone distro. To my knowledge, Red Hat does not distribute Red Hat Linux in any books. I mention this, since it is common for others to take Red Hat Linux, modify it, and then release it as Red Hat Linux again - which it is no longer once they've modified it. As such Red Hat no longer permits people to call their modified distribution Red Hat Linux, since it makes Red Hat look bad if they screw something up. That said... If you are new to Linux, you should always start by using the absolute latest release of the distro. In this case Red Hat Linux 7.3 is the latest. However if you decide to use 7.2 anyway, make sure you apply all updates which have been released to the distribution since it came out. There is an XFree86 update available which adds support for the specific card you have mentioned above. Hope this helps. TTYL -- Mike A. Harris Shipping/mailing address: OS Systems Engineer 190 Pittsburgh Ave., Sault Ste. Marie, XFree86 maintainer Ontario, Canada, P6C 5B3 Red Hat Inc. http://www.redhat.com ftp://people.redhat.com/mharris
