Re: xfree on Redhat 8

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My monitor is a Komodo somethingorother. As far as I know there's only one
Komodo monitor anyway. :-P  I tried the xf86config and it got me nowhere, it
still say "no screens detected." I'll try redhat-config-xfree86 and see
where ethat gets me.

Thanx,
ES
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike A. Harris" <mharris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <xfree86-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 11:24 PM
Subject: Re: xfree on Redhat 8


> On Fri, 2 Jan 2004, Eric Scott wrote:
>
> >I have an ASUS motherboard with a built in Geforce 2 graphics system.
> >The redhat 8.0 installer hangs on monitor probing.  No problem, I just
did
> >"linux text skipddc" and the installer lads fine.  But then the installer
> >hangs on the xfree setup... or rather, it hangs when I try to test the
xfree
> >setup. The screen goes black, which would be expected with a bad monitor
> >configuration. (I selected the exact model)  But it never comes back.  I
can
> >leave it for an hour to no avail.  So I skip xfree setup in the install,
and
> >I can boot into the terminal via boot floppy (I prefer to use the
mandrake
> >boot loader, and I can't figure out how to load redhat from it.
>
> You haven't mentioned what your monitor is, so I can only guess.
> If you're using a flat panel, you will have problems, as the "nv"
> driver doesn't support flat panels properly in XFree86 4.3.0 or
> earlier.  There are other possibilities also, but without seeing
> the X server log file and config file, only random shots in the
> dark can be made, which isn't very useful.
>
>
> >Any clues on how to get xfree working from here?
>
> My suggestion is to acquire Fedora Core 1, which is the current
> community based OS offering from Red Hat, and contains the latest
> XFree86 release, which may possibly resolve the problem.
>
>
> >I'm super-newbie to Linux, and have just been playing around
> >with Mandrake, Redhat, and Yellow Dog for about a year now.  So
> >be very detailed in your response; Thanx a million,
>
> There's not enough information been provided in order to give any
> kind of highly detailed response.  ;o)  You might want to check
> bugzilla for bug reports of the nature of the problem you're
> having, and see what the results/responses are.
>
> Keep in mind however, that Red Hat Linux 8.0 and all older OS
> releases are no longer supported by Red Hat, as of Dec 31, 2003.
> Only Red Hat Linux 9, Fedora Core 1, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux
> 2.1 and 3 are supported currently.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
>
>
> --
> Mike A. Harris
>
>
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