On Thu, 14 Nov 2002, Linn Kubler wrote: > Hi All, > > Kind of a rookie here so I'm hoping someone can help me out. I have an > older computer, PII 266MHz, with a Diamond Stealth II S220 graphics > card. Was originally running Windows 95 and worked fine. > > I recently installed RH8.0 and it's basically working but when I run > startx it launches but it's huge. The task bar covers about 1/3 of the > screen and icons are about 3" wide. It looks like the resolution is way > down, like whatever the next setting below 640x480 is. Can you switch resolutions using Ctrl-Alt-KeyPad+ or Ctrl-Alt-KeyPad- ? > > Question is then, how can I correct this? I should also mention that > during the installation, when it let me pick the graphics card and test > it I couldn't get it to display any resonable resolution. This card was > listed in the selection list but it would just blink and go right back > when I hit the test button, regardless of the resolution setting. > > I checked for drivers at the Diamond site but of course couldn't find > any. > > I'm open to suggestions here. (crossing fingers there's another option > other than replacing the video card.) What chip is the card based upon? Is it a savage? Do a `grep "savage" /etc/X11/XF86Config" or a `grep -i "savage" /var/log/XFree86.0.log ' and post the output here. If it is a savage then it should be possible to get it working. Oisin Feeley -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
