>>> ofeeley@yahoo.com 11/15/02 00:09 AM >>> 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- ? Can I switch resolutions with keyboard... No, nothing happens. > > 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. Chipset looks to be S3. When I looked at the XF86Config file I don't see the Stealth II S220 at all. It does have a section for "Device" and "Screen". "Device" shows the Identifier as "Rendition Verite 2x00" "Driver" is "vga" VendorName = "Rendition Verite 2x00" BoardName = "Rendition Verite 2x00" The "Screen" section shows: Indentifier = Screen0 Device = Rendition Verite 2x00 Monitor = Monitor0 DefaultDepth = 8 Then there's a section for "Display". None of this looks right, I selected the Stealth II S220 I'm sure of it. Is it possible to correct this without the graphical interface? It's just unusable. Thanks, Linn -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
