On 15 Jan 2003 13:38:50 -0500 Brent Fox <bfox@redhat.com> wrote: > On Wed, 2003-01-15 at 05:30, Ross Macintyre wrote: > > Hope someone can help. > > Trying to install RedHat 8.0 on a DELL Dimension 2350 and I've > > encountered 2 main problems already. > > 1st is the graphics: Doing a regular install failed when it got to the > > part where it tries and configures the XF86 stuff. I think it said > > something like invalid frequency or something. Anyway I decided to do > > the install using 'text mode' which has gone ok except now when I run > > redhat-config-xfree86 it fails. > > I believe that the Dimension 2350 has the integrated Intel video built > in. Is that the card you are using or have you added a separate video > card? If you are using the built-in Intel video, I don't think that the > version of XFree86 that we shipped in 8.0 supports that graphics > adapter. The latest XFree86 should support that card, so you may be > interested in trying the Phoebe beta to see if your card works with the > latest XFree86. > > My wife has a Dimension 4500S that has the same graphics board and we > wound up putting a Radeon 7500 card in the machine so that RHL 8.0 would > work. Brent, I've tried doing the same(well using a different card) but I don't see how to disable the onboard video. I assumed that it would either be disabled by default or you could disable it in the BIOS. Well it seems neither is an option. Booting linux again it does recognise (through kudzu) that the new card is there, and lspci also shows it is there: 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82845G/GL [Brookdale-G] Chipset Host Bridge (rev 03) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corp. 82845G/GL [Brookdale-G] Chipset Integrated Graphics Device (rev 03) 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB USB (Hub #1) (rev 02) 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB USB (Hub #2) (rev 02) 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB USB (Hub #3) (rev 02) 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB USB EHCI Controller (rev 02) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BA/CA/DB PCI Bridge (rev 82) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801DB ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 02) 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801DB ICH4 IDE (rev 02) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801DB SMBus (rev 02) 00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB AC'97 Audio (rev 02) 01:04.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. 86c764/765 [Trio32/64/64V+] (rev 44) 01:09.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation: Unknown device 4401 (rev 01) can you tell me how you disabled the oonoard video and enabled the new one please? I read somewhere that you could do this through windows but I've zapped that and I'm sure that's not necessary anyway. Thanks in advance, Ross > > Cheers, > Brent > > > > > 2nd problem is the network: It failed to find the on-board ethernet > > card even though it is enabled in the BIOS. > > > > > -- > Psyche-list mailing list > Psyche-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list -- Ross Macintyre Heriot-Watt University raz@macs.hw.ac.uk -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
