On Thu, 2004-02-26 at 10:58, jsdey@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Hi Everyone: > > I have installed RH9 on my Compaq 6410nx machine. The video probe on > install tells me that I have a S3 ProSavage KM133 video card (HSync > Rate: 30-95; VSync Rate: 50-160. I also have a View Sonic E790 > monitor. > > During the first part of the installation a window appears that state > something to the effect that the frequencies are off (message didn't > stay on long enough to record) after which the screen went blank. I > started again with the "linux text" install and everything went as > expected. > > When I boot the system, the same video window pops up and the screen > goes blank. (I tried to get control and issue CNTR-ALT-F2 -- text > screen appears with cursor but no user control over cursor.) Any > suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. > > For your information I have previously installed RH8 and SuSE9 on the > same machine and both installed without a hitch using the graphics > mode. ---- can't tell you what to use for the monitor but after switching to Control-Alt-F2 (virtual console) try init 3 #text/multi-user runlevel redhat-config-xfree86 --reconfig choose 59.0 - 65.0 in horizontal 60.0 in vertical save and then startx This should work with most flat panel displays. You can then experiment with higher refresh rates in the same manner. Craig -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
