On Sun, 24 Aug 2003, Chrissy wrote: >Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2003 02:59:30 -0700 >From: Chrissy <chrissymstrawn@xxxxxxx> >To: xfree86@xxxxxxxxxxx >Reply-To: xfree86@xxxxxxxxxxx >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" >Subject: Re: Re: probs in instaling Red hat X windows > >Subject: [XFree86] Re: probs in instaling Red hat X windows > > >> On Sun, 24 Aug 2003, dev wrote: >> >> >I tried to install Red Hat 8.0 on my PC with the following >> >configaration : - >> > >> >Intel 845GL chipset (manufatured by Mercury) >> >> Intel i845 graphics are not supported in XFree86 4.2.x, and thus >> not supported in Red Hat Linux 8.0. You need XFree86 4.3.0, >> which ships with Red Hat Linux 9, in order to have working >> support for Intel i845. >> >> >> -- >> Mike A. Harris > >Hi Mike, > >I am a Linux newbie, but I have been to the XFree86.org and they have a lot >of information. Have you tried reading some of the documetation they have. >It is online and free. If Red Hat won't work try Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 It's >FREE! You misunderstand... I am not the one having the problem, the person I was responding to was having the problem. Their problem was as I said, due to XFree86 4.2.x not supporting this video hardware. I maintain XFree86 in Red Hat Linux, and was merely indicating to them that their video hardware is unsupported, and what OS release and XFree86 release is required in order for them to get their video hardware working. Red Hat Linux 9 works fine with Intel i845 video hardware, because Red Hat Linux 9 comes with XFree86 4.3.0 which supports i845. Debian 3.0 does not come with XFree86 4.3.0 and does not to my knowledge support i845 at all. In order to get i845 working in Debian, you have to install Daniel Stone's unofficial 4.3.0 deb packages, and upgrade your kernel to have the required 4.3.0 DRM support for the Intel i845. Red Hat Linux is also free. -- Mike A. Harris _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
