RE: Screen cont. (from the "Peanut Gallery")

[Kevin_Saenz dell com]

Firstly they could be the right modules.
for example if you have a RivaTNT card the
XFree86 video modules are SVGA. Go to
www.xfree86.org site and have a look at
what modules will be loaded with your video card.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tassos [mailto:cybervet mail tvnet hu]
> Sent: Wednesday, 2 February 2000 6:20
> To: redhat-install-list redhat com
> Subject: Re: Screen cont. (from the "Peanut Gallery")
> 
> 
> Just to add something my card and the notebook components are 
> recognized
> correctly under RH 6.1 during  installation , the catch is 
> that it doesn't
> install the correct modules or whatever it is.....
> And now think if I have so much trouble with components that 
> are supported
> what will hapend to the unsupported ones?
> Anyway I figured out that since RH6.0 and CorelLinux work 
> fine perhaps I
> should find what xfree86 they used and try to set it up for 
> RH6.1 , any
> ideas on how i can do that???
> Regards Tassos
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Kevin Colby <kevinc grainsystems com>
> To: <redhat-install-list redhat com>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2000 7:13 PM
> Subject: Re: Screen cont. (from the "Peanut Gallery")
> 
> 
> > Paul Newman pgen com wrote:
> > >
> > > Some commercial companies have rolled out Linux onto end user
> > > machines.  If the end user is a real end user with no tweaking
> > > permissions, just wants word processing, internet browsing,
> > > saving files on a file server, printing and internal and
> > > external email, then what's the impracticality?  Migration may
> > > be difficult but if the machines came ready-built that would
> > > get around that one.
> >
> > "Linux-ready" machines would alleviate a lot of hardware problems.
> > That much is true, but Linux distros do not currently have the
> > level of ease of configurability for basic setups that is required
> > to really "break into the market".
> >
> > Your chances of using Linux end-user machines are much better
> > in the enterprise client market.  Large corporations that have
> > extremely security-conscious, standardized user machines will
> > be controlling the configuration angle from the network, and
> > they can staff the right people to get it done.  In the smaller
> > business (non-Point-of-Sale, that is), Linux is much more likely
> > to play a server role than be anyone's personal machine.
> >
> > Linux distros are no more ready for the PC market than NT is
> > ready for the server market.  I believe that it will be easier
> > though for Linux to trickle down than it will be for NT to
> > wade upstream.  Of course, that's just my opinion.
> >
> > - Kevin Colby
> >   kevinc grainsystems com
> >
> >
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