Re: Help. I can't install my video card.

[Bongo deGilligan <micros50 computer net>]

Mike G wrote:

> ===============================
> What has worked for me is this:
>  1) try to Xconfigurator and see (use probe first, and no next) if it can
>  happily detect and cfg you card, if doesn't (or you don't get the cfg u want)
>  try
>  2) XF86Setup
>  if this also fails, search the net, I found that my video card would behave
>  weird if I tryied to use its 8 MB, I had to say there was 4
>  finally I insist this worked for _me_ it might not be right, but it _may_ wrk
>  for u 2
>
>  Cuevas Pérez Alma wrote:
>
>  > Hello, i need your help to configure my video card. I have installed Red Hat
>  > Linux 6.2 and my video card is a Trident 3D Image 975. I download the newest
>  > version of Xfree86 (4.0) and it card is in the list. What can I do?
>  >
>  > Regards
>  > Alma Cuevas
>  >

I actually installed that same card under Linux RH 6.0 on a generic Pentium i586.
Compared to my old Cirrus card the Trident 3D 975 is quite tempermental, it is very
finicky with settings that are used. It took me several tries through Xconfigurator
before I got it to work. Even after you get it to work you might want to hand edit
XF86Config to fine tune your settings.

John

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