Re: RH& Install: Trident Video Card Blues

["James Boyles" <ccochran san rr com>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "ABrady" <kcsmart kc rr com>
To: <redhat-install-list redhat com>
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2001 10:56 PM
Subject: RE: RH& Install: Trident Video Card Blues


> 
> On 08-Mar-2001 ed c semblantes opined:
> > Hi everybody!
> > I just installed RH7 in an old 586 machine.  I have a Trident
> > Microsystems video card (TGUI 9660 968X as recognized by the
> > installation program).  The installation program correctly recognized
> > my monito as being a Compaq S700.  However,  it couldn't set up the
> > X-Windows environment.  It repeatedly failed.  I tried many
> > combinations of clock chipsets and monitor resolutions and then gave
> > up. 
> > Has anybody run into issues with video cards of these type (TRIDENT)? 
> > Any suggestions on how to set my system even on a basic level ?
> > Thanks in advance,
> 
> In the pre-XFree86-4.0 days, I'd say run XF86Setup because I used it on
> the board and got it to work fine. Now, though, the only thing I can
> locate is one called xf86cfg to do the same thing.
> 
> I can't recall how well it works, but I do remember using it and getting
> my S3 Virge working with it. It seems I had a problem or 2 with it but,
> finally got it to behave long enough to let me get things set up.
> 
> I remember that card was always found as a 9680 by default with the likes
> of Xconfigurator, and that I had to use XF86Setup to get it to allow me
> to make all of the decisions about timing, memory, etc because using the
> 9680 settings tried hard to fry my monitor.
> 
> I'd suggest you try xf86cfg and see if it lets you make those decisions
> and not allow anything to use what it probes by default. Bad things can
> happen when those cards are probed and the defalt settings used!
> 
> If there are other ways (like maybe xf86config is still around), I'm not
> aware of them, though you can always try manually editting the config
> file if you can get the proper settings to do it with (not for the faint
> of heart or impatient when doing trial-and-error).
> 
> -- 
> Who are the Brain Police?
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Redhat-install-list mailing list
> Redhat-install-list redhat com
> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-install-list
>