RE: [LI] SOS

[Srinivasa Gangadharasa <SrinivasaG@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,
   I have Celeron 333 4.3GB HDD and 64MB RAM. The Video card is S3 Trio 3D(
86C365) 4MB, monitor SAMTRON 50E.  When started installing RH6.1 from PCQ CD
in    GUI  mode, it did not recognize my card. It gave me just 16 colors.
After a lot of struggle and crashes, I found that it just supports as long
the s colors are 256 (8bpp) and resolution is only 1024x768. Any other
resolution or depth will make the X crash.  The chipset is explicitly
mentioned in the list of supported cards.

Srini.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Atul Chitnis [SMTP:achitnis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent:	Sunday, November 07, 1999 4:26 PM
> To:	linux India
> Subject:	Re: [LI] SOS
> 
> On Sun, 7 Nov 1999, Dr. Sharukh K. R. Pavri. wrote:
> 
> > I have Celeron 266, 8 GB HDD, (2 GB for Linux with 120 Swap) RH 6.1
> (PCQ).
> > (Previous experiece only with PCQ RH 5.2.)  S3 Inc 86C362 Trio 3D/2X,
> > Samtron 428PT/PTL. (btw S3 86C362 is not in the list of supported cards
> > though 86C357 and 86C365 are supported)
> > 
> > I did a fresh install of RH 6.1 and:
> > 
> > 1. It did not ask me where to put Lilo, I remember having that choice in
> > 5.2.
> > 2. It did not prompt me for making bootdisk.
> > 3. I was not prompted to choose which packages to install.
> 
> It does all this only if you choose "custom install" from the list (KDE
> workstation, gnome workstation, server, etc.). I'd suggest a re-install,
> and select custom. Then scroll down the list of packages and install
> *everything* (which is an option). 
> 
> Uh, and I also suggest a RTFM - like reading the article in the magazine
> that describes the installation process. Kishore worked hard enough
> writing that one....
> 
> > 4.Xconfigurator exits with the following message Server does not exist,
> > can't continue.
> >    tried t use ../../usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_SVGA
> >    file X shows that it is a broken link to usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_SVGA
> >    Even choosing the unlisted card option and then choosing either SVGA
> or
> > VGA 16 server gives the same problem.
> 
> mount /mnt/cdrom
> rpm -ivh /mnt/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS/XFree86*SVGA*.rpm
> 
> Run Xconfigurator again and choose Trio3D.
> 
> 
> Atul
> 
> 
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