[wellylug] Red Hat

[Simon Eatough]

Hi Rose
  Xfree 4.1 installed by both redhat 8.0 and Mandrake 9.0 does'nt support
your S3 Trio 64V2 video card. You need  to install an older version of
RedHat or Mandrake, (say 8.2) which has Xree86 3.3 which does support your
card.
Cheers.
Simon
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rose McGillicuddy" <rmcgillicuddy at xtra.co.nz>
To: <wellylug at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2003 5:56 PM
Subject: [wellylug] Red Hat


> Hi everyone,
>
> I am new to Linux, and not technically minded beyond novice level.  I
> have tried to install Mandrake 9.0 from CDs which a friend burnt.  It
> was hopeless and stalled at all different stages, so I eventually gave
> up.
>
> A friend then installed Suse 7.1 which I am using now to a limited
> degree.  However it does install, so clearly Linux can run on my
> computer.
>
> Last week I bought Red Hat 8.0 for Dummies along with two CDs.  The
> insatll attempts went well except I didn't understand the bootloader
> instructions very well, and when I tried to reboot after each install
> the X graphical interface didn't display.
>
> The first time I received the following message:
> "Cannot open display:  :1
> File  "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 535, in ? from splash screen import
> splashScreenShow
> File  "/usr/lib/anaconda/splashscreen.py", line 20, in ?   import gtk
> File  "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-package/gtk/--init--.py",  line 19 in ?
> from_gtk import*
>
> Runtime error could not open display.
> Install esited abnormally
> And so on until safely reboot system.
>
> I tested the media and both disks passed.
>
> Reinstalled and got this message after an apparently sucessful install
> "Graphical interface not set up correctly."
>
> The third time "X test - cannot open display:  :9
>
> The install correctly identifies my monitor as HP Ultra VGA 1024, and
> video card asS3 Trio 64v2.
>
> I tried various settings but the test display, which is meant to show
> "Can you see this message?" doesn't work.
>
> Any help greatly appreciated.
> Thanks Rose
>
>
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