Graphical Interface (X) Configuration

Daniel Gimpelevich yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Sat, 31 Jul 2004 09:46:39 -0700


What video line are you using for the BootX Additional Kernel Arguments?
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> From: Ben Brodie <plaztyk@hotmail.com>
> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
> Newsgroups: gmane.linux.yellowdog.general
> Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 01:01:41 -0400
> Subject: Graphical Interface (X) Configuration
> 
> I am running a 7600 with 4 megs of vram. I am using the built in video
> on the motherboard. The graphical interface configuration in version
> 3.0.1 doesn't seem to have an option to choose for the motherboard
> video driver. Do I need a separate video card in order to run Linux? I
> sure hope I don't because I can't afford one and I doubt they are made
> for such old machines anymore. Am I just missing something? Please
> help. Last time I installed Linux, I checked the skip x configuration,
> but when rebooting I couldn't get it to work on the monitor. Why is it
> that the installer works just fine, but when it comes to actually
> running Linux, it can't seem to recognize that I have the normal built
> in motherboard video ram.
> 
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