Re: Question about Linux Graphics?

From: Larry (Larry_at_NoMail.com)
Date: 02/26/04 

Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 12:28:56 GMT

Thanks!

Last night I tried XOL Linux. It doesn't seem to be a highly popular
version, but it's an offshoot of SOL (Server Optimized Linux). Anyway, I
ran it on my desktop, and great it worked no problem. I put it on my
laptop, and it went thru the boot process, I can hear the KDE destop intro,
but total black screen. No video.

Again, the boot process must be detecting a video card. I'm really curious
as to why it is using an "imcompatable" driver.

Larry

"tom61" <tom61spammenot@linuxmail.org> wrote in message
news:yld%b.2648$Du1.1008@newssvr22.news.prodigy.com...
> Sounds like it setup XFree86 to use an incompatable Nvidia driver.
> Before then it's using generic VESA calls. If you want to have XFree86
> use vesa, set the driver to vesa in XFree86Config (man pages should tell
> you how to do this).
>
> As for a Live distro, you may want to try the ever popular Knoppix STD,
> or Suse Live Eval(this found my hardware alot better than Mandrake did)
>
> Larry wrote:
>
> > Hi:
> >
> > When I install redhat on my laptop, the graphical install works well,
but
> > everything then fails in the graphics department after that. What I
found I
> > had to do was install some special Nvidia drivers after booting in
command
> > line mode. Then I got the graphics to work. Here's the question I
have...
> >
> > How is it that Linux was able to operate during the install in a
graphics
> > mode, and why couldn't it continue to operate in that generic mode
instead
> > of forcing me to use the Nvidia drivers?
> >
> > The reason I ask is because I wanted to run Mandrake Move on my laptop,
but,
> > it too, can't get through the boot. I am wondering if it's running into
the
> > same graphics problems as redhat did and if there is something I might
be
> > able to do to get it use "generic" graphics?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Larry
> >
> >
>

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