No GUI in Mandrake 7.2 installation

[Lee]

Maybe your hardware is a little too new for the distro and the x server
for the video may not be available in the 2.2 .14 (if memory serves
right) kernel. One solution might to contact pcsurplus.com. They had a
sale on S3 Virge Trio 4mb video cards last week for $3.95. The S3 Trio
4mb is a close to as close to a John Q Public video card you'll find 
and will run on just about everything including a match book cover with
a picture of a penguin drawn on it. 




Glenn Williams wrote:
> 
> Hello, group:
> 
> After my third attempt to install Mandrake 7.2 on my Pentium III 1Gig,
> 1000M Intel machine, I still cannot satisfy the install script that I
> have a viable monitor (Mag View / Pro View VM 700E) and and video
> adapter card (Rage 128 GL 4X AGP 4X w/ 32M video memory).
> 
> After the installation completes, I've tried running Xconfigurator from
> the console prompt, testing many of the modes possible with the card
> and monitor - to no avail.  I've tried running exactly the same video
> configuration I previously used when running RedHat 7.2 and SuSE 7.3 on
> the exact same hardware.
> 
> So why am I not running SuSE 7.3 or RedHat 7.2 if **they** work OK?
> Because a couple of newbie friends are running Mandrake 7.2 and want me
> to run it so I can help sort out **their** problems.  ;0)  Thing is,
> they ain't got no problems!
> 
> I have attached relevant error messages.
> 
> I'm ready to throw in the towel - but first...
> 
> Any suggestions?
> --
> Glenn Williams - n0hn at abq-nm.com
> Registered Linux User # 135678 - since 1994
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