[NTLUG:Discuss] Help needed getting, installing video driver

[David I S Mandala]

A quick test would be to download the latest knoppix iso image and burn
it to CD. Then boot from it and see what your display looks like. If it
is on par with the XD display look in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
or /etc/X11/XF86Config and see what settings they are using.

I suspect it will work nicely now.

Cheers,

David

On Fri, 2005-01-21 at 14:30 -0600, John K. Taber wrote:
> I would appreciate handholding help finding and installing a video
> driver for
> my setup. 
> 
> I'm running XP on one disk and Redhat 8.0 on the other. Trouble is, at
> the time
> I bought this system there was no video driver for Redhat. The video is
> set to
> SVGA, which is awful, barely usable.
> 
> The problem seems to be the integrated video chip Intel 82845G on the
> motherboard, 
> Intel 845GLLY. Doing several googles I could find no real answers. It
> seems only
> Intel and Microsoft know how to program this video chip. 
> 
> Intel suggests getting the VESA driver from Xfree86, which sounds like
> Intel has
> no intentions of providing a driver, or info for a driver.
> 
> However, I might be out of date.
> 
> The audio chip on this motherboard enjoys a similar problem, that is,
> close 
> Intel/Microsoft cooperation shutting out the rest of the world.
> 
> Again, I might be out of date.
> 
> At a minimum, I would like help getting the VESA driver and trying it.
> Maybe by
> now Redhat has the driver(s) in 9.0. If so, I wouldn't mind upgrading.
> Last I
> looked, this is NOT a simple problem. Or Suse, I'm not fussy, although I
> would
> want to keep GRUB and Gnome.
> 
> I do not feel confident rebuilding a kernel, so I would like somebody
> sitting
> with me directing and/or doing. Bobby suggested a beer and pizza as a
> reward.
> 
> Any takers? 
> 
> Email me at jktaber at charter.net
> 
> 
> John K. Taber
> 
> 
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