Re: Gateway E-4200 install probs
"Stephen R. Gore" wrote:
> > Steve, you're also likely to run into problems with the
> > Rage128-based video card if you install X. You can download a
> > driver from www.suse.com, which worked for me.
>
> Kent, the NIC problem was easy to fix using the advice given. However,
> I'm having more difficulty with the Rage128-based video card.
>
> Could you please give me a more detailed explanation of what you did to
> get it working?
>
> ---end quoted text---
>
> --
> Regards,
> Steve
>
> Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely,
> useful, technically accurate, and friendly.
> Reboots are for kernel and hardware upgrades.
Steve:
Go to http://www.suse.de/en/support/xsuse/ about midway down the page is a section
dealing with the Rage128. Click on the "as TGZ-archive" link to download it.
Copy/move the downloaded file to a temp directory somewhere, and untar/zip it.
It'll create a tree of directories, most of which are empty. IIRC, there are only
two real files in the tree: the binary driver and a doc file. Move the doc file to
where ever you think it oughtta go (I think I created a
/usr/doc/xserver-XFCOM_Rage128 directory and moved the docs there).
Then move the binary ("XFCom_Rage128") to /usr/bin/X11.
Then change the first line of /etc/X11/Xserver to read:
/usr/bin/X11/XFCom_Rage128
Modify /etc/X11/XF86Config like so:
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Primary Monitor"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Unknown"
HorizSync 30-86
VertRefresh 50-130
Modeline "1024x768" 65.00 1024 1048 1192 1340 768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Primary Card"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Driver "SVGA"
Device "Primary Card"
Monitor "Primary Monitor"
# DefaultDepth 16
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Then start X and you should be in business.
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