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In article <926717591.360.30@news.remarQ.com>, remy@computerstreet.com 
says...

> Hi,
> I'm VERY new in Linux so please be nice.

Welcome to the REAL world! It's good to have you with us.

First some basics that you may or may not know:

Linux, as a free open source os, has many distributions or "flavors."  
Not every version of Linux is "Red Hat" ;-) As such, each distribution of 
Linux is actually a compilation of Linux, plus a bunch of open 
source programs or utilities that the distributor thinks you will find 
useful but that, in most cases, they did not write nor do they support 
them directly.


> I have a ATI Rage Fury 32Mb 128 and I'm having problems setting up the
> Windows for this card. Even the generic video card and the VGA server gives
> me a blank screen. 

Linux does not have "Windows" <:-O  or any other graphical user interface 
(GUI) per se.  There are a number of GUI's that are designed FOR Linux 
but that are created and supported by the groups that write them.

You probably really mean the X-Windows server.  If your running "Red Hat 
5.2" then you probably are referring to XFree86 and the "fvwm" window 
manager (also a separate program).

Now about your card.  I believe the "ATI Rage Fury 128" is using the new 
RAGE 128 Chipset.  Unfortunately the XFree86 X-Server does not yet 
support this chipset (Support limited to "Mach64").  

Using the Mach64 X-Server, you should at least be able to get the basic 
VGA functionality. Try downloading the latest version of XFree86 (3.3.3) 
as RH5.2 comes with 3.3.2.  You may also want to download the latest 
version of "Superprobe" although it probably also will not recognize your 
card. 

See the xfree86 website for details on these, instructions are pretty 
clear.

	http://www.xfree86.org/

If that doesn't work, try running the basic SVGA X-Server (XF86_SVGA). 



> The second
> question, Netscape is related with Xwindow in order to work? (this was a
> stupid one, I guess).

There is no such thing as a stupid question, that's how we learn.  For 
every "stupid" question one person has the courage to ask, 50 people will 
read the post and benefit.

If you install RH5.2 out of the box (from CD) it usually does everything 
you need to run Netscape from within the fvwm window manager. I am 
assuming :-0 here that you took the "workstation" installation and didn't 
try to hash you way through the "custom" install (ouch!)  Once you get 
your X-windows and fvwm running, you should be able to access Netscape 
from Start->Applications->Networking->Netscape Communicator.


> 
> Remy
> remus@usa.net
> 
> 
> 


Hope this helps you out!

Stray Cat


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