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Re: HELP! - RedHat 6 and TNT2

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From: andrewr
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 00:00
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I'll have one too.  I was about to install it.
regards
@ndrew


JPShark <jpshark@prodigy.net> wrote in message
news:7qgetp$dgr$1@news.creativelabs.com...
> Oh MAN........reading all these posts on getting Red Hat to install
brought
> back horrible memories.......UGH........I need more tequila.....
>
> JP
>
>
> Michael McCollum <Grandpa@nospam.att.net> wrote in message
> news:7qf6jq$i2m$1@bgtnsc03.worldnet.att.net...
> > We had a nice article from Dwight Silverman on LINUX this week in the
> local
> > Chronicle.
> > He strongly likes Caldera 2.2, far more than RedHat 6, Caldera is a lot
> > easier on the installation part, RedHat takes some work.  Sounds like
you
> > got that down already though.  I didn't.
> >
> > I couldn't get ANY thing runnnning in graphics modes, only TEXT.  No
> XFree,
> > no Gnome.  Just TEXT mode.
> >
> > That 16 color mode may be ALL you can do with that card in X and Gnome
for
> > now.
> >
> > Grandpa
> >
> > PS- Slackware is FAR worse.
> >
> > Lars Gundar wrote in message <37ca0af3.334882@news>...
> > >Okay, I've been banging my head on this one for several days now.
> > >I've read ever post and faq on the subject, so I just might be
> > >extraordinarily stupid.  Please bear with me...
> > >
> > >I'm trying to get RedHat 6 (storebought version) to play friendly with
> > >my Creative labs TNT2Ultra -- without much success.
> > >
> > >Here's what I'm doing:
> > >
> > >- Basic, no-frills Redhat install to hard disk.
> > >- Initially install XFree86 as "generic vga".
> > >- Boot up into RH6.  Everything works.  Gnome works in lovely VGA16
> > >mode.
> > >- Toss RIVA-X-GLX-1.0-glibc-i386-dyn.tar.gz into the root dir.
> > >- Run tar xzf blahblahblah
> > >- Go to the created dir, type ".\riva_install"
> > >- Run "xconfig"
> > >- Enter mouse stuff
> > >- Press ENTER when prompted to enter video card #
> > >- Choose SVGA server (choice #3)
> > >- Enter horiz and vert monitor stuff (7 then 2, if it matters)
> > >- WTF to do about clockchip?  I press enter instead of choosing
> > >anything.
> > >- Skip probe.
> > >- Hit "5" to accept video modes.
> > >- startx.  Looks like 640x480x 16 color (yuk), with a larger virtual
> > >desktop.
> > >
> > >What am I doing wrong?  I've tried this (and other things) like 6
> > >times now.
> > >
> > >Can somebody please give me retarded-5-year-old-type instructions on
> > >how do to this?  Every keypress, every prompt, everything.  I cannot
> > >be trusted to understand anything, no matter how simple.
> > >
> > >You'd think that after 15 years of hardcore computer use, I'd be able
> > >to figure this kind of thing out - but apparently hardware
> > >configuration under linux requires a degree of IQ and patience that
> > >most mortals are incapable of.  This experience has truly humbled me.
> > >I think I'll go sign up for AOL now...
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
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From: "@ndrew" <andrewr@tpg.nospamcom.au>
Subject: Re: HELP! - RedHat 6 and TNT2
Date: 1999/08/31
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