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"Marcus Leonard" <mdl@netspace.net.au> wrote:

> Friend of mine has:
>
> Monitor: Mitsubishi Diamond View 1772ie
> Video Card: S3 Trio 3D/2X (2X AGP accel)
>
> and, with Mandrake 7.0 (r2) we cant find the exact monitor
> listed, so we selected "generic monitor". Now we get only
> basic 640x480 res (no other options available in X-config)
> and the mouse pointer is a big square block (ichh...)

In the list of monitors, was there one titled "generic multisync" or
something similar?

Your friend's monitor is most likely a multisync (it sounds like a recent
enough model), but check the monitor's manual before trying the "generic
multisync" option.

> 2. Video card not listed on mdk or RH supported cards list (earlier S3
cards
> are). Presumably this is where the biggest problem is. What do we do? Any
> drivers? Or do we get another card for X?

I'd expect the generic SVGA X server to support your friend's video card.  If
you install Linux and SKIP the X configuration, you can then proceed with
everything else, connect to the Internet and look on mirror.aarnet.edu.au for
a newer X server for the card your friend has, install that and then run
Xconfigurator as root.

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