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Seth Greenhill wrote:
> 
> Hi Folks,
> I just installed Slackware 8.0 on my machine. I cant get my graphics card
> working though. I have an ATI Radeon 32mb ddr card. When i run xf86cfg  my
> monitor turns black and the powerbutton flashes (the monitor is still on
> though). I tried plugging in another monitor (NEC 15inch) and that didnt
> work either. I also tried xf86config and entered everything manually like
> the hertz and refresh rates. That didnt work either. I am really lost with
> ideas of what to do now. Everything works under windows but i'd rather use
> the Linux Operatingsystem instead. I would appreciate any advice.
> p.s
> When I say doenst work what happens is that the monitor turns black and the
> powerbutton flashes. I then have to manually restart my computer in order
> for it to work again. Here is the output of my xfree86
> 
> XFree86 Version 4.1.0 / X Window System

<snip snip>

Be sure to recompile your kernel. And be sure to look under
/usr/src/linux/Documentation and in the driver comments to see if there's
anything tricky you need to do.

Probably just recompiling the kernel (don't forget to read the "help") will
do it. 


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