[Newlug] Possible video card problem

[Don Seiler]

You should know what kind of video card it is.  As in nvidia or ati.  For 
starters find that.

Don.

On Wed, 2 Apr 2003, Michael Anderson wrote:

> I had the exact problem when i installed slackware 9.0.  Well, i think i had
> the same problem.  what i did was went into the /etc/X11/XF86Config   opened
> that file with vi, had to make it executable first, and then went down to
> where the video card section was, and changed the two spots where it says
> driver to "vesa".  first you might want to run the command xf86config.  This
> will set up your video card and monitor for you.  but if that doenst work,
> then try the config file.  and, you might not have the latest version of
> XFree86, which i dont and still need to get around to but im still weary of
> the compiling process.  anyway, hope this helps.
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> -Michael
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